WordPress Plugin – kk Star Ratings
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kk Star Ratings
Version 1.3+ also includes a widget to show top rated posts 
It has some cool animation and fade effects which may fuel up the visitors passion as well .
You can have a look at it besides this post and can decide to rate it as well :p
This plugin can be freely downloaded by visiting the link below
Download version 1.7CHANGES & UPDATES
Version 1.7 (09 May, 2012)
- Updated: The top rated posts now considers the vote count as well. This is a recommended update for all users.
Version 1.6 (22 January, 2012)
- Added: Now you can see a column in the admin screen of posts and pages stating the ratings of each.
Version 1.5 (20 January, 2012)
- Fixed: Some users complained about a fault: “An error occured” being displayed when someone rates a post. This was due to the charset of the returned response via ajax (Mentioned by jamk). Has been fixed as the ajax response is now retrieved as an xml dom instead of plain text.
- Fixed: Regardless of unique voting set or not, a user could click on a star multiple times simultaneously and the post would be rated that much time. Has been fixed.
- Added: Filter by category in the widget as well as the custom template tag/function.
Version 1.4.1 (2 November, 2011)
- Fixed: Fixed the issue of saving the settings. Was an issue in v1.4.
Version 1.4 (28 October, 2011)
- Updated: Retrieve top rated posts in your template/theme so developers can have more power over it.
Version 1.3.1
- Fixed: Flushing/removing ratings for widget now included. Thanks to feedback by Glyn.
Version 1.3
- Updated: This includes a widget to show top rated posts
Version 1.2
- Updated Added ability to manually show ratings in template files.
Version 1.1
- Fixed [avg] error which did not show the average ratings. Now it works
I am working on version 2.0. This will be a major change as I will re-code the entire plugin to make it more efficient and smooth. Certainly there will be more features. So stay tuned!
Feel free to send your feedbacks by posting a comment below.
Thanks!
Hey,
Is there any way for this plugin to interact with
wp_query?Use the template tag code
Thank you for fast responce.
We like the plugin and looking forward for the update.
And yes we have debug mode activated (always) on our local server, this is done for several reasons.
All seems well on live stage but tells us how “clean” plugins are coded.
Keep on rocking maestro.
Thank you. Well, its not that I didn’t know about these Notices but I get very less time to focus on it (I mean what else to expect from a free plugin).
Was absolutely not nasty or reproachful meant Kamal, more as a side-note why we have it active on our local server. I am sure the community is thankfull to have programmers like you offering great stuff for free. No doubt about that
Greetings.
I was not harsh on the meaning. Cheers
Here some more poppin up(very sorry )
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\admin\options.php:34 - Undefined index: enable
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\admin\options.php:40 - Undefined index: show_in_home
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\admin\options.php:43 - Undefined index: show_in_archives
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\admin\options.php:46 - Undefined index: show_in_posts
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\admin\options.php:48 - Undefined index: show_in_pages
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\admin\options.php:79 - Undefined index: unique
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\admin\options.php:118 - Undefined index: clear
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\admin\options.php:127 - Undefined index: kkratings-flush
Looking forward for solutions, thanks in advance for the great job.
I appreciate you turning on the debug mode for wordpress. These are only notices and not errors. WordPress gives a notice on any undefined key in an array. That is usual.
Anyways it doesn’t effect the working of the plugin. I will fix these notices in the next version.
Meanwhile please use the plugin in a released environment.
Thank you
Hi Kamal, a very nice plugin, but it throws a
NOTICE: wp-content\plugins\kk-star-ratings\kk-ratings.php:231 - Undefined index: enableThe line as mentioned is
if(!is_admin() && $this->options['enable'])Maybe there is a quick solution to solve?(Debug is showing this!)
Keep up the great work maestro
Okay, this will show in the debug, I advise you to replace the line with the following:
if(!is_admin() && isset($this->options['enable']) && $this->options['enable'])Nice plugin! Do you know how to get it to work with the Sociable plugin and Facebook Comments plugin by Alex Moss? Thanks!
Man, I love the idea and the various settings but unfortunately it’s not working with the plugins I’ve installed on my site (carefully picked and too many to turn them off, one-by-one, to determine which one it is) or it’s my JournalCrunch theme that’s not compatible…dunno
It allows only 1-star rating and nothing happens when hovering over the other ones..
