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1. alex27
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #
   

   Would it be possible to modify the widget, so that it displays random authors? For example I don't want to display all my blog authors, only 2 or 3, but I want them to be randomly chosen so that I don't end up with the same 3 authors on every page! I'm good with php, so I should be able to code it myself, but I'd appreciate any pointers.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-authors-widget/

2. Sami Keijonen
   WordPress-asiantuntija
   Plugin Author
   Posted 5 months ago #
   

   This plugin uses get_users function and it doesn't have random order. You can check the orderby values here.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_users

   You can filter query like this in your custom plugin or child theme functions.php.

   add_filter( 'display_authors_widget_query', 'my_order_by_post_count' );
   
   function my_order_by_post_count( $query_args ) {
   
   	$query_args['order_by'] = 'post_count';
   
   	return $query_args;
   
   }

   Maybe you could play with offset value like this.

   add_filter( 'display_authors_widget_query', 'my_order_by_post_count' );
   
   function my_order_by_post_count( $query_args ) {
   
   $my_random = rand(0, 10);
   
   $query_args['offset'] = $my_random;
   
   return $query_args;
   }

3. alex27
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #
   

   Thank for your reply. I ended up using your plugin as a base and making many more customizations. Thanks again!

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