WP-Admin -> Ratings -> Ratings Template. use %POST_EXCERPT%
I had seen the templates, but am unclear how to use them.
I replaced title with excerpt here, but this code isn’t working properly in either a page or text widget:
sorry…i replaced both instances of post_title with post excerpt in the highest-rated template. but it doesn’t seem to work in either a text widget or even a page.
i don’t understand how to use the templates.
Hmm, Change the template for “Highest Rated” and “Most Rated”
I changed mine to <li><a href="%POST_URL%" title="%POST_EXCERPT%">%POST_EXCERPT%</a> %RATINGS_IMAGES% (%RATINGS_AVERAGE% out of %RATINGS_MAX% with a score of %RATINGS_SCORE%)</li>
http://lesterchan.net/wordpress_dev/ (left sidebar) it works for me.
Ah, yes…now I am understanding better.
One further question: Is there a way to limit the excerpts to a certain number of words or characters?
thx,
c-
Nope, you have to modify the plugin yourself to achieve that ratings_post_excerpt() -https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-postratings/blob/master/wp-postratings.php#L524
There is no built-in feature for that.
Thanks for your help on this so far. I have switched to a new WP theme and it does have a widgetized sidebar. Is it possible to display the Highest Rated posts as the widget would, but just using some code instead that I can drop in manually?
Sorry I don’t get what you mean.
I can’t use widgets in the WordPress theme I’m using for a particular site. I was wondering if there was code I could paste into the sidebar instead that would replicate the output of the plugin.