)
It also doesnt show up (not just changing the layout but doesnt show up at all) on home and archive/category pages, which is the vital area where you want to display it.
I tried it on another site and it worked there (but dont need it there
Also a suggestion or 2.
- Make the stars with a transparent background (you’re already using png’s..why not transparent ones
- Output the rating in simple php/html so it shows up like meta data on home/archive/category pages. Just like the author’s name and amount of comments.
Good luck with the development. Certainly close to having a great plugin!
Cheers
robert
I guess it maybe your theme.
For the suggestions, yes I will include transparent PNGs this time and will work out the meta data as well.
Thank you
Dear Kamal, thanks for 1.7. After update I see old issue of multiple voting by same IP (if it is done in a very short — very very short duration).
Please check mark the 3rd option in the settings page: Unique Voting (Based on IP)
Is it possible for people visiting the site to be able to view a post rating without having to rate it themselves first?
Ofcourse, a visitor is not bound to vote. The previous star ratings will be displayed allowing the user to submit his/her vote as well.
hi, great plugin! my biggest thing for the wish list is to be able to filter: Highest rated Combined with Most Votes. At the moment when I filter highest rated from an average, a post with one 5 star vote is before a post that has 50 votes with 5 start ratings. I am hoping you will add this type of filter in 2.0?
Yes, the plugin is lacking this feature.
Thanks a lot for the plugin ! Can it be scaled? I tried to
- edit the css-file, and
- resize the png files,
but nothing happened.
cheers,
Paul
It sure can be scaled. Maybe a cache issue ?
hello,
I would like to import this great plugin in my tab widget with “most read” and “popular”. I do not understand that I need to copy the code in the third tab and then “Top Rated”. thanks
Hi,
Can you tell me which code I can use in kk-ratings.php to write percent in one html code?
Regards
Gadget Review
Thanks for your great work with this plugin, it really is useful and best of all, works with WPTouch pro plugin.
I want to ask you about a feature that I hope will be a part of the upcoming v2.0.
In addition to the rating average we have now, will it be possible to access information about who rated a post and what they rated it? (So you can have two types of “top5 posts”: The system-wide top 5, and your own personal top 5).
I hope this will be included in the upcoming version, and if not, has anyone in here had experiences with extracting data on “Who rated what posts and how high?”
thanks,
– Jonas
Thanks so much for your reply! The plugin is awesome, can’t wait to see the new changes! Have a great day!
Hello,
thank you for the great plugin…very nicely done!
Can you tell me if this supports google rich snippets?
Also, one suggestion (very minor). It would be nice to be able to change the wording for 1 rating vs. multiple ratings.
for example, if there is only one vote, it would read “1 vote”
If there are 2 or more votes, it would read “2 votes”.
I will modify it to read that way, but it would be nice if it was included so it wouldn’t get overwritten with updates.
anyways, thank you again!
Thank you for appreciating.
As of now, google rich snippets hasn’t been integrated.
I add features when there is a precise amount of demand for it. I will look forward to this.
And yes, you have raised a god point which I had in mind before.
I will definitely update the readings for ratings.
I am busy re-coding this plugin to make it more efficient.
Hi ,
I want to add some code in kk-ratings.php
PERCENT
If I write ‘.$this->options['init_msg'].’ and in settings at destination I set [per] , This works only for second percent and at first this remain content=”"
Can you tell me what can I write on contect to write correct?
Regards,
Floryn
PERCENTThis code I want to insert in kk-ratings.php
Hey Kamal
First and foremost – great plugin! I just installed it tonight and ditched polldaddy in favour of kk star ratings
But a quick question… is it possible to weight the top posts (in widget) by number of votes? Say for example 6 posts have 5/5, but I want the top 5 descending 5/5 with most votes at the top?
Awesome work, thanks again
Thank you for appreciating.
Sure, I have that in mind and will definitely implement this in the next version, hopefully soon.
I am trying to implement the Microdata information into your script.
Since now I tested various modifications, but I did not manage to insert the ratting values into a microdata structure.
Down here you can see what I changed so far:
'.$this->options['init_msg'].'
Multumim!
A aparut o eroare!
';
$markup .= $this->options['clear']? '' : '';
return $markup;
the result in the page code is:
5/5 din 1 voturi
To make the page readable by robots I need to change the code so it will show:
5/5 din 1 voturi
I am trying to implement the Microdata information into your script.
Since now I tested various modifications, but I did not manage to insert the ratting values into a microdata structure.
