Plugin/Custom Field only works in 1 location. Data Exposed?

[Orzo Network]

This post refers to this post: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/plugin-field-only-works-in-1-location.112261/

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Hey,

NOTE: I have no coding experience, this could be dumb to ask

I know this is addon/mod talk but it might serve as a good tutorial. Not after multiple locations, just to move it. Though knowing how would be good.

So I currently have 2 plugins installed:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/most-online-users.218/
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/forum-statistics-pixelexit-com.2577/

The online users plugin works fine, adding the display to the forum stats on the sidebar:

So I thought hey, I know what would work.. Let me add this to the footer stats instead and see what happens!

Lets clean it up a little for looks:

Not working.. I thought it was the div names, I went though all the mod files to look for something obvious.. Nothing I can see.

Is there some hook field I am missing or some database edit I have to make?

Thanks for any help!

Edit: Live Demo http://lets-flip.com

Alot of users in the previous thread talked about exposing the data, can someone explain how this is done to the common man?

 

[Paul B]

Essentially you would need to extend the relevant controller (e.g. forum index), fetch the data (e.g. using a query), then pass the parameters to the template (e.g. forum_list).

That would all be done in PHP.