My name is Karol Krizka, and I am a undergraduate student at SFU where I study physics and computer science. In my free time, I write simple applications and play with my PSP.Show Top Commentators Widget
Nate Sanden’s Show Top Commentators plugin is a great way to increase comments on your blogs. However, it’s a bit tricky to add, because it requires you to manually edit your theme. I think that is a bit too much work, because you can do the exact same thing by using WordPress widgets, which is a more flexible solution. I have played around with Nate’s plugin, and in a few minutes I had widget support. Now I want to share it with others, in hope that you will find this feature useful. Also I have emailed Nate, and asked him if he wants to include my changes in the next version of of the official plugin release.
To install this plugin, just download it from the link below. Then place the show_top_commentators.php file in the wp-content/plugins directory. Next you activate it, and then drag-n-drop it to the sidebar. This step is done on the Presentation->Widgets page in your admin panel.
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Wow, that is cool! Maybe you should talk to the creator of Top Commentators plugin and make it together in the future..
just a thought…
Haha, I’ve already emailed him if he is interested in my changes. I might send him a few more changes later.
Wow, you are FAST!
I would have loved if it worked properly for my new FourWPTP theme. After adding this plugin, It’s appearing in a weird way right between two columns. Using the previous text plugin, it was the same case, so I changed to your widget thinking it should work fine, but alas! It’s not working as expected… Could you please check if it’s compatible with FourWPTP wordpress theme.
Sure, I think I’ll have a bit of time either later today or early tomorrow. I’ll look at it then.
I’ve noticed a problem with it too, and I think the fix is the same.
Hey Krizka, Nate sent me a different code than the one available at pfadvice and it’s working now on the left side bar on my blog.
But interestingly, it’s working only on left side bar and same code is not working with the two right side bars in my 4 column FourWPTP wordpress template.
I think its something to deal with the template as well, that your widget and Nate’s code is not working in those two right side columns. I sent Nate the snapshot, let me know if you need it too.
It should be fixed in my latest release. Check it out here:
http://www.krizka.net/2007/09/05/show-top-commentators-widget-with-proper-theming-support/
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Hi all!
Very interesting information! Thanks!
G’night
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I just installed that widget i like it hope it will work same as your does, by the way I love your comment area, how did you customize it ?
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Thanks for modding the plugin. It saved me some time
I definitely think this is a great plugin. It benefits those that reach the top of the list and it helps keep people coming back for more.
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Would it be possible to have a similar Plugin for the Top Contributors of a Blog? I’m planning a site with voluntary authors and it would be great to show off who is submitting the most articles.
Or can there simply something be changed in the code?
Many thanks!
Great addition to the plugin. Is there a way to remove my name from the list? I wan to show my top commentators minus me the owner of the blog. Any ideas?
Add your username to the filter list in the settings.
Where is the settings file? The only file I have is the show_top_commentators.php file. On the widgets page there are no options and I do not see anything in the settings area. Do I need to edit the plugin or am I missing something? Thanks
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