Down here you can see what I changed so far:
‘.$this->options['init_msg'].’
Multumim!
A aparut o eroare!
‘;
$markup .= $this->options['clear']? ” : ”;
return $markup;
the result in the page code is:
5/5 din 1 voturi
To make the page readable by robots I need to change the code so it will show:
5/5 din 1 voturi
I don’t think it will be an appropriate option to have this in a new version.
You can achieve this by hard coding it in the plugin.
Thanks
Hey thx for the great plugin! I had a look at various other Rating Systems but this one fits perfectly for my needs!
I use a mod twenty ten theme and I want to appear the rating on the home as well as in the Archives, but if i tick both boxes the rating stars will appear two times in the Archives. I didn’t found a hint to this issue in these comments here (I have to confirm I didn’t take a close look).
I would appreciate if you can help me out…
Thanks!
Thanks for this question. Kindly test with different permalink structure. Try with ‘Month and name’.
You can do this by going to the settings -> permalinks.
Choose ‘Month and Name’ then hit ‘Save Changes’.
Thanks for your fast respond!
I tried all structures but unfortunately non of them could solve this problem.
I will try to fix this issue asap.
I don’t think that is the issue. I will test this myself and let you know asap.
Kamal, can you answer my mail please ?
In your stylesheet file please enter this at the end:
.kk-ratings { margin: 0px !important; }kamal yar tum nay to kamal he kar dia….very good…perfect..i apreshade your work….
Hi
Love the plugin!
Is it possible to have the stars on a clear background? The white background doesnt look great when on my grey background?
Cheers
IB
I will change the images into transparent images in the next version
. Hopefully this week
Hi !
Can I have this plugin with 10 stars ? And is it possible to center the stars or not ?
Thanks !
How to display ratings of more than 5 stars
This is a 5 star rating plugin so no more than 5 stars are used
Thanx
kkrating not work in firefox and ie
fix it pls
As far as I have checked, it works on all major browsers.
Can you include the browser versions as well so I can check it
Hi Kamal, Thanks and big hug from Your Story Club
now everything is perfect for us
Hey Kamal,
Thanks for the update. It’s great now that we can select by category in the template. With the new version I don’t seem to be able to call the excerpt though. Below is the code I was using to call the excerpt in the previous version which worked fine, but now is not. Any ideas?
ID);
$title = get_the_title($post->ID);
$excerpt = get_the_excerpt($post->ID);
echo $title;
echo $excerpt;
echo $permalink;
}
endif;
endif;
?>
Thanks again,
Dylan
Can you post the full code including the function call before this snippet?
aah the comments form is editing my php
here you go
if(function_exists(‘kk_star_ratings_get’)) :
$top_rated_posts = array();
$top_rated_posts = kk_star_ratings_get(10,12);
if(count($top_rated_posts)) :
foreach($top_rated_posts as $post)
{
$title = get_the_title($post->ID);
$excerpt = get_the_excerpt($post->ID);
$permalink = get_permalink($post->ID);
echo $title;
echo $excerpt;
echo $permalink;
}
endif;
endif;
Use this:
if(function_exists(‘kk_star_ratings_get’)) :
$top_rated_posts = array();
$top_rated_posts = kk_star_ratings_get(10,12);
if(count($top_rated_posts)) :
wp_reset_query();
foreach($top_rated_posts as $post)
{
$mypost = get_post($post->ID);
$title = $mypost->post_title;
$excerpt = $mypost->post_excerpt;
$permalink = get_permalink($mypost->ID);
echo $title;
echo $excerpt;
echo $permalink;
wp_reset_query();
}
endif;
endif;
Reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post
Hmm that doesn’t seem to return any results. no title, permatlic or excerpt. I am not sure what is causing it to break. I would have thought something simple like echo get_the_excerpt($post->ID); would work but it doesn’t. Any other ideas?
I tested this code myself before posting and it works.
There is no option no 8 in the setting. I get only 7 Clear Line option as last one. I crossed checked and it is latest version 1.6
Sorry i don’t know why the options file did not get updated. I have updated the file manually.
Please install again.
Thank you
Please help me to install… how to do? I am unable to do it from wordpress plugin section because it says plugin already installed.
I do not want to miss old ratings and vote counts.. or send me file or change through email – thank you very much for help
Dont worry it will not affect your current ratings. Delete the plugin and install again.
