I just whipped up a quick WordPress 1.2/1.5/2.0 plugin that allows you to distinguish comments made by WordPress users. It also will automatically approve comments made by WP users.
Current Version: 1.1
How It Works:
If you are logged into your WordPress admin panel, and you make a comment, the plugin will see that you are an official WP user of your blog and mark the comment with your WP User ID.
When the page is rendered, that User ID is called up by the plugin functions, which you can use to change text, change CSS class, add images, whatever your imagination desires.
Installation
Either:
- RECOMMENDED: Install WordPress Plugin Manager then use the One Click Install for Official Comments. This will also make it easier to install other plugins and upgrade them in the future.
- OR: Download Official Comments, extract and upload
official-comments.phpto yourwp-content/pluginsdirectory. Log-in to your WP admin panel, go to the Plugins tab and activate the Official Comments plugin.
How to implement:
Simply add this somewhere within the Comments loop in wp-comments.php and/or wp-comments-popup.php:
<?php if(is_wpuser_comment() != 0) {echo "Official ";} ?>
Or get tricky and add a CSS Class to the LI:
<li class="comment <?php echo (is_wpuser_comment() ? ' commentOfficialUser' : ''); ?>" id="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>">
and this very basic css example:
.commentOfficialUser { border: 1px solid black; background-color: #999999 }
Documentation
View Official Comments Readme.txt
Examples
There is a very basic example on this post, but more exciting examples available at Webfroot.
Known Issues
It only works with official comments made after the point of installation, as WordPress doesn’t automatically add the WP user ids to the comments field it already has.
Bugs and Suggestions
Any bugs or suggestions, please email me — email link in the sidebar (RSS readers: drop by the site 😉 ).
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Salut
Brett there’s a way to make apply to admin and users?
If is admin, echo .commentAdmin
or if is a member, echo .commentMember
I’m not good on PHP if you could help me.. thanks alottt
Hi Chris,
No, not easily. It would involve another set of functions:
If official user, then find out what their user level is.
… If admin, echo .commentAdmin
… else echo .commentMember
else echo .commentAnonymous
I could probably add this into the plugin pretty easily, really.
Brett
Could you make this code, please? I would take some years to make it.
But i will learn PHP and make a plugin nice like yours someday. ^_^
and thanks for answering me so quickly.
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Hi Brett,
I would really like to apply the different style only for users with a level above Subscriber (the smallest possible registered user). If the user is just registered, I wouldn’t want their comments to be applied as official comments.
Can you help me do that, please?
Thanks a lot for the great plugin.
Hello. As you may see on my blog, I have quite well implemented your plugin except that I have that point (I don’t know the word in english : the point due to “li”) at the beginning of each comment… I trie to implement your plugin with ul or ol instead of li, but the result is not satisfying.
Do you have any idea for me ? Or is it only a theme issue ?
And… Thank you for your work.
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Hello there!
I was wondering how I can change this:
Under every of my comments it says “Official!”. Can I delete this somehow?
Thanks,
Phillip
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Does anyone know the name of the wordpress plugin that creates a list of your posts in a category instead of just displaying them one after the other? I want it so that when someone clicks on a category they just get a list of posts from that category.
I'm sure Ive seen one…and sifting through the WP site is a nightmare
I have used your plugin, thanks its great Brett (:
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A great plugin! I got the plugin working but it’s not displaying my edited CSS! This is what I put in my comments.php file:
echo " ";}
And this is what is in my CSS file:
.commentOfficialUser {border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #999999;
padding-right: 3px;
}
Any thoughts?
That didn’t work! Here it is again:
A great plugin! I got the plugin working but it’s not displaying my edited CSS! This is what I put in my comments.php file:
if(is_wpuser_comment() != 0) {
}
And this is what is in my CSS file:
.commentOfficialUser {border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #999999;
padding-right: 3px;
}
Any thoughts?
Um. 0.8 with NOTHING in front of it? No 1, no 2? Well…. head over here: http://static.wordpress.org/archive/ and download versions 1.2, 1.5, 2.0, and the current 2.0.5 – and then upgrade first to 1.2, make sure it’s working right; then to 1.5, make sure it’s working right (your template won’t – the whole setup changed at 1.5 to a themed setup, with a completely different schema – just change to the default or classic at that point); then to 2.0, then to 2.0.5.
And good luck by Labus
Keep up the good work. Greetings
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I always have terrible trouble with comment-related plugins that require me to put some line in the comment loop; I can never seem to find the right spot. Can anyone tell me where I should put the php line in my comments loop? I haven’t modified anything much, and I’d be very grateful. Thanks!
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Just wondering if there was a way to specify a generic image for non-registered users/commenters?
nice site:thank you for all
What I want to do on my blog, is every few hours take the oldest post and move it to the
front of the queue, all automatically. Anyone know if there is a plugin that can do this or
a simple way to set up another plugin to do this (use my own feed perhaps)?
Thanks.
yes i agree with you great site
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I saw several people make a feature request of ensuring the user’s level is above subscriber before applying the official code to the comment. However, I don’t see those changes in the code nor do I see the proper code posted here. Did you ever get around to that, Brett?
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Personally, I think, that the presented command:”” id=”comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>”>” should be modified as follows: ” id=”comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>>>”>. I have personally tested this modification and am surprised by its stunning effectiveness.
Very good plugin and very good site.
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