Title: Expert Finder
Author: konnektiv
Published: <strong>June 23, 2016</strong>
Last modified: June 10, 2016

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Search plugins

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/expert-finder.svg)

# Expert Finder

 By [konnektiv](https://profiles.wordpress.org/konnektiv/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/expert-finder.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/expert-finder/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/expert-finder/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/expert-finder/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/expert-finder/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/expert-finder/)

## Description

This Plugin provides a search engine to find experts who created or commented various
WordPress content types. Experts are found using a sophisticated algorithm evaluating
the social interaction. Its parameters can be configured on the plugin settings 
page. The search engine can be included anywhere on the site using the [expert_finder]
shortcode.

This plugin was originally developed for the [globe – Community of Digital Learning](https://quality4digitallearning.org/)
on behalf of [GIZ](https://www.giz.de/).

#### Contact

 * [Konnektiv](http://konnektiv.de/)
 * [Expert Finder on GitHub](https://github.com/konnektiv/expert-finder) – Report
   issues, contribute code

## Installation

 1. Upload ‘expert-finder’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Expert Finder” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ konnektiv ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/konnektiv/)

[Translate “Expert Finder” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/expert-finder)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expert-finder/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/expert-finder/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/expert-finder/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/expert-finder/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.5.33**
 * Tags
 * [author](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[award](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/award/)
   [buddypress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/buddypress/)[community](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/community/)
   [content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content/)[engagement](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/engagement/)
   [expert](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/expert/)[reward](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reward/)
   [search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)[shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/expert-finder/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ konnektiv ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/konnektiv/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/expert-finder/)