Have you enabled the option no 8 in the settings?
Hi Kamal, thanks for 1.5. I am big fan of this plugin. Now everything is perfect for me. One request – would it be possible to add rating (%) and total rating count in admin page also against each post when all posts page is displayed?
Once again, thank you for this wonderful plugin
Your request has been approved mate
Have a look at version 1.6
Thanks Kamal, appreciate your quick response. I installed 1.6. However unable to see rating and vote count in admin all posts. (NOT pages). I used following code in theme single.php file. (I am not using the star rating for pages but only posts)
”
Is there any setting I am missing?
my code did not came in comment above. Let me try again:
if(function_exists(‘kk_star_ratings’)) : echo kk_star_ratings($pid); endif;
Any word on a fix for the error I described earlier? Time frame at least? Its preventing me from launching the website. Thanks!
If you are talking about this error: “190 Thanks! An error occurred!” This is due to theme inconsistency. It does not show this error normally
Really? I see someone else had the same problem and this was not a problem initially….does this mean there is no fix?
This has been fixed. Please use version 1.5
Hey Kamal,
Great plugin. I am trying to display the top 10 posts from a specific category via template. I have written the php to display all the values I want to display but cant seem to limit it to a specific category. I would have thought something simple like this would work – $top_rated_posts = array(‘cat’ => 12); – but it doesn’t seem to. Any ideas?
Thanks a bunch,
Dylan
Filtering by category is a feature not yet implemented. I haven’t got the time to implement it. I will implement it in my first recess.
Thanks Kamal – Look forward to it!
Hi,
I am getting a weird error “190 Thanks! An error occurred!”. I upgraded WP so not sure if that is the reason. I deactivated and reactivated with no success. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hi (I’m French). I installed KK Star Ratings on my website but I have a problem with this widget. I can’t center it and put it in the middle of the article. I have also the results in the first comment but I want they’re juste after the stars.
Thanks !
Hello, I want to display the top 10 rated posts in a sidebar widget – which this plugin does – however, instead of just the parenthesis of the rating (4.5/5), I want the physical stars next to it, showing visually what the rating is. Is this possible? How would I go about doing this? I’ve tried tweaking the code, but can’t seem to get it… Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
The plugin is great. Thanks!
However, I appear to be having a javascript issue to where I cannot get the actual stars to highlight or work. On hover, I get a javascript()void message at the bottom of the screen.. Suggestions on how to fix this? Im on a local machine, so I cant show you the problem.
Thanks for any help.
figured it out
thanks for a wonderful plugin
I’m having this problem on all posts
it show the stars and next to it 1019 Thanks! An error occurred!
the number goes up as the posts increase
you can see it on my site http://viralvideopalace.com
thanks for any help
rechecked you can see it happening here http://viralvideopalace.com/category/collegehumor/
It seems that many people have issues with this. I will check and fix this as soon as possible.
Thanks
Hi!
How can i add a minimum number of votes limit in the widget toplist? This way in the toplist can get only posts that have at least 3 votes. Thank you!
Hello.
This plugin was working fine and then recently the message, “An error occurred!” occurred as people tried to make ratings. I cleared cookies and temp files and tried different browsers – same thing. I’m using the Twenty Ten WordPress theme. Here’s a link to my site with the rating in the upper right area: http://medicalcookbooks.com/e-cookbooks/autism-asd/asian/fried-rice
I also found a post on the WP forum from a person having the same issue, also with the Twenty Ten theme but with no other plugins. http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-kk-star-ratings-an-error-occured
Do you know of any issue with this plugin and the WP Twenty Ten theme?
Thanks.
I did following change in .js file and now no multiple voting by fast clicking of mouse… pls check if it is ok and there is no side effect. Changes are implemented at index and single pages of http://yourstoryclub.com/
var busy = 0;
$(“.hover-panel > a”, obj).click( function() {
if(busy){return;}
busy = 1;
….. rest of code
Once again, thanks for very nice plugin.
I think I phrased my question wrong. All I wanted to do was add the rating next to the post title on the home page. For instance on the home page it has a list of recent posts and next to each one I want it show how many stars it has received.
Thanks a lot. Great plugin. However a small issue – if someone quickly rate many times by multiple clicking mouse within fraction of seconds (before yellow color of stars changes to brown with Thanks message), the voting considered is more than one in number. It means one can unfairly vote more than one time in a day from the same IP. Could you pls fix this bug I am using it for rating stories published at my site and may consider it for rewarding the writers.
