PetraP

Hey,

thanks for reaching out and for the nice words – we certainly appreciate every feedback we get. Those are all nice ideas but to be completely honest most of them are already doable.

For example:
– exclude certain post (so they do not display related info)
You can put those posts you don’t wish to show related posts in a certain category and exclude that category in the plugin settings.

– a possibility to display related posts for pages
Can be done by adding the <?php zemanta_related_posts()?> code in (usually) page.php file.

– a possibility to display related posts via shortcode
Not a shortcode per se but again you can put this <?php zemanta_related_posts()?> code almost anywhere you wish to.

– a possibility to display related posts inside widget
If you are thinking about related content, then this is not the same as related posts. You can then manually edit them if you feel like it after you publish it.

– exlude a category of posts (this way the items from this categories will never appear in related)
Hmmmm…agreed but still you can manually edit related posts and remove any unwanted posts.

Once again thank you for the feedback, take care and happy blogging,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out but I am not sure what exactly are you trying to do? Do you wish to change the thumbnails by using the custom fields? If yes, then first, go to your create-new-post page or — even better — in one of your previous already-published-posts. On the right top corner you should see the ‘Screen Options’ button; click on it for the drop-down menu to open. After that, tick the box next to ‘Custom Fields’.

Now you should be able to see a new box below the editor called ‘Custom Fields’. Create new custom field, name your image that you would later like to use it as a thumbnail for this specific post (something like “My thumbnail”), enter the URL of the image (to value) you would like to use and finish with the click on the button “Add Custom Field”. Of course, don’t forget to save this draft, or publish the post when you’re ready.

After that, visit the settings of (y)our plugin and scroll down to the bottom. The option called “Use custom field for thumbnails” should now be available, tick the box next to it, and select the value you’ve set up before (if you used “My thumbnail”, select that one).

Once you have set this up, you just add a Custom Field with every new post, set the image you want to use for the thumbnail, while the name stays the same. Also worth noting is that you should keep the images you want to use for thumbnails as square as possible and that they’re not too big. The perfect size would be 151×151 pixels (or bigger), but that is not that crucial.

Hope this helps, take care an have a nice day,
Petra

Hey Eric,

thanks for reaching out! Is this still an issue? I have checked out your blog posts and there is no “Pin It” button showing up on those thumbnails, so I guess you have fixed it by yourself…or am I missing something out?

Looking forward to your reply,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out – I have checked out your blog and as far as I can tell the thumbnails are showing up or am I missing something out?

Looking forward to your reply,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for the heads up, truly appreciate it! We will fix this ASAP and really sorry for the inconvenience!

All the best,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out! Would you be so kind and give me a link to your blog, so that I can take a closer look? Also – have you by any chance excluded some page/post IDs in the plugin settings?

Looking forward to your reply,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out! You can do this manually by going to “Plugins”->”Editor”-> and in the right top corner select “Search Everything” plugin and then search-everything.php file. Now comment out line (cca.) 219:
//add_filter( ‘posts_where’, array( &$this, ‘se_no_future’ ) );
After this, find “function se_search_draft_posts” function (lines cca. 422-436) and change it like so:

function se_search_draft_posts( $where ) {
		global $wpdb;
		if ( !empty( $this->query_instance->query_vars['s'] ) ) {
			$where = str_replace( '"', '\'', $where );
			if ( !$this->wp_ver28 ) {
				$where = str_replace( " AND (post_status = 'publish'", " AND ((post_status = 'publish' OR post_status = 'draft' OR post_status = 'future')", $where );
			}
			else {
				$where = str_replace( " AND ($wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish'", " AND ($wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish' OR $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'draft' OR $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'future'", $where );
			}
			$where = str_replace( " AND (post_status = 'publish'", " AND (post_status = 'publish' OR post_status = 'draft' OR post_status = 'future'", $where );
		}
		$this->se_log( "where: ".$where );
		return $where;
	}

Update the file and in the plugins settings please tick the box next to “Search custom taxonomies”, if you don’t have it already. Don’t forget to save the changes.

Let me know how it goes, take care and have a nice day,
Petra

Hey,

thanks for reaching out! Does the blank page disappears if you deactivate our plugin?
How many posts do you have in your database?
Can you check your PHP settings (if it allows you to increase the memory size)?

Let us know what’s up — we’re here to help,

Petra