Admin Commenters Comments Count

Author:Scott Reilly
Version:1.0.1
Last update:07 Jan 2010
Compatibility:WP 2.6+, 2.7+, 2.8+, 2.9+
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Download:[ zip ]
Description:

Next to all appearances of each commenter’s name in the admin, shows a count of their total number of comments, linked to a listing of those comments.

Extended Description

Next to all appearances of each commenter’s name in the admin, shows a count of their total number of comments, linked to a listing of those comments.

By default, it is not possible to tell via a single glance whether a particular commenter has commented before, and if so, how many times.

This plugin adds a handy feature to the WordPress admin pages to allow you to:

* Quickly identify a first-time commenter
* Quickly identify unfamiliar commenters that have in fact commented before
* Quickly see how many total comments a particular commenter has made, and how many comments are pending
* Easily go to a listing of all comments by a commenter, in order to see what and when they last commented, or what/when they first commented

This plugin adds a linked comment count next to every appearance of a commenter in the admin. The link takes you to the admin page listing all comments for that particular commenter. The count displays all approved comments attributed to that commenter. If you hover over the comment count, the hover text indicates how many pending comments they also have, if any.

Specifically, the linked comment count appears next to commenters in:

* The “Edit Comments” listing of comments (including comment search results)
* The “Edit Comments for ‘Post Title’” listing of post-specific comments
* The “Discussion” box of the “Edit Post” page for a post with comments
* The “Recent Comments” admin dashboard widget

Commenters are identified by the email address they provided when commenting. If your site does not require that commenters submit their email address when commenting, then this plugin will be of little value to you.

Find out more at the plugin’s WordPress Plugin Repository page.

Screenshots

Click to see full-size image.

  • A screenshot of the ‘Edit Comments’ admin page with the comment count appearing next to the commenter’s name.

    screenshot 1

  • A screenshot of the ‘Edit Comments on POST TITLE’ admin page with the comment count appearing next to the commenter’s name.

    screenshot 2

  • A screenshot of the ‘Recent Comments’ admin dashboard widget with the comment count appearing next to the commenter’s name.

    screenshot 3

  • A screenshot of the ‘Discussion’ panel on the ‘Edit Post’ admin page with the comment count appearing next to the commenter’s name.

    screenshot 4


Installation

  1. Unzip admin-commenters-comments-count.zip inside the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for your site (or install via the built-in WordPress plugin installer)
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ admin menu in WordPress

Release Log

  • 07 Jan 2010 : v1.0.1 — Note compatibility with WP 2.9+; add code documentation; updated copyright date
  • 15 Apr 2009 : v1.0 — Initial release

Copyright & Disclaimer

Copyright © 2009-2010 by Scott Reilly (aka coffee2code)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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