What you want are post meta/custom fields, using these functions: get_post_meta add_post_meta update_post_meta Adding a new column to the posts table will only cause further issues down the line e.g.: database schema changes in WP Core destroying your extra column having to write your own custom SQL for everything related to post votes No help … Read more
You can use this function, which you’d add to the theme’s functions.php file, to update the average post rating which is saved in a private meta named _avg_rating (but you can of course rename it) — private meta has their name starting with an underscore (_): function update_post_avg_rating( $comment_id, $post_id = 0 ) { if … Read more
Order Element By Custom Field in WordPress
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Try one of these plugins: GD Star Rating WP Voting or if you don’t mind spending a little then: Post Voting Plugin
it seems like a custom or a modified plugin at the very most its named smash-commentratings on the site you mentioned and the closest plugin to that one is this one named comment rating but if you want to use a rating plugin i will advice gd star ratting which offers not only the comment … Read more
You should install the plugin and reference it inside of a function within your theme. Be sure to check to make sure the expected plugin/function actually exist. Then you can just use it’s functionality as you see fit!
I would create a custom table that stored a) the user doing the rating b) the user being rated c) the rating d) the time of the rating. Between these 4, you should be able to store, aggregate, and effectively query your data with very little overhead or PHP processing. update note: this is pseudocode … Read more
From what I understood from your question, you want to sort your result by the most rated custom field ‘rating’ which is assumed to be number. In order to do this you need to write the below wp_query argument and to handle it properly in your request. However the end result for your query should … Read more
The wp_footer() function has to be called in footer.php, just before closing the page with </body>.