Title: Plot Over Time &#8211; Extended
Author: rdcravens
Published: <strong>2 augustus 2014</strong>
Last modified: 6 augustus 2014

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# Plot Over Time – Extended

 Door [rdcravens](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rdcravens/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/plot-over-time-extended.zip)

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 *  [Installatie](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/plot-over-time-extended/#installation)
 * [Ontwikkeling](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/plot-over-time-extended/#developers)

 [Ondersteuning](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/plot-over-time-extended/)

## Beschrijving

I have used Plot Over Time for a long time when found that I needed to put multiple
charts on one page and category restrictions. The plugin did not allow it. I am 
insistent on not needing a new plugin – as this one has worked just fine for me…
So, I made changes.

My first change is small in user effort, but large in execution… I added an optional
parameter for chart_num. This optional parameter is not needed if you are using 
the plugin for a single chart page. It is only needed to identify what chart you
are making on a multi-chart page…

**Single chart on a page…**

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate"]
    ```

**Multi-Chart page…**

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" chart_num="1"]
    [plot_ext field1="Blood Pressure" chart_num="2"]
    ```

Want to see it in action? http://www.ourroadtohealth.com/index.php/data-collection/
total-blood-pressure/

My second change… I added an optional parameter for post category restriction. This
optional parameter is not needed if you are pulling from all post categories. It
is only needed to identify what 1 post category you want to limit the data to…

**Single chart on a page with category selection…**

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" post_cat="8"]
    ```

**Let’s Get Started: **

**1. **To get it up and running: first, you’ll need to put data in your posts. So,
in a post, go to the section under your post called “Custom Fields”. Create a field
you want to track (for instance, “Heart Rate”) and give it a value.

**2. **You’ll need at lest two posts with data in them before the plugin can do 
it’s thing – so add data to another post.

**3. **Now that you have at least two posts with data, you can create a post that
creates a graph. For this example, you could simply use:

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate"]
    ```

This will go through all posts that have a custom field called “Heart Rate” and 
plot them on a nice Google Chart Tools LineChart. Plot Over Time – Extended supports
up to 10 fields per graph. If you wanted to work with more points of data (again,
up to 10), simply add more Custom Fields:

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" field2="Weight" field3="Workout Time"]
    ```

The legend is automatically added, and each datapoint is able to be clicked to get
a callout about it’s datapoint. Or you can move the legend around with legend=”left”
or legend=”right”. If you want to get rid of the legend:

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" legend="none"]
    ```

**Types: **Valid types chart types for Plot Over Time are: AreaChart, LineChart,
PieChart (not particularly useful in this implementation), BarChart, and ColumnChart.
To use other types of graphs:

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" type="BarChart"]
    ```

**Height / Width: **You can set your own width and height for the chart with Width
and Height (default: 400 X 300). Don’t change the height or width using the options
=”height: “, instead use height=”300” or similar. Changing it in the options that
are passed to the graph won’t change the size of the div it exists in.

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" width="500" height="300"] 
    ```

**Data Limits: **By default, Plot Over Time uses ALL data from all posts and pops
it onto a graph. You can limit it with two options:

**1. **You can determine the maximum number of days worth of data (starting from
now and going backward) with maxdays. This would show a one month span of data:

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" maxdays="30"]
    ```

**2. **You can attach a graph to that post’s published date with usepostdate:

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" usepostdate="true"]
    ```

So if the post was 3 weeks old, it would only show data from it’s publication date
of three weeks ago and older – **this allows you to see changes post by post**!

**Dates: **The date format defaults to m/d/y – IE, 12/31/11. You can change it with
dateformat. This would instead put 2011-12-31 on the graph:

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" dateformat="Y-m-d"]
    ```

**Titles: **This would add a title above your graph that reads “My Graph!”.

    ```
    [plot_ext field1="Heart Rate" options="'title': 'My Graph!'" chart_num="1"]
    ```

**Wrapping Up: **Don’t like the colors of the graph, or want to add a few new options?
No problem – any Google Visualization Tools options is available using the option
parameters.

**More Info: **For more information on the options available visit the Google Chart
Tools homepage: http://code.google.com/apis/chart/index.html

**Rules: **

**1. **If you define 5 fields you want to read from, and a post only had four fields?
It’s going to ignore you.

**2. **It doesn’t do data interpolation. If there’s a gap in your data, it simply
ignores it – it doesn’t give it a “0”, it just plain doesn’t plot it. (That’s how
he wanted it. Other opinions may differ – mine does not.)

**3. **f you tell it you want to see 30 days of data, and you’ve only got three 
days of data in your posts? It’s only going to show a graph that spans three days.

**All data integrity is up to you.**

**If you download, please rate the plugin. This is one of the few feedback methods
available. If you have a low opinion, please allow me to try to fix it first before
leaving a bad review.**

## Schermafbeeldingen

[⌊Example of AreaGraph formatted data⌉⌊Example of AreaGraph formatted data⌉[

Example of AreaGraph formatted data

[⌊Example of LineChart formatted data⌉⌊Example of LineChart formatted data⌉[

Example of LineChart formatted data

[⌊Example of the PieChart formatted data⌉⌊Example of the PieChart formatted data⌉[

Example of the PieChart formatted data

## Installatie

 1. Download the Plot Over Time plugin and you will get a directory called “plot_ext”
    when you unzip the downloaded file. Upload the “plot_ext” directory to your WordPress
    plugin’s directory (e.g. `/wp-content/plugins/`)
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in the WordPress dashboard.

## FAQ

  Is it possible to go beyond the 10 field limit?

Yes, but it would take code changes. I could do it, but I did not see a need at 
this time. If you have a need, let me know and I might be able to slip it into the
next release.

  Can you add this / that / the other?

Yes, but I have no time lines that I would do it in. I might finish tomorrow, I 
might finish next month. I gladly take requests as just that, requests… I am not
asking for money, so please do not have expectations beyond a free service…

  Did you write this plugin from scratch?

The greatest form of flattery is plagiarism 🙂 I am not the original author of the
base plugin – I highly modified an existing one. This is a modified and re-branded
version of the Plot Over Time plugin by MidnightRyder: http://www.midnightryder.
org

## Beoordelingen

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## Bijdragers & ontwikkelaars

“Plot Over Time – Extended” is open source software. De volgende personen hebben
bijgedragen aan deze plugin.

Bijdragers

 *   [ rdcravens ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rdcravens/)

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## Changelog

Version 1.0, July 30, 2014 – Initial Release
 Version 1.1, July 30, 2014 – Issues
with dates solved Version 1.2, July 30, 2014 – Minor issue with width settings Version
1.3, July 30, 2014 – Reduced SQL time, fixed data sorting and limit issues from 
original plug-in Version 1.4, July 30, 2014 – Fixed post_cat and maxdays issue created
by SQL cleanup in previous version

## Meta

 *  Versie **1.4.0**
 *  Laatst bijgewerkt: **12 jaar geleden**
 *  Actieve installaties: **10+**
 *  WordPress versie ** 3.0 of nieuwer **
 *  Getest t/m **3.9.40**
 *  Taal
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   [graph](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/graph/)[weight tracking](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/weight-tracking/)
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## Ondersteuning

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