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Feroaringslog

1.2.9 (November 14th, 2022)

• Improved the system for ordering by “all_post_count”
• The number of posts element can now be linked to the archive

1.2.8 (October 3rd, 2022)

• Fixed issue with taxonomy/term filters not working properly for custom post types

1.2.7 (February 21th, 2022)

• Fixed deprecated notice related to WordPress 5.9

1.2.6 (September 24, 2021)

• Added parameter “first_name_starts_with” (limit to authors whose first name starts with specific characters)
• Added parameter “last_name_starts_with” (limit to authors whose last name starts with specific characters)
• The parameter “latest_post_after” now works with all post types defined in the “post_types” parameter

1.2.5 (April 9th, 2021)

• Accessibility fix (show name in aria-label for the “View posts” link). Thanks to @rscano

1.2.4 (January 26th, 2021)

• New parameter for {alf:posts} function to show post date above the title. Example after_title=”{alf:posts show_date=yes}”
• New parameter for {alf:posts} function to show posts of specific category. Example after_title=”{alf:posts show_date=yes categories=5}”

1.2.3 (January 10th, 2021)

• New perameter for {alf:social} function to switch social icons to FontAwesome font. Example: after_title=”{alf:social type=fontawesome-v5}”
• New dynamic output functon added for showing the user’s latest post date. Example: after_title=”{alf:latest_post_date}”

1.2.2 ( December 25th, 2020 )

• Issue with amount of authors shown (when specifically defined) conflicting with other parameters

1.2.1 ( December 23rd, 2020 )

• The “orderby” parameter now accepts the value “all_post_count” which orders by the count of all post types set in the “post_types” parameter

1.2.0 ( October 27th, 2020 )

• Parameter “count_text” now supports zero, singular and plural options

1.1.9 ( October 17th, 2020 )

• New parameter “count_text” that allows changing the text shown for “show_count”

1.1.8 ( September 30th, 2020 )

• Alt attribute added to avatar image
• New parameter “avatar_meta_key” that allows getting the image URL from user meta instead of using Gravatar

1.1.7 ( September 12th, 2020 )

• New parameter “title_element” that allows changing the div that wraps the author’s name/title to an h2, h3, h4… (title_element=”h2″)
• New dynamic output functon added for showing the user’s role (after_title=”{alf:role}”)
• New dynamic output function added for showing a link to post archive, bbpress profile or buddypress profile (after_title=”{alf:link to=archive}”)

1.1.6 ( July 20th, 2020 )

• alf:social now shows the personal website URL as well
• New parameter “minimum_posts_count” added to limit the authors shown to only those that have at least that amount of posts
• New parameter “bp_member_types” that allows showing only specific BuddyPress member types

1.1.5 ( July 2nd, 2020 )

• The “orderby” parameter now accepts the value “comment_count” which order by the comment count what posts made by that author received
• The “link_to” parameter now accepts linking to buddypress profile (link_to=”buddypress_profile”)
• The “link_to” parameter now accepts linking to custom meta (link_to=”meta” link_to_meta_key=”meta_key”)
• New dynamic output function added for showing follow/unfollow button from BuddyPress Followers plugin (after_title=”{alf:buddypress_follow”})

1.1.4 ( June 12th, 2020 )

• The “orderby” parameter now accepts the value “rand” to have a random order
• New parameter “link_to” added to allow linking to bbPress profile ( link_to=”bbpress_profile” )
• New parameter “pagination” added, set to “yes” to enable pagination

1.1.3 ( May 30th, 2020 )

• New shortcode attribute to allow only showing authors by the first letter (or more letters) of their display name

1.1.2 ( April 21st, 2020 )

• New shortcode attributes to allow including only authors with posts in specific taxonomy and terms
• New orderby attribute value “post_date” to order authors by the date of their latest post

1.1.1 ( April 6th, 2020 )

• Fix for skip_empty option
• Added link for “submit support request” in the plugin action links
• Bump up WordPress compatibility to 5.4

1.1.0 ( March 18th, 2020 )

• Option to include only authors who have posts in specific categories

1.0.9 ( February 12th, 2020 )

• Improvements for output of dynamic user/author meta fields

1.0.8 ( January 28th, 2020 )

• Links to social profiles for authors

1.0.7 (January 14, 2020)

• Load CSS only on pages where the shortcode is used
• Option to set to show only authors of specific post types
• Option for a vertical direction column layout (like a newspaper layout)
• Option to show only authors that have posts published today

1.0.6 (December 16, 2019)

• Option to limit visibility by author’s post date
• Option to order by first name
• Option to order by last name

1.0.5 (December 2, 2019)

• Option to include specific users by ID
• Option to include specific user roles
• Option to set posts list to be plain ( divs ) instead of unordered list items
• Compatibility with custom avatar plugins
• Responsive fixes

1.0.4 (November 23, 2019 )

• Option to exclude specific users/authors
• Ability to display posts of the specific author

1.0.3 (November 12th, 2019)

• Option to include all users, not just authors

1.0.2 (October 30th, 2019)

• Added biography words trim option
• Added ability to add custom content before/after each element
• Added ability to display custom field values
• Added option to also show authors that do not have any posts
• Fixed issue where some authors are not shown

1.0.1 (October 21st, 2019)

• Added plugin URI (for “view details” link in the WordPress admin)
• Options to change the authors order
• Fixed issue with layout if images not the same height

1.0.0

• Initial Release