What about an update for Elgg 4.3.x

README.txt

@@ -8,129 +8,4 @@ PLUGIN DESCRIPTION
 =============================
 
 adds an area for all major elgg entity types that renders a list of related items from the installation, matched by tags.
-the greater the number of matching tags between the presently viewed item and the others in the site, the more 'related' they are identified to be.
-
-=============================
-CHANGELOG
-=============================
-
-todo:
-links to create a related item (with same tags as present item).
-sidebar widget view.
-
-2.0: added compatibility for elgg 2.0
-
-1.0: removed javascript and added CSS flexgrid
-added: icons for tidypics albums and bookmarks (if suitable plugin is installed to provide bookmark icons).
-changed: icon size from medium to small for various object types
-fixed: full list of items was not maintaining consistent ordering
-
-0.9.2: fixed php warning about array
-
-0.7.9
-fixed: pagination missing on 'view all related items' page
-added: count of related items to 'view all related items' link
-changed: 'view all related items' link is only rendered when more are available than shown on the current item's page
-0.7.8
-fixed: items being shown when no tags are present for current item
-0.7.7
-fixed: related item subtype lable pluralisation
-fixed: admin option for subtype selection was being ignored
-fixed: set css size of thumbnail images
-0.7.6
-fixed: related item list now fits horizontally if item count is less than columns chosen in admin
-added: option to place related items before or after comments
-0.7.5
-fixed: jquery error on resize window event
-changed: icon grabbing php
-added: option to enable / disable image icons
-added: user icon shows if no item icon is available.
-0.7.4
-fixed: breadcrumb trail for 'view all related items' list is now complete for main subtypes
-added: image icon support for blog_tools and au_sets (pinboards)
-added: item subtype label at bottom of each related item box
-fixed: css issues with chromium
-0.7.3
-changed: centered related items in their list
-changed: padding of list items now fits better with percentages used for box widths
-0.7.2
-fixed: no boxes are now rendered if no related items are available
-changed: missing parameters for get_related_entities functions (+ removed strict input rules for function)
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-0.7.1
-changed: optimised algorithm by moving php code to sql
-removed: limit on amount of tags to search for (not needed now code is more efficient)
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-0.7
-added: view all related items page
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-0.6.9
-fixed: checkbox labels in admin panel (1.8 deprecated warnings)
-changed: further refined php logic for efficiency
-fixed: php logic errors with maximum tag variable
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-0.6.8
-added: further simplified code for efficiency
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-0.6.7
-fixed: returned the elggobject check that filters out non objects
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-0.6.6
-changed: improved performance of sql / php
-added: icon for title text (you need to use a custom css value to populate this image)
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-0.6.5
-fixed: added excerpt limit for related item titles
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-0.6.4
-fixed: show dates option was not functional in admin panel
-changed: language file strings in admin
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-0.6.3
-added: thumbnail images for videos and files
-added: css codes to identify thumbnail images that are stored by elgg
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-0.6.2
-added: css theming for default elgg theme
-fixed: logic error causing fatal break/continue message in logs.
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-0.6.1
-added: options for jquery heights and number of grid columns.
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-0.6
-added: admin panel for configuration of search and diplay
-fixed: logic errors in certain circumstances
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-0.5.2
-fixed: check for zero tags
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-0.5.1
-fixed: image thumbnail path is now correctly formed for tidypics
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-0.5
-added: image icons for image items
-fixed: php warning for array
-changed: optimised code for performance
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-0.4.2
-fixed: issue with 0.4.1 where single tagged items were listed incorrectly
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-0.4.1
-fixed: php warning for array
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-0.4
-added: matched keywords are now displayed for each related item
-added: changed css for icon element (you will need to play with this on your own site - icon images are not included).
-changed: made css for name and date/time smaller
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-0.3
-added: now shows related items of most elgg entity types (defined in the start.php file), not just entities of the same type as the one being viewed.
-fixed: added jquery to make all list boxes the same height.
-added: the box for each type of entity now has its own css class to allow customisation of appearance (see screenshot)
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-0.2
-fixed: removed limit from search query: the related items list now correclty contains items from the entiree database rather than just comparing simlarity for the first 10 found.
-changed: css - hover over colour changes for hyperlinks.
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-0.1
-initial release
+the greater the number of matching tags between the presently viewed item and the others in the site, the more 'related' they are identified to be.

