Bug #2408
closedAuthors Widget
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Description
Hey All: I activated the Authors Widget plugin and added it to http://core2spring2013.commons.gc.cuny.edu/... it works, but it slows the page load time down significantly (and this is with only two authors currently having published posts).
We've run into some issues with similar plugins on B@B in the past and it might be worth checking to see if this is the best solution for listing authors. I've attached a possible replacement.
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Updated by Matt Gold about 11 years ago
- Category name set to WordPress (misc)
- Status changed from New to Assigned
- Assignee set to Boone Gorges
- Severity set to Low impact
thanks, Luke.
Updated by Matt Gold about 11 years ago
Am I right that this plugin is especially important for Twenty Twelve (which is now our default theme)? As I remember, it doesn't do a good job of showing who wrote the post in question.
Updated by Luke Waltzer about 11 years ago
That's correct-- though, this custom CSS will print the author at the bottom of each post:
.single-author .entry-meta .by-author {
display: inline;
}
Updated by Boone Gorges about 11 years ago
- Target version set to 1.4.19
Authors Widget looks like it was not written with Multisite in mind. When collating a list of blog authors, it separately pulls up a list of every user on the entire WP installation for cross-reference. This is very much not necessary.
I'd like to avoid adding another plugin to do this, if possible, so for now I have patched the plugin to cut out the unnecessary stuff https://github.com/castiron/cac/commit/68e7a13c3706acbf206e852ca918a3730e1b76cc I'm going to pass a patch to the plugin author to see if he'll consider implementing it. If he doesn't, we can talk about moving to a different plugin.
Updated by Boone Gorges about 11 years ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Resolved
Updated by Matt Gold about 11 years ago
Thanks, Boone, for the patch here and for passing the patch on. Let's hope it's implemented.