[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24856: Authors widget to highlight authors

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#24856: Authors widget to highlight authors
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 Reporter:  lancewillett                         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Widgets                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion needs-testing  |
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 This is on the 3.8 milestone, so we need to revisit it now if we want to
 make that deadline.

 I've attached a patch that imports the [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-
 author-widget/ Author Widget Plugin] (props obenland and MikeHansenMe) and
 registers it as a default widget '''for multi-author sites'''.

 Keeping "decisions, not options" in mind, and considering the other
 defualt widgets, I think we should limit it to two options max (in
 addition to title). Currently those are a checkbox to show authors with no
 posts (I re-worded that), and avatar size. I think options like limit,
 orderby, exclude, show count, etc. are best left to plugins. The posted
 since option could definitely be useful, but would require a strong UI. If
 someone has ideas for that, such an option could absorb the current
 checkbox's functionality, but I'm not sure that it's a common enough use
 case. Avatar size is quite useful.

 Unfortunately, this currently looks bad out-of-the-box; it really doesn't
 look right unless themes have added styling to float the images, avoid
 breaking the names, etc. We could consider bundling some basic styling, or
 improving the html markup to get better results on existing themes that
 lack specific styling for it. We can add some great styling to Twenty
 Fourteen, of course.

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