Description
This plugin was developed to display excerpts from random posts in a category. jQuery is used for fading the plugin in and out. It’s a great way for displaying testimonials of clients or just giving a snapshot of content from your site.
Shortcode added as of version 1.4
The most basic use is: [reFader]
this will use the default options.
Here is an example of all the options in use
[reFader title=βRandom Excerptsβ cat=β23″ type=βpostβ amount=β5″ length=β50″ duration=β5000″ linked=βnoβ url=βhttp://www.jackreichert.com/β]
This will show 5 (amount) posts (type) from category #23 (cat). It will show 50 (length) words from each post and fade out/in every 5 seconds (duration). It will not link each title to the corresponding post, but it will link all the titles to this plugins page (url).
Installation
- Upload the RandomExcerptsFader folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the βPluginsβ menu in WordPress
- Place widget in desired place and set options there.
FAQ
- Are you planning on developing this further to include thumbnails?
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~~Eventually.~~ Done!
- Is it true that you coded the first version of this plugin live on stage at a WordCamp, with Matt in the audience?
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Most definitely.
- What about foo bar?
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The foo bar is not a problem here. Don’t worry about it.
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Contributors & Developers
“Random Excerpts Fader” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.4.1
- array_merge() error
2.4
- Post types added.
2.3
- Added fallback so it shows all for circumstances when jQuery.ready() won’t work.
2.2
- Fixed php errors
2.1
- Implemented plugins_url
2.0
- Added featured images as an alternative to excerpts.
- Fixed JS issues with excerpt height in some browsers.
1.4
- Added Shortcode
- Cleaned up jQuery
1.3.1
- Opacity bug
1.3
- Fixed IE bugs
- Rewrote the js to make it more efficient
- Added fixed height option
1.2.7
- Tested on 3.2 RC1
- βall categoriesβ had stopped working in this version – Fixed.
1.2.5
- Fixed title when not linked
1.2.4
- fixed linking bug (thanks to Martin).
1.2.3
- Switched loop to get_posts.
1.2.2
- Styles enqueued properly.
1.2
- Replaced deprecated the_content_rss() with custom function.
1.1
- Fix for includes.
1.0
- This is the first live version