Comments on: Enhance WordPress wp_list_authors Template Tag http://www.takaitra.com/posts/234 life, ruminations, how-to's Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:46:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: FlossieT http://www.takaitra.com/posts/234/comment-page-1#comment-2234 FlossieT Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:53:54 +0000 http://www.takaitra.com/?p=234#comment-2234 <a href="#comment-2207" rel="nofollow">@Takaitra</a> Absolutely - it was just what I was looking for, and I've also used it to improve a sidebar plugin. Now I just need to figure out how to patch your sorting even further to randomise the listing of authors... @Takaitra
Absolutely – it was just what I was looking for, and I’ve also used it to improve a sidebar plugin. Now I just need to figure out how to patch your sorting even further to randomise the listing of authors…

]]> By: Takaitra http://www.takaitra.com/posts/234/comment-page-1#comment-2207 Takaitra Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:14:35 +0000 http://www.takaitra.com/?p=234#comment-2207 Great, I'm glad you were able to apply the patch. Great, I’m glad you were able to apply the patch.

]]> By: FlossieT http://www.takaitra.com/posts/234/comment-page-1#comment-2205 FlossieT Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:55:35 +0000 http://www.takaitra.com/?p=234#comment-2205 <a href="#comment-2204" rel="nofollow">@FlossieT</a> Ignore me - figured it out. Doh! FANTASTIC stuff. Exactly what I needed. @FlossieT
Ignore me – figured it out. Doh! FANTASTIC stuff. Exactly what I needed.

]]> By: FlossieT http://www.takaitra.com/posts/234/comment-page-1#comment-2204 FlossieT Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:48:57 +0000 http://www.takaitra.com/?p=234#comment-2204 This is really excellent work - thank you. This is probably not the place to ask for support but - I'm completely new to the WP Trac system! I'm running 2.9.2 - what's the best way to apply your patch? This is really excellent work – thank you. This is probably not the place to ask for support but – I’m completely new to the WP Trac system! I’m running 2.9.2 – what’s the best way to apply your patch?

]]> By: Takaitra http://www.takaitra.com/posts/234/comment-page-1#comment-2179 Takaitra Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:04:55 +0000 http://www.takaitra.com/?p=234#comment-2179 <a href="#comment-2178" rel="nofollow">@Sam Burdge</a> Hi Sam, I forgot to mention it in my post, but the patch I submitted for the wp_list_authors template tag does indeed streamline the SQL so that only one query is performed instead of one for each author. There is an <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5407" rel="nofollow">open enhancement request</a> in WordPress Trac regarding this subject and from which I got some hints on how to write the correct JOIN statements. As you can see, that request is two years old! We can only hope that the <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10329" rel="nofollow">wp_list_authors patch</a> is included in WordPress 3.0 and then at least one template tag will be streamlined. @Sam Burdge
Hi Sam,
I forgot to mention it in my post, but the patch I submitted for the wp_list_authors template tag does indeed streamline the SQL so that only one query is performed instead of one for each author. There is an open enhancement request in WordPress Trac regarding this subject and from which I got some hints on how to write the correct JOIN statements. As you can see, that request is two years old! We can only hope that the wp_list_authors patch is included in WordPress 3.0 and then at least one template tag will be streamlined.

]]> By: Sam Burdge http://www.takaitra.com/posts/234/comment-page-1#comment-2178 Sam Burdge Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:07:03 +0000 http://www.takaitra.com/?p=234#comment-2178 Hi Takaitra Your suggestion to improve this function is a great idea. The fact that it has to make one db query per author at the moment means that this one function alone can double or even triple the number of sql queries per page load. WordPress used to store the 'user_status' in the wp_users table, so this function could be performed on a single db query. Wouldn't that approach be better? as for a simple call of the function it would eliminate the need to make multiple queries to the user_meta table. In my opinion a main priority for WordPress should be to streamline a lot of its template tags to be less greedy with the number of sql queries. For busy sites with high traffic the extra queries can cause the mysql memory to max out, even when using a caching plugin. Hi Takaitra
Your suggestion to improve this function is a great idea. The fact that it has to make one db query per author at the moment means that this one function alone can double or even triple the number of sql queries per page load.

WordPress used to store the ‘user_status’ in the wp_users table, so this function could be performed on a single db query. Wouldn’t that approach be better? as for a simple call of the function it would eliminate the need to make multiple queries to the user_meta table.

In my opinion a main priority for WordPress should be to streamline a lot of its template tags to be less greedy with the number of sql queries. For busy sites with high traffic the extra queries can cause the mysql memory to max out, even when using a caching plugin.

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