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557c3817 1=== danixland-wporg-stats ===
2Contributors: danixland
3Donate link: http://danix.xyz
4Tags: widget, sidebar, links, plugins, list
5Requires at least: 4.6
85e69c8e 6Tested up to: 4.9.7
9893170c 7Stable tag: 0.1
557c3817 8
9This widget will display a list of plugins by the same author hosted on the WordPress.org plugins directory.
10
11== Description ==
12
9893170c 13danixland-wporg.stats is a plugin that adds a new widget to be used on the Sidebar (or wherever you like) and some useful shortcodes.
85e69c8e 14This widget will show a list of plugins by the same author, hosted on the WordPress Plugins directory. It uses the wordpress.org API to fetch all the details and it's able to show links to the plugin page on wordpress.org or to the URI specified by the author inside the plugin itself. Other stats displayed by the plugin are the total number of downloads for all the plugins, average rating per plugin and total average. Soon the plugin will be able to display even more stats.
557c3817 15If an author has used the assets directory to store the plugin's icons, danixland-wporg-stats is able to fetch and display the icons as well.
9893170c 16The plugin ships with a few shortcodes to embed your stats inside your posts or pages. You can use it on a landing page for your plugins or, like I do, inside a custom post type page to display stats about the plugins I write.
557c3817 17
18
19== Installation ==
20
21Installing danixland-wporg.stats is straightforward and requires just a few seconds:
22
23If you use the **"Add New Plugin"** pane from your dashboard just install it and activate it, then proceed to the last step and configure it.
24Otherwise follow these steps:
25
261. Download the latest version of the plugin.
271. If using the "Install Plugins->Upload" section on the WordPress admin area just upload the zip file, otherwise unpack the zip file and upload the **"danixland-wporg-stats"** directory inside the "wp-content/plugins" directory of your WordPress installation using your favourite ftp client.
281. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
291. Add the widget to your sidebar from Appearance->Widgets.
301. Configure the widget options through the panel which can be accessed from the Appearance->Widgets page.
31
32== Frequently Asked Questions ==
33
34= What can I do to customize even more the appearance of the widget? =
35
36The code generated by the plugin is wrapped in an HTML element with class `widget_danixland-wporg-stats`, what kind of element is decided by your theme, if unsure ask his creator. Inside this element you'll find the content of the widget wrapped inside a div with class `dnxwporg-container`.
37Contained in that element you'll find a div with the description and following there's a list of links for the plugins.
38
39Here's every single id and class used in this plugin:
40
41* `.widget_danixland-wporg-stats`
9893170c 42 * `.dnxwporg_container`
43 * `.dnxwporg_description`
44 * `.dnxwporg-pl-standard-desc`
45 * `.dnxwporg-pl-custom-desc`
46 * `.dnxwporg_pl_list_container`
47 * `.dnxwporg_pl_list`
48 * `.dnxwporg_pl_item`
49 * `.dnxwporg-pl-link`
50 * `.dnxwporg-pl-link-icon`
51 * `.dnxwporg-pl-link-name`
52 * `.dnxwporg-pl-stats`
53 * `.dnxwporg-pl-tot-dloads`
54 * `.dnxwporg-pl-avg-vote`
55
56This plugin ships with no styling on pourpose, it's up to you to add the styling needed for it to look at it's best on your pages.
557c3817 57
58= I'm stuck with your plugin and don't seem to be able to customize it/make it work, can you help me? =
59
60Of course, you can ask for help on [the forums](http://wordpress.org/support/) or write a comment on the main article for this plugin on [my site](https://danix.xyz/?p=3745), I'll reply ASAP ;)
61
62= I'd like this plugin to be translated in my language, can you do this for me? =
63
9893170c 64Soon I'll publish a .POT file that can be used to create a translation of the plugin in your language, so if you're familiar with english you can help by providing a translation and it will be added to future versions of the plugin along with a link to your site on these pages ;)
557c3817 65
66A number of softwares exists to help you with .po files, like [POEdit](http://sourceforge.net/projects/poedit/) or [Lokalize](http://userbase.kde.org/Lokalize "for kde users")
67
68####If you have any other questions feel free to ask
69
70== Screenshots ==
71
721. The plugin widget as seen in the admin area.
9893170c 732. The widget with standard description as seen in the TwentySeventeen theme without any styling.
743. The widget In my custom theme with styling added to it.
753. The widget In my custom theme with a custom description.
557c3817 76
77== Changelog ==
78
9893170c 79= 0.1 =
557c3817 80* This is the first version of the plugin.
81
82== Upgrade Notice ==
83
9893170c 84= 0.1 =
557c3817 85No upgrade since this is the first version ;)
86
87
88
89== ToDo list ==
90
9893170c 91* .POT file to allow translators to translate the plugin.
92* bugfixing.
93* theme directory support.
94* custom tags inside the description.
95* average downloads and more stats coming soon...
557c3817 96* I'm open to suggestions, so don't be shy.