classes/RelatedItems.php

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+use Elgg\DefaultPluginBootstrap;
+
+class RelatedItems extends DefaultPluginBootstrap {
+
+  public function init() {
+  	$comment_position = elgg_get_plugin_setting('comment_position', 'related-items');
+  	$comment_position = ($comment_position == 'bottom') ? 501 : 0;
+
+ 		elgg_extend_view('page/elements/comments', 'related-items/related-items', $comment_position);
+ 		elgg_extend_view('discussion/replies', 'related-items/related-items', $comment_position);
+ 		elgg_extend_view('admin.css', 'related-items/admin', 1);
+ 		elgg_extend_view('elgg.css', 'related-items/css');
+
+    elgg_register_event_handler("action:validate", "plugins/settings/save", function(\Elgg\Event $event){
+      $params = $event->getParams();
+      $return = $event->getValue();
+
+      $request = $params["request"];
+      if($request->getParam('plugin_id') == "related-items") {
+        $data = $request->getParam('params');
+        if(is_array($data['selectfrom_subtypes'])) {
+          $data['selectfrom_subtypes'] = implode(",", $data['selectfrom_subtypes']);
+        }
+        if(is_array($data['renderto_subtypes'])) {
+          $data['renderto_subtypes'] = implode(",", $data['renderto_subtypes']);
+        }
+        $request->setParam('params', $data);
+      }
+
+      return $return;
+
+    });
+  }
+}

composer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+	"name": "related-items",
+	"description": "Displays related items for present entity - selected by tags.",
+	"homepage": "http://www.campuskarma.in/",
+	"type": "elgg-plugin",
+	"keywords": ["elgg", "plugin"],
+	"license": "Private Use",
+	"support": {
+		"source": "https://github.com/rohit1290/related-items",
+		"issues": "https://github.com/rohit1290/related-items/issues"
+	},
+	"conflict": {
+		"elgg/elgg": "<6.0"
+	}
+}

elgg-plugin.php

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/related-items-lib.php';
+
+return [
+	'plugin' => [
+		'name' => 'Related Items',
+		'version' => '6.0',
+		'dependencies' => [],
+	],
+	'bootstrap' => RelatedItems::class,
+	'routes' => [
+		'collection:object:related' => [
+			'path' => '/related/{guid}',
+			'resource' => 'related/default',
+		],
+	]
+];

languages/en.php

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	'related-items:title' => 'Related items',
 	'related-items:display-options' => 'Display options',
 	'related-items:select-related' => 'Show only items that are related to the current item? or ignore similarity and show <i>More items</i> instead of <i>Related items</i>: ',
-    'related-items:more-items' => 'More items',
+  'related-items:more-items' => 'More items',
 	'related-items:item-select-options' => 'Options for selection of related items',
 	'related-items:limit-date' => 'Show only items created between now and a specific timing period?<br/>(timing format is: <i>negative number</i> followed by <i>time interval</i> e.g. day/week/month/year): ',
 	'related-items:current-owner' => 'Owner of current item',
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	'related-items:max_tags_to_match' => 'Set a maximum limit to the number of tags to match?: ',
 	'related-items:show_names' => 'Display the uploader name for each related item?: ',
 	'related-items:show_dates' => 'Display the creation date for each related item?: ',
-    'related-items:show_timestamps' => 'Display the creation date as a timestamp? (choosing <i>no</i> here will result in friendly times being used.): ',
+  'related-items:show_timestamps' => 'Display the creation date as a timestamp? (choosing <i>no</i> here will result in friendly times being used.): ',
 	'related-items:show_tags' => 'Display the list of tags that match for each related item?: ',
 	'related-items:show_types' => 'Display the subtype of each related item?: ',
 	'related-items:show_icons' => 'Display the image icon of each related item? (creator icon will be used if no item icon exists): ',