LezWatch.TV News and Information

Description

LezWatch.TV catalogs and documents queer female, transgender, and non-binary characters, as well as their actors and shows from TV, web and streaming media. With that data, statistics are calculated on the state of international queer story representation. We provide easy and free access to finding the best shows with queer characters and stories in the genres fans want to see. We can help you keep up to date with the global happenings of queer representation on television.

Currently we provide the following information about those characters:

  • … of the Day: A character or show (or death of a character) of the current day
  • Last Death: The latest character death
  • On This Day: The names of characters who died on that day
  • Statistics: The percentage of characters who died and/or shows with death
  • This Year: An overview of data from a specific year

Privacy Policy

In using this plugin, your website will contact the LezWatch.TV API to request up-to-date information. The IP address of your domain will be tracked, in order to generate usage statistics of the service. There is no information collected from the visitors to your site.

By using this plugin, you agree to the terms of Use of LezWatch.TV as a service provider. All data collected falls under the LezWatch.TV Privacy Policy.

Usage

The data can be displayed via a widget, a shortcode, or a Block.

Widgets

  • LWTV – … Of The Day
  • LWTV – On This Day
  • LWTV – Last Death
  • LWTV – Statistics

Shortcodes

  • [lwtv data="of-the-day" otd={character|show|death|birthday}]
  • [lwtv data="died-on-this-day"]
  • [lwtv data="died-on-this-day" format="MM-DD"]
  • [lwtv data="this-year" format="YYYY"]
  • [lwtv data="last-death"]

Blocks

  • … Of The Day
  • Last Death

Notes:
* If no type is passed to ‘… Of The Day’ it will default to the character of the day.
* If no date is passed to ‘On This Day’ it will default to today.
* If no format type is passed to ‘Stats’ it will default to display both character and show stats.
* If no year is passed to ‘This Year’ it will default to this current year.

Blocks

This plugin provides 2 blocks.

  • Last Death (LezWatchTV)
  • ... Of The Day (LezWatchTV)

Installation

  1. Download the plugin .zip file and make note of where on your computer you downloaded it to.
  2. In the WordPress admin (yourdomain.com/wp-admin) go to Plugins > Add New or click the “Add New” button on the main plugins screen.
  3. On the following screen, click the “Upload Plugin” button.
  4. Browse your computer to where you downloaded the plugin .zip file, select it and click the “Install Now” button.
  5. After the plugin has successfully installed, click “Activate Plugin” and enjoy!

FAQ

Where do you get your data?

Data is pulled from LezWatch.TV.

How accurate is the data?

As accurate as humanly possible. LezWatch.TV content is curated by hand.

Is this US shows only?

No! LezWatch.TV records shows from the entire planet.

Who owns LezWatch.TV

We do.

You’re missing some shows/characters

We know. The world is a big place. Please drop us a line and let us know. We’re always trying to make it better.

Why only female queers?

Because the site data is from LezWatch.TV and that’s what we specialize in. If someone wants to make a similar site for male queers, we’re happy to help them output their data so it can be used.

What information from my site is tracked?

The IP address and domain of sites that use this plugin are tracked only when the plugin is activated and used on the front-end of your website. No data is tracked until a widget or shortcode is in place. For more information, please review the following:

Can I change the URL it calls data from?

You can, but we caution you that the calls won’t work unless you match the data. You’re more than welcome to fork the code from our Github repository. Once you’ve built your own version, you’ll need to do the following:

  1. Turn on WP_DEBUG
  2. Define LWTV_DEV_SITE_API as your demo url

It’s only meant for in-house development, but flexibility is king.

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Contributors & Developers

“LezWatch.TV News and Information” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.2.2

  • March 2021 by Ipstenu
  • Fix bug with transients
  • Compat with PHP 8 and WP 5.7

1.2.1

  • August 2020 by Ipstenu
  • DRY: Combined translations
  • Adjust development hooks
  • Full compatibility with WP 5.5+ and PHP 7.4

1.2

  • March 2020 by Ipstenu
  • Update for WP 5.4