Plugin info

Total downloads: 2,208
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 12/9/2009 (5866 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/7/2009 (16 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 2.8.6
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 5866 days ago

20/100

Is Weighted Random Authors abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 5866 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.8
Tested up to: 2.8.6
Requires PHP: f

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Description

This widget selects a limited list of random post authors, weighted towards authors with more published posts.
Give all of your post authors a chance to be featured in the sidebar, while encouraging more posting and
rewarding authors who post most frequently.

Easily configure numer of authors (or list all), widget title, display of post count, and display of author
gravatar.

Coming soon

  1. Call output by function (no widget support required).
  2. More display configuration options.

Installation

  1. Install easily with the WordPress plugin control panel or manually download the plugin and upload the extracted
    folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Add the “Weighted Random Authors” widget by going to the “Widgets” menu under appearance.

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Changelog

1.0.1 – Fix author links.

1.0.2 – Better weighting algorithm.

1.1 – Expand / collapse list feature

1.1.1 – Fix hardcoded table name