{"id":7473,"date":"2009-12-07T23:24:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T23:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/weighted-random-authors\/"},"modified":"2009-12-09T21:19:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T21:19:23","slug":"weighted-random-authors","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/weighted-random-authors\/","author":1973938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"1.1.1","stable_tag":"1.1.1","tested":"2.8.6","requires":"2.8","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Weighted Random Authors","header_author":"Jacob M Goldman (C. Murray Consulting)","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2009-12-09 21:19:23","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"http:\/\/www.cmurrayconsulting.com\/software\/wordpress-weighted-random-authors\/","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/www.cmurrayconsulting.com\/software\/wordpress-weighted-random-authors\/","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/www.cmurrayconsulting.com","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":10,"downloads":2329,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.1","1.0.2","1.1","1.1.1"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[4956,838,244,64884,162],"plugin_category":[43],"plugin_contributors":[],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-7473","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-authors","plugin_tags-featured","plugin_tags-random","plugin_tags-weighted","plugin_tags-widget","plugin_category-customization","plugin_committers-jakemgold"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/weighted-random-authors.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"\n

This widget selects a limited list of random post authors, weighted towards authors with more published posts. \nGive all of your post authors a chance to be featured in the sidebar, while encouraging more posting and \nrewarding authors who post most frequently.<\/p>\n\n

Easily configure numer of authors (or list all), widget title, display of post count, and display of author \ngravatar.<\/p>\n\n

Coming soon<\/h3>\n\n
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  1. Call output by function (no widget support required).<\/li>\n
  2. More display configuration options.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
    3. Add the \"Weighted Random Authors\" widget by going to the \"Widgets\" menu under appearance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

      1.0.1 - Fix author links.<\/p>\n\n

      1.0.2 - Better weighting algorithm.<\/p>\n\n

      1.1 - Expand \/ collapse list feature<\/p>\n\n

      1.1.1 - Fix hardcoded table name<\/p>","raw_excerpt":"This widget selects a limited list of random authors, weighted towards authors with more published posts. Easily configure numer of authors, widget t …","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/7473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7473"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/jakemgold"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=7473"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=7473"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=7473"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=7473"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/te.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=7473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}