Title: Connections Business Directory Face Detect
Author: Steven
Published: <strong>17. September 2014</strong>
Last modified: 13. April 2024

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# Connections Business Directory Face Detect

 By [Steven](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shazahm1hotmailcom/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/connections-business-directory-face-detect.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect/#installation)
 * [Development](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/connections-business-directory-face-detect/)

## Description

This is an extension plugin for the [Connections Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections/)
please be sure to install and active it before adding this plugin.

This extension plugin for started out just as a little experiment. I wanted to toy
with face detection in images. I found this great little PHP library by [Karthik Tharavaad](https://github.com/mauricesvay/php-facedetection)
that did just that. It works well for the most part but it is way too slow to be
used for doing face detection on the fly. Then I remembered that [TechCruch](http://techcrunch.com/)
released a library called [WP Asynchronous Tasks](https://github.com/techcrunch/wp-async-task).
What this neat little library does is allow intensive processes, you know, such 
as face detection, be processed asynchronously. After a short while I had the face
detection running in background tasks. These background task could probably be more
optimized but this is probably good enough for a first release.

Read this carefully…

Limitations:
 1. The first time an image in Connections is accessed, it will be 
processed in the background and until the image is finished processing, the image
will be scaled and cropped from the center origin which is the default behavior.
2. The face detection library can only detect a single face. So I suggest this extension
only be used for people directories. 3. The images should be clean and bright with
the person facing as straight as possible for the best results. 4. This very well
could slow down the server for a period of time if there are a large number of images
in the process queue. 5. And … use at your own risk.

[Checkout the screenshots.](http://connections-pro.com/add-on/face-detect/)

Here are other great extensions that enhance your experience with the Connections
Business Directory:

Utility

 * [Toolbar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-toolbar/)
 * [Login](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-login/)

Custom Fields

 * [Business Hours](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-hours/)
 * [Income Level](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-income-levels/)
 * [Education Level](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-education-levels/)
 * [Languages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-languages/)

## Screenshots

[⌊Examples showing Face Detection results on business portraits.⌉⌊Examples showing
Face Detection results on business portraits.⌉[

Examples showing Face Detection results on business portraits.

## Installation

#### Using the WordPress Plugin Search

 1. Navigate to the `Add New` sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
 2. Search for `connections business directory face detect`.
 3. The plugin should be listed first in the search results.
 4. Click the `Install Now` link.
 5. Lastly click the `Activate Plugin` link to activate the plugin.

#### Uploading in WordPress Admin

 1. [Download the plugin zip file](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect/)
    and save it to your computer.
 2. Navigate to the `Add New` sub-page under the Plugins admin page.
 3. Click the `Upload` link.
 4. Select Connections Business Directory Face Detect zip file from where you saved
    the zip file on your computer.
 5. Click the `Install Now` button.
 6. Lastly click the `Activate Plugin` link to activate the plugin.

#### Using FTP

 1. [Download the plugin zip file](https://wordpress.org/plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect/)
    and save it to your computer.
 2. Extract the Connections Business Directory Face Detect zip file.
 3. Create a new directory named `connections-business-directory-face-detect` directory
    in the `../wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 4. Upload the files from the folder extracted in Step 2.
 5. Activate the plugin on the Plugins admin page.

## FAQ

None yet….

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Connections Business Directory Face Detect” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Steven ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shazahm1hotmailcom/)

[Translate “Connections Business Directory Face Detect” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/connections-business-directory-face-detect)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/connections-business-directory-face-detect/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/connections-business-directory-face-detect/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/connections-business-directory-face-detect/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/connections-business-directory-face-detect/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1 09/23/2021

 * NEW: Add `FaceDetector::imageType()` helper function.
 * NEW: Add support for GIFs and PNGs.
 * TWEAK: Remove use of create function.
 * BUG: Ensure `$this->canvas` is not NULL before processing else throw exception.
 * OTHER: Add screenshot to readme.txt.
 * OTHER: Add photo credit to readme.txt.
 * OTHER: Correct misspellings.
 * OTHER: Update copyright year.
 * OTHER: Update PHP requires to 5.6.20.
 * OTHER: Update URLs from `http` to `https`.
 * OTHER: Update requires and tested to WordPress version in readme.txt.
 * DEV: Update .gitignore to exclude phpStorm.
 * DEV: phpDoc update.
 * DEV: Line separators.

#### 1.0 09/16/2014

 * Initial release.

## Community plugin

This plugin is developed and supported by a community.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **2 Jahren ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.5.13**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6.20 or higher **
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## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Steven ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shazahm1hotmailcom/)

## Support

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