A tag with capabilities quite different from ras_author_list.
A forum user that goes by pompilos , (forum link) requested some improvements to ras_author_list that amounted to a new or variant tag named ras_author_credits.
It is a better plugin in all respects with the exception of if_first_author – if_last_author functionality, which went by the wayside in favor of two deep sorting of the returned list of authors and stats.
The new plugin adds new attributes called active_only, which toggles filtering, select_by which restricts the returned list to a complex criteria set against an authors activity in terms of contribution on a site, and rank_by which sorts, to two levels, numerical ranking of authors contributions by media type.
This plugin will not coexist with ras_author_list nor will it replace it upon installation, so turn off author_list before you fire it up.
It could use some thorough testing to garner a little greater insight into possible improvements – so feel free to participate. Comments can be left on this article or on the forum thread.
