Display random player details
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Hi there,
I was asked for integrating a page which daily displays a random player from all players but SportsPress seems to not include a feature for that which means I have to build it for myself.
So I tried to understand the WordPress and SportsPress PHP handling, but I just don’t get it.
And that’s why I thought about just making a PHP shortcode which daily creates a random number between x and y and insert the result in the player details shortcode like
[player_details id="[RANDOM PLAYER NUMBER" align="none"]But: The player ids do not seem to be sequently so my plan cannot work ??
May someone help me to solve this thing? Big thanks!
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Thanks – you’re the man! Unfortunately I don’t know how to form it for getting a content. I tried different ways: Direct integration in sidebar.php and use of the plugins PHP Code Widget, Insert PHP Code Snippet and PHP Everywhere.
But I did not get one of them to display anythin with the examples.In the array from the three examples I replaced post_type’=>’testimonials’ with post_type’=>’player’ but this do not seems to be the working solution.
Please help this guy (who only knows PowerShell scripting for system administration) just once again ??
Hello again,
amazing, thank you! I start enjoying the PHP WordPress stuff ??
I wont withhold from you what I have compiled so far:<?php remove_all_filters('posts_orderby'); $args=array('post_type'=>'sp_player', 'orderby'=>'rand', 'posts_per_page'=>'1'); $projects=new WP_Query($args); while ($projects->have_posts()) : $projects->the_post(); ?> <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2> <p><?php the_excerpt();?></p> <img src="<?php the_post_thumbnail_url( array(250, 250) ); ?>"/> <? endwhile;The syntax/format may be better, but this works so far. The daily-option is missing because I did not finish that yet. Hope I can solve it with these transient because I doubt that the webspace where the page is hosted does support cronjobs. And a cronjob on one of my VPS which manipulates the webspace daily via FTP sounds not very pretty to me …
Edit: Oh, there are PHP formatters/beautifiers – so a clean version is:
<?php remove_all_filters('posts_orderby'); $args = array( 'post_type' => 'sp_player', 'orderby' => 'rand', 'posts_per_page' => '1' ); $projects = new WP_Query($args); while ($projects->have_posts()): $projects->the_post(); ?> <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2> <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p> <img src="<?php the_post_thumbnail_url(array( 250, 250 )); ?>"/> <?php endwhile;So guys, I have finished (and I understood PHP with the WP integration a bit …).
This is my result, just paste it into a widget like PHP Code Widget if you like to use it.
<?php remove_all_filters('posts_orderby'); $selectedDetails = array( 'post_type' => 'sp_player', // Selects only from player's list 'orderby' => 'rand', // Select a random one 'posts_per_page' => '1' // Select only one "post" (= one player) ); // DEVELOPER SETTINGS: //If you want to reset the timer, uncomment the following line and run the script once: // delete_transient('player_of_the_day'); //Set the resolution of the thumbnail image (250 x 250 px is the current resolution): $imageResolution = array(250, 250); // Check for transient. If none, then execute WP_Query: if ( false === ( $randomPlayer = get_transient('player_of_the_day') ) ) { $randomPlayer = new WP_Query($selectedDetails); // Get a random player set_transient( 'player_of_the_day', $randomPlayer, DAY_IN_SECONDS ); // Puts the results in a transient expiring after x seconds (the constant 'DAY_IN_SECONDS' resolves the amount of seconds a day has) } ?> <?php if ( $randomPlayer->have_posts() ) : ?> <?php while ( $randomPlayer->have_posts() ) : ?> <?php $randomPlayer->the_post(); // Retrieves the player's details ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() // Displays the player's link to headline ?>"> <h4> <?php the_title(); // Displays the headline (= player's name) ?></a> </h4> <img src="<?php the_post_thumbnail_url($imageResolution); // Displays player's image ?>"/> <?php endwhile; ?> <?php else: // Does nothing currently, but you may integrate something if you want to ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php wp_reset_postdata(); // Resets the WP_Query ?>Thanks again to all participants.
Warning: I’m testing this widget now, it could have some big bugs I did not recognized yet. I’ll tell you if it finally works in a couple of days.
Hi Roch,
thank you, you’re welcome. I wouldn’t have made it without you support.
The second-based option meanwhile has gotten unprecise for any reason so I changed it to date-based – now the player changes absolutely precise at midnight without manual adjusting:
<?php // DEVELOPER SETTINGS: // - Delete option (leave it uncommented while normal use): // delete_option('datestore'); // - Set the resolution of the thumbnail image (230 x 230 px is the current resolution): $imageResolution = array(230, 230); // - Set timezone (see https://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php for overview): $timeZone = 'Europe/Berlin'; // =================== date_default_timezone_set($timeZone); $currentDate = date("Ymd"); $dateStore = get_option('datestore'); remove_all_filters('posts_orderby'); $selectedDetails = array( 'post_type' => 'sp_player', // Selects only from player's list 'orderby' => 'rand', // Select a random one 'posts_per_page' => '1' // Select only one "post" (= one player) ); if ($dateStore === false) { update_option('datestore', $currentDate); update_option('randomplayer', ($randomPlayer = new WP_Query($selectedDetails))); // Get a random player } elseif ($dateStore < $currentDate) { update_option('datestore', $currentDate); update_option('randomplayer', ($randomPlayer = new WP_Query($selectedDetails))); // Get a random player } elseif ($dateStore === $currentDate) { $randomPlayer = get_option('randomplayer'); } ?> <?php if ($randomPlayer->have_posts()) : ?> <?php while ( $randomPlayer->have_posts() ) : ?> <?php $randomPlayer->the_post(); // Retrieves the player's details ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() // Integrates the player's link to headline ?>"><h4><?php the_title(); // Displays the headline (= player's name) ?></a> </h4> <a href="<?php the_permalink() // Integrates the player's link to image ?>"><img src="<?php the_post_thumbnail_url($imageResolution); // Displays player's image ?>"/> <?php endwhile; ?> <?php else: // Does nothing currently, but you may integrate something if you want to ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php wp_reset_postdata(); // Resets the WP_Query ?>If anyone is using it, too: I strongly recommend switching to this newer version. Not a big thing, just swap it by copy and paste.
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