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Latest version: Download Greg’s Show Total Conversations v1.2.6 [zip]

Greg’s Show Total Conversations ‘README’ Description

WordPress provides a built-in function to display the total number of comments on a given post; this plugin extends that functionality to show the number of separate threaded discussions included within that total. No theme modifications are required.

New in This Version

• Removed PluginSponsors.com code following threats that the plugin would be expelled from the plugin repository for using the code to display sponsorship messages

For more details on the threats which have removed financial support for this plugin, see GregsPlugins.com. Following the initial threats, we have now been told that NO type of passive loading of an external resource for advertising purposes or sponsorship purposes will be permitted without explicit prior opt-in by the user — i.e., no JavaScript, no iframes