Extension:RandomUsersWithAvatars

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RandomUsersWithAvatars Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	Shows the avatars of randomly chosen wiki users who have uploaded an avatar.
Author(s)	David Pean Jack Phoenix
Latest version	1.3.0 (27 September 2014)
MediaWiki	1.23+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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RandomUsersWithAvatars parser hook extension displays randomly chosen avatars of your wiki's users on the page wherever you place the tag. For example, <randomuserswithavatars count=15 row=5/> would display a total of 15 avatars, 5 per row.

You need to have SocialProfile installed and configured properly before installing this extension.

It should also be noted that if only one user has uploaded an avatar and no other user has done so, using <randomuserswithavatars> causes a PHP warning about invalid arguments for foreach in the main extension file and no avatars are displayed. For example, if 2 or more users have uploaded an avatar, then this tag will work properly.

Installation

• Download and extract the tarball in your extensions/ folder. It should generate a new folder called RandomUsersWithAvatars directly inside your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

require_once "$IP/extensions/RandomUsersWithAvatars/RandomUsersWithAvatars.php";

• Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.