list around ~5k currently online usernames (not avatars) on each page
using a longer online period of ~7 days
we use fastly with full site shield mode, some anon user stats may need to be grabbed from fastly
David Taylor said that:
using a longer online period of ~7 days
The existing whos-online plugin is not designed to deal with this at all. It’s designed for a few minutes, maybe a few hours. It might actually be easier to develop a new plugin from scratch to do what you want, rather than try and adapt what already exists.
When do you need it done?
Needs to be complete tested and live in around 14 days.
@joebuhlig@pfaffman Thanks for your references to the Who’s Online Plugins. I was remiss in not including my testing of those in my original marketplace post. I edited the post and added an UPDATE: section covering several areas where the existing Who’s Online plugin doesn’t meet our needs.
The solution may be a fork of the Who’s Online plugin or a new plugin entirely. Really up to whoever can help me implement this.