I tried to figure out how to add top rated posts on the homepage within the excerpts, but am unable to do so. Can you assist? site is http://www.emakemelaugh.com
Thanks
Try this
if(function_exists('kk_star_ratings_get')) :
$top_rated_posts = array();
$top_rated_posts = kk_star_ratings_get(5);
if(count($top_rated_posts)) :
foreach($top_rated_posts as $post)
{
// you get $post->ID and $post->ratings
// Do anything with it like get_post($post->ID)
$permalink = get_permalink($post->ID);
$title = get_the_title($post->ID);
$excerpt = get_the_excerpt($post->ID);
// You can now echo the excerpt or title below.
echo $excerpt;
}
endif;
endif;
?>
I put that on my index.php file but it just shows up as raw text on the home page. I’m still relatively new to editing with php, was I supposed to just copy paste that exactly and place it in index.php? or is there a certain area or customization i need to make. thanks for the help
here is my index.php file, can you make the necessary changes and link me to back to a revised pastebin?
http://pastebin.com/Z0vSRPi5
thanks
The code was to help you start off. You do need PHP experience for this. The sample code just goes through 5 top posts and spits out the excerpt of each.
are you planning on implementing that feature in future versions? i don’t see why its not there now by default.
As of now, I don’t have that intension. I have given the feature of doing anything for developers by customizing their theme. Numerous people ask for numerous features and unfortunately I can not fulfill everyone as I also have to work on other things more important.
I just installed this. Seems to work but gives this error
16 Thanks! An error occurred!
About 5% of the comments have this issue. I suggest them to test it on another theme first and then provide this feedback/statement.
Most themes are unfortunately not properly developed, so the plugin will not work on such themes.
Thank you
Hi!
Using your plugin in a theme..and working great. No problems there.
I was wondering is there a way to show for example the Top 10 rated posts in a static page?
Would be great!
Thanks!
You can do that using the function provided:
$top_rated_posts = kk_star_ratings_get(10);
$top_rated_posts will contain the top 10 most rated post Objects. It is an array containing the ID and the ratings of the post.
Thanks! Still learning php. So do just use it like this:
or like
or how?
Because either one does not show anything on the static page..
I made a page template where I inserted the code.
Thanks!
Yes, please. I love your plugin, but I still cant make it work to order my categories. Do you can give us an example? Thanks.
Updated to version 1.4.1
Version 1.4 was having issues when saving the settings.
For all plugin users, kindly update to version 1.4.1
Sorry for the inconvenience
One more thing to do, in the plugin settings, at the 2th point (Where do you need the ratings), it will be great if there I can set to appear to the each custom posts.
You can use template tag provided by passing the id
As per John’s comment, he isn’t using the proper shortcode to display the star ratings.
Moreover, I have tested the plugin version 1.4 and it works smoothly.
Same like John, if I put the shortcode anywhere it doesn’t display anything and the save button does nothing. I think is better to check on my blog to see the problem. My blog is up for 2 days.. so is a fresh copy of wordpress with only 1 plugin installed, your plugin..
Okay, kindly send me your wp-admin details so I can have a look. You can send the info via the contact page.
Sent
I installed the plugin, I set the option from the Settings menu, but the button Save Settings doesn’t do anything. I mean I can’t change the settings, I can’t enable it.
Tell me what I do wrong… Thanks.
Please download the latest version from: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/kk-star-ratings/
I did and not working.
If it helps, I can give you the info to connect to my wordpress site.
The latest version is stable, it should work with no errors. I recommend doing a cache refresh
I did a cache cleaning, more on that I checked on 2 different browsers.
Before my comment, John is saying the same thing about saving the plugin settings.
Hee,
I have some problems inserting this plugin to my blog posts. It does not seem to work whatsoever? It seems like the plugin settings are not properly saved and so no rating stars appear when i import [kkratingstar] in my blogposts. Does anyone have a solution?
Thanks!
John
Hi
Please use this shortcode in your post: [kkratings]
Hope this will solve your problem
Dear Kamal Khan!
In kk-ratings.php at the public function markup() i want to edit it so, that it shows the [total] number in the TITLE tag of the DIV.
How can i call this function or how can i reach this option in this section? (the total number of votes for the specific page)
Thank you very much!
