WordPress Plugins
So far I’ve only written one plugin for WordPress, Comment Analysis, which provides a suite of functions for displaying various statistics about the comments on your blog. Full details for it are below. When I get around to writing more plugins I’ll add them here.
Lorelle has suggested that plugin users should show their love by giving plugin authors money, the virtual equivalent of taking them out to dinner. This is a noble and appreciated sentiment, but I’m happy with just an occasional “Hey, thanks for doing this, you rock” comment or email. If you really feel the need to part with some of your money then it would make me really happy if you made a donation to the WWF or the Sierra Club.
Comment Analysis
This plugin contains a suite of functions which examine the comments on your blog. The plugin is now hosted in the wordpress.org repository, here:
Installation
- Download the appropriate version using the above link
- Put it into your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin from your WordPress admin ‘Plugins’ page.
- Make use of the functions in your template (see examples below).
Function Reference
ca_comment_count()
Show total count of comments for your blog, excluding pingbacks and trackbacks.
ca_pingback_count()
Show total count of pingbacks for your blog.
ca_trackback_count()
Show total count of trackbacks for your blog.
ca_spam_count()
Show total count of comments marked as spam. (Version 2.1 only)
ca_comment_last ($format=”)
Show date of last comment. The optional parameter allows you to format the date using standard date formatting.
ca_pingback_last ($format=”)
Show date of last pingback. The optional parameter allows you to format the date using standard date formatting.
ca_trackback_last ($format=”)
Show date of last trackback. The optional parameter allows you to format the date using standard date formatting.
ca_commentor_latest ($count=10, $exclude=”, $before=’<li>’, $after=’</li>’)
Shows latest $count commentors, with links to their websites if provided. $exclude is a comma separated list of commentors not to include in the list. $before and $after define the tags which will be output at the start and end of each line.
ca_commentor_most ($count=10, $exclude=”, $before=’<li>’, $after=’</li>’, $before_count=’(', $after_count=’)')
Show the top $count commentors, with links. $exclude is a comma separated list of commentors not to include in the list. $before and $after define the tags which will be output at the start and end of each line. $before_count and $after_count define the text which will appear around the comment comment count.
ca_comment_latest ($count=10, $length=60, $before=’<li>’, $after=’</li>’, $linktext=’Go’)
Shows the first $length chars of the latest $count comments. $before and $after define the tags which will be output at the start and end of each line. $linktext defines the text of the link which takes the user to the full comment.
ca_comment_latest_posts ($count=10, $show_count=’yes’, $before=’<li>’, $after=’</li>’, $before_count=’(', $after_count=’)')
Show the latest $count posts with comments (with a count of comments if $show_count is not no. $before and $after define the tags which will be output at the start and end of each line. $before_count and $after_count define the text which will appear around the comment comment count.
ca_comment_most($count=10, $show_count=’yes’, $before=’<li>’, $after=’</li>’, $before_count=’(', $after_count=’)')
Show the top $count commented posts (with a count of comments if $show_count is not no. $before and $after define the tags which will be output at the start and end of each line. $before_count and $after_count define the text which will appear around the comment comment count.
ca_author_most ($count=10, $exclude=”, $before=’<li>’, $after=’</li>’, $before_count=’(', $after_count=’)')
Show the top $count authors on your blog (with a count of posts written). I realise this isn’t comment related, but someone asked for it and I was too lazy to write a new plugin for it. $before_count and $after_count define the text which will appear around the comment comment count.
Example
To add lots of comment data to your sidebar you could edit your sidebar.php and add the following code:
<ul>
<li>Total comments: <?php ca_comment_count(); ?></li>
<li>Total pingbacks: <?php ca_pingback_count(); ?></li>
<li>Total trackbacks: <?php ca_trackback_count(); ?></li>
<li>Last comment: <?php ca_comment_last(); ?></li>
<li>Last pingback: <?php ca_pingback_last(); ?></li>
<li>Last trackback: <?php ca_trackback_last(); ?></li>
<li>Latest comments
<ul><?php ca_comment_latest(10,23); ?></ul>
</li>
<li>Latest commented posts
<ul><?php ca_comment_latest_posts(10); ?></ul>
</li>
<li>Most commented posts
<ul><?php ca_comment_most(10); ?></ul>
</li>
</ul>
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Lorelle said
This is a neat idea and very versatile looking Plugin. One tiny recommendation. Could you make the first paragraph be ALL about the Plugin and what it does and move the compensation request lower. That will help immediately explain to folks what this does and all the possibilities they can do with it. Use a lot of words. 
You can then delete this.
