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konnektiv/expert-finder
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WordPress plugin that provides a search engine to find experts who created or commented various WordPress content types.

1.0.0(10y ago)014AGPL-3.0PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jun 23Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/konnektiv/expert-finder)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/konnektiv/expert-finder)[ RSS](/packages/konnektiv-expert-finder/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 4w ago

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Expert Finder
=============

[](#expert-finder)

**Contributors:** konnektiv, chherbst
**Tags:** expert, search, author, content, community building, award, reward, engagement, community, shortcode, buddypress, plugin
**Requires at least:** WordPress 3.6.0
**Tested up to:** 4.5.2
**Stable tag:** 1.0.0
**License:** GNU AGPLv3
**License URI:**

A search engine to find experts who created or commented various WordPress content types.

Description
-----------

[](#description)

This Plugin provides a search engine to find experts who created or commented various WordPress content types. Experts are found using a sophisticated algorithm evaluating the social interaction. Its parameters can be configured on the plugin settings page. The search engine can be included anywhere on the site using the \[expert\_finder\] shortcode.

This plugin was originally developed for the [globe - Community of Digital Learning](https://quality4digitallearning.org/) on behalf of [GIZ](https://www.giz.de/).

### Contact

[](#contact)

- [Konnektiv](http://konnektiv.de/)
- [Expert Finder on GitHub](https://github.com/konnektiv/expert-finder) - Report issues, contribute code

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

1. Upload 'expert-finder' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### 1.0.0

[](#100)

- Initial release

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3659d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5413371?v=4)[Konnektiv](/maintainers/konnektiv)[@konnektiv](https://github.com/konnektiv)

---

Top Contributors

[![cherbst](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/632391?v=4)](https://github.com/cherbst "cherbst (24 commits)")[![reneneee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1183885?v=4)](https://github.com/reneneee "reneneee (1 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/konnektiv-expert-finder/health.svg)

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