Hi
love the plug in.I was wondering if there was a way of simply displaying the ratings in the post loop and only letting people rate the post once they go into the ‘single’ post page?
Mike
Super plug in! I really like having the widget for a quick glance of the top ratings… any chance we could get number votes cast added to the average rating shown in the widget? Thanks for all the hard work… seems these days people do not appreciate the creativity and work that goes into plug ins like this!
Hi,
I like the plug in. Lightweight compared to GD ratings. What would be EXCELLENT for me is a widget that displays the top rated posts by category.
Thanks. The feature in concern will hopefully be included in the next version (end of this month).
Hi! Trying to set up your plugin.
I have a page with the list of other pages. Is there any way to show the results of votings for pages on this list?
To be more precise, I have the page http://standup-sreda.ru/top100. So when someone votes for Richard Pryor on the page http://standup-sreda.ru/comedians/classic/richard-pryor.html, I want it to be shown on the http://standup-sreda.ru/top100 (in his cell) too. Hope I made myself clear enough
And thanks for the great plugin! It suites me best than any other ratings plugin I’ve seen!
I am afraid but currently there is no option for this yet.
But keep your fingers crossed for the next version hopefully before the end of this month.
I will add this feature for sure by then
Thanks
Great, will be waiting for it!
For Pryor I meant this page: http://standup-sreda.ru/richard-pryor
I put
But it doesn;t show anything.. What am I doing wrong?
Hi everybody how can we center it in a post ? Thanks !
Yes, you can use the template tag in your theme files. So you can apply CSS rules and center it accordingly
Hey! I´m trying to input your plugin straight in to the wp single.php file with the code
It shows up, but there is also another 5 stars in the post.
it works properly when just using the settings way..it inputs the start to the post but i´d like to change the position to somewhere else but top-left, top-right, bottom-left or bottom-right.
hope you understood what I meant
You have to remove the option to show for posts, if you want to display it using template tags
Thanks! Works perfectly!
ok, I changed the theme, but it would be cool to be able to use on themes without a white background.
Also, is it possible to sort posts by rating?
Thanks
This request for transparent stars so that it can fit into any theme has already been requested. I am considering that change for next version.
Regarding you second opinion, do you mean sorting of posts w.r.t ratings in the post loop?
Hi Kamal,
Thx for your reply, yes I meant sorting in the post loop – so that I could display the highest rated posts first for a category or tag, etc.
Thanks,
Fran
Cool plugin, like the style
I’m trying to use on a site that does not have a white background.
Any chance there could be a transparent background star option?
Cheers
Thanks for great plugin. Should the plugin support read-only mode: just for displaying purpose, no interaction at all?
Thanks for liking the plugin and feedback
Regarding your question, I haven’t implemented that yet, but will keep that in mind for the next release.
I am clueless about changing the background colour of the stars so that it blend with the colour of my website. Could you elaborate in details how to go about it? OR could you create an update version with transparant background for the stars?
Great plugin. Thank you for the advice.
Hi, okay I will fix this in the next version.
Stay tuned!
Thanks for the quick reply! Making my own stars with a transparent background did the trick! My other issue was being able to see the star rating bar so people knew they could vote. (It was showing as a dark, blank rectangle) The good news is it’s very easy to fix. I just added to the hover panel code in the .css like so and now it’s perfect!
(Thought I’d post this bit of info in case anyone else is having the same issue)
kk-ratings .hover-panel a {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
float: left;
height: 24px;
width: 24px;
text-decoration: none;
background-image: url(../images/off.png);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
This widget is awesome! But how do I change the background color? The WordPress site I’m working on is black and the white background to the star rating doesn’t look good. Thanks! (example link: whiskey-ninja.com/wp/?p=180)
You can change the images and use one with black background.
Thanks
I am also needed the background of the stars to blend with the color of my website. I do not understand the solution given. Could you please elaborate more details for a layman like me? Or could you update a version with transparant background for the stars?
Great plugin and many thanks for your advice.
Thanks for a great plugin… tried 3 others and it didn’t do what I want… being able to submit a custom ID is brilliant. My other thank you is your Paypal account.
Thank you very much for your interest in my plugin. I Appreciate your donation
Thanks . I just deleted the browser cookies and now it is working.
Most welcome
my website address is http://www.clips420.com/ Previously I used wp postraings plugin. and I am using Metube Theme.
I just checked and it works fine
hi
I just installed this plugin .but when try to rate any post it gives me an error message ” An Error has Occured” . Can you please guide me to resolve this issue.
Thanks
Hi. Can you send the link to your website so that I can check. Most probably it must be an issue with your theme
Hi, excellent plugin, however when I have ‘flushed’ the ratings, they still appear within the widget as the previous values.
So it appears not to be updating the widget when the ratings have been flushed.
Thanks
Thank you very much for letting me know. I forgot about that
Will update this now.
Thanks
To all those who wanted to show top rated posts. Version 1.3 and all future versions will have a widget so you can show the most rated posts.
Thanks and good luck
Hello, there are options to list the posts according to the rating assigned to them by the user?
I mean, I need to show the top ranked posts at the homepage.
Please tell me if there are ways to do it.
thanks in advance!
Hi, Unfortunately this feature still has to come. I am trying my best to take some time off from my regular work and add some more features like the “Top Rated Posts” for this plugin.
Stay tuned and there will definitely be an update.
Hi, thanks for the reply.
You know the way to do it? Because I need it now! haha
I can modify the plugin to achieve that result? The rating is stored in a field in the database? a query can be done with that information?
Thanks in advance!
For all guys who have reported the error for [avg] is now fixed. It is available in version 1.1 and updated at the wordpress plugin repository
I think this one is very neat. Sadly I also have the [avg] error
I use WordPress 3.1.4. Looking forward to the next version 
Thanks for letting me know. Actually it worked fine for me but I guess I have to run some more tests.
Will be updated soon. Will try within a week.
the code snippet did’t show up
I meant something like this echo do_shortcode(‘[kkratings]‘);
Sorry for the late reply. I am going to update the plugin now, it will contain a template tag which can be used anywhere in your theme files.
Thanks for the query
Is there a way to add it manually to the code. I tried this trick but it doesn’t work
Hey there,
this is an simple, light and good Plugin
But there are two points: [avg]… looks ugly for users (some comments above), and an overview to the top-rated-comments.
When will there be an update for that view? I need it rapidly, when would you be ready with the implementation of that (may if i spend some money over paypal thatfor)?
Hi
I do not see any errors for the [avg]. I guess they aren’t using the appropriate WP version.
As far as updated version is concerned, I will quite possibly work on it in 2 weeks time. A bit busy these days.
Ok, but i would like to format the output and determ on which subpages the ratings to show. Wich function can i edit to do this in kk-ratings.php ?
how do you want to format it? And if you just want to show the ratings on a specific page, just use this shortcode: [kk-ratings] on any page you want
Hi!
How can i get the plugin to work outsite the post editor?
I would like to put this in the page.php file and show on every specified subpage, but i can’t figure out, how to call it… can you please help me?
Thank you ver much!
Hi
Kindly go to the admin page of the plugin and choose to show on pages only.
This way, the ratings will be displayed on all pages
i have a same problem. the ‘Average’ doesn’t show. It remains [avg]. So the rating display looks like Rating: 3 – 60% – [avg]
I will have a look into this and update the fixes.
Thanks for letting me know
Looks like a great plugin but I couldn’t install it from within WP. It said the plugin doesn’t have a valid header. So I downloaded and unzipped it manually and found that is contains the readme file and some screenshots. To use the quick install feature from within WP you may want to split this into two download files…
Installation and configuration was very easy and the effects are cool. However there are some bugs and certainly room for improvement. Need a wake up call? Here it is:
1.) I am missing the option to place the stars in the center. I only have the options top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right. What about top-center and bottom-center?
2.) The stars have no spacing and are too close to the bottom of my post.
3.) When there are no ratings the ‘empty’ stars and the rating text is in light grey – which makes them almost ‘invisible’. A darker grey would be good. Plus – the “Thanks” font is – what – turquoise?
3.) The ‘Initial Message’ doesn’t show.
4.) The ‘Average’ doesn’t show. It remains [avg]. So the rating display looks like Rating: 3 – 60% – [avg]
These are fairly easy fixes. Unfortunately I’m not a CSS and php programmer and don’t feel like paying one for getting these bugs fixed. So I prefer to uninstall it for now and go hunting for a better solution…
Thanks for the feedback.
Point to note: Have you tested this on WP version 3.0+? Also I will be adding more features as you have mentioned and will also embed a widget feature so users can show top rated posts in their sidebars or any where.
Stay tuned!