Good luck with it!
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ad said
Nice Plugin, Thanks.
The Download doesn’t work on FF2.0, Win, so i have to copy and paste the code in a new file.
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ad said
I’ve got a community blog (apfelquak.de) and i’m looking for plugin similar like the function Top Commentors - but Top Authors. Something that’s showing the authors with the most postings.
Maybe you’ve got an idea?
lambic said
ad, I’ve added the function ca_author_most to this plugin for you.
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Grant said
great plugin…
anyway to exclude certain commentors - like say the author/admin of the blog?
lambic said
Grant, some of the functions have an exclude parameter which takes a comma separated list of authors to exclude.
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Vinod Ponmanadiyil said
Thanks buddy!. I have used this plugin to create a ‘popular post’ option.
ad said
I’ve modified the Top Commentors section a little bit, because it didn’t work well.
Better use the email address for this, because some of the commentors don’t have an URL:
$comments=$wpdb->get_results(”SELECT comment_author_email
, comment_author_url
, comment_author
, COUNT(*) cnt
FROM $wpdb->comments
WHERE comment_approved = ‘1′
AND comment_type NOT IN (’pingback’,'trackback’)
GROUP BY comment_author_email, comment_author
ORDER BY 4 DESC”);
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Steve Wordpressguy said
Nice plugin, very versatile, just came in VERY handy!
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Davide Maggio said
Hi, I tried to use Your plugin puttin’ the code in a text widget but it doesn’t work (as i tought). Could You suggest me something to make it work? I tried unsuccessfully EXEC-PHP. What to do? 
lambic said
I’ve never used widgets, so I can’t tell you. I am however planning on widgetizing it at some point in the future.
Fepe said
Great Plugin :). Thanks
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Louis said
Hmmm. I think I understand that [li]…
But is it possible to write something beside the the count?
My main problem is that if I exclude nobody, I get people with a web site and the count UNDER their name, and people without a web sit with the count BESIDES their name. It’s not very beautiful to the eye. Is it possible to always put the count UNDER the name AND to add a text besides the comment.
Example:
John
(154 comments)
Thanks.
lambic said
As you can see in my rightmost sidebar, all the names have the number of comments right next to them, so I’m not sure why you’re getting something different.
Louis said
Hi,
I think it is because of my theme…
But that would be ok, as long as I would be able to add some texte besides each count and be able to “format” the thing so as people with no URL would appear the same as people with URL…
Thanks.
Louis said
Would you be kind enough to show me what code I could add to be able to display the count and text e.g. John (453 comments) instead of John (453)
Thanks. Great plugin certainly.
lambic said
Louis, I’ve added $before_count and $after_count parameters to the functions which show counts after names. By default they are ( and ), but you can change them to whatever you want.
Louis said
Thank you very much!
Where exactly do I put this?
I tried:
function ca_commentor_most ($count=10, $exclude=”, $before=”, $after=”, $after_count=’commentaires’) {
global $wpdb, $comment;
$comments=$wpdb->get_results(”SELECT comment_author_email
, comment_author_url
, comment_author
, COUNT(*) cnt
FROM $wpdb->comments
WHERE comment_approved = ‘1′
AND comment_type NOT IN (’pingback’,'trackback’)
GROUP BY comment_author_email, comment_author
ORDER BY 4 DESC”);
$excludes=explode(’,', $exclude);
foreach($comments as $comment) {
if (!in_array($comment->comment_author, $excludes)) {
echo $before;
comment_author_link();
echo ‘(’.$comment->cnt.’)’.$after;
if (++$ccount == $count) break;
}
}
}
but does not work… I’ll try to put the $after_count elsewhere, but I am not sure exactly where I need to put it. I don’t know much about code writing as you can see… Still learning
Louis said
Ok I’ve redownloaded the new code and I see the change you’ve made:
… $after=”, $before_count=’(', $after_count=’)')…
I tried to add text here
$after=”, $before_count=’(', $after_count=’text’)')
didn’t work
Tried this way
$after=”, $before_count=’(', $after_count=’text)’)
didn’t work either.
I think I should get some coding class soon… lol You must be laughing reading this 
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nakliyat said
But I couldn’t download 
lambic said
Why not?
