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How is Hotness calculated?
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Graham Tappenden
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May 30, 2013 - 7:52 pm

I have been trying out the "hot topics" function in the template tag plug-in this evening and following the instructions in the Codex:

http://codex.simple-press.com/.....ot-topics/

What I'm missing in the documentation is how the "hotness" is calculated.  Is the formula available anywhere?

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Mr Papa
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May 31, 2013 - 12:07 am

Its in the plugin... ;)

it uses the formula: 

score = log($days - $post->delta)

where $days is passed into the template function (default is 30) and delta is the difference between current date and the post date...

there is a filter on the score, so you can replace it with your own calculation if you like...

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