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musnazdotnet said
Excuse me, err… what’s the ‘top commentors’ code again? when i’m copiying all the codes below, theres no ‘top commentors’ included
Total comments:
Total pingbacks:
Total trackbacks:
Last comment:
Last pingback:
Last trackback:
Latest comments
Latest commented posts
Most commented posts
sorry… i’m really a newbie here 
lambic said
ca_commentor_most ($count=10, $exclude=â€, $before=’<li>’,$after=’</li>’,$before_count=’(’,$after_count=’)’)
Show the top $count commentors, with links. $exclude is a comma separated list of commentors not to include in the list. $before and $after define the tags which will be output at the start and end of each line. $before_count and $after_count define the text which will appear around the comment comment count.
evden eve nakliyat said
ı couldn t download how is it work
lambic said
Why couldn’t you download it?
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ana said
I would like to display the last comments posted, followed by the name of the person who posted them and the blog post title to which they related. How can I do that?
lambic said
ana, ca_comment_latest will do most of that for you, but it doesn’t show the title of the blog post the comment is related to. If I get a chance I’ll add an option to do that.
videokeman said
hi lambic, i ave been using your plugin for a week and it works very great! thanks a lot for creating such a handy plugin.
can i use the ‘$exclude=’ option for the ‘ca_comment_most”? i have some posts that i wanna exclude in the generated list.
and what variables should i fill in on the ‘$exclude=’? can i use the post_ID?
thanks so much.
manele said
i can’t download the file can you fix it please?
lambic said
videokeman: Sorry that function doesn’t have the $exclude option, but I’ll add it to my todo list.
manele: what problem are you having?
evden eve nakliyat said
hmm ok ı understand problem thanks
simon from sardinien said
Hi lambic,
thanks for your great work. I love your plugin, keep the good work going.
Google Reklam said
Thank you
can i use the ‘$exclude=’ option for the ‘ca_comment_most� i have some posts that i wanna exclude in the generated list.
and what variables should i fill in on the ‘$exclude=’? can i use the post_ID?
this code
lambic said
no, ca_comment_most doesn’t currently have the $exclude parameter, it’s on my todo list.
GreenA said
Please fix
function ca_author_most ($count=10, $exclude=”, $before=”, $after=”, $berfore_count=’(', $after_count=’)') {
thanks for the plugin
Pritesh Patel said
Nice plugin - thanks.
Evden Eve Nakliyat said
i coludnt ‘top commentors’ code? Can you please write again?
ad said
Hi Mark,
ist it possible to integrate the author’s url in “ca_author_most”?
Would be great!
Thx
Martin
zac said
thanks for the great plugin. just wondering is it possible to have option to remove the nofollow in the links? for example used together with ca_comment_most to encourage readers to post more comments.
lambic said
You’re probably better off using one of the plugins that removes nofollow. I use DoFollow by Kimmo Suominen
Mark said
Do you have a way to restrict the “Most Commented Posts” (ca_comment_most) to a specific time frame? If not, what do you think the best way to go about that would be?
I’m after something for the last 24 hours and can’t think of an efficient way to do it.
lambic said
I’ve added two new parameters to ca_comment_most:
$exclude - can contain a comma separated list of post IDs to exclude from the query
$hours - if this is not zero then the query will only look at comments posted in the last $hours hours.
houserocker said
thanks for this great and very easy to use plugin!!
coutie said
Thanks for that great plugin!!! Was searhin for something like that for along time!!!
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manele noi said
great plugin…works fine..
radiohode said
Your plugin is great, but I have a small problem. By using the inline php plugin, I’ve been able to present the ca_commentor_most in a static page. However, the margins are a problem. Where in the php file can I adjust this?
Take a look here if you wonder how it looks:
http://radiohode.org/tallting/
lambic said
Margins are a CSS issue, you probably need to tweak your stylesheet
radiohode said
What class is this plugin using? Or do I have to make a new class for it?
lambic said
I don’t do any styling, you’ll need to define your own class for whatever structure you choose to use to display the results. By default I output lists with <li> tags around each item, so you can add a class to your <ul> definition, or you can override that default and use whatever structure you wish.
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great plugin, did help me a lot!!!
dog lover said
This is a nice plugin. Also check out comment luv plugin. Works great as well.
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lambic said
I’ll look into adding those when I have a few spare minutes
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Jarek said
Great plugin! Congrats!:) I’m using version 2.1 and found a bug - in ca_author_most left bracket cannot be displayed because of spelling error in the plugin file. Probably you found that years ago. Anyway, thank you very much, you rock!:)
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shopping said
I think it’s good to reimburse guys who create such amazing plugins for the rest of us to use for nothing. But it really is up to them. I appreciate your heart on this thing, and I’m glad you mentioned at least some option – donating to the WWF or Sierra. As for the plugin, it seems nice and neatly done. A lot of plugins can be quite a pain, because the rough edges don’t seem to be ironed out very well or whatever. This looks like it might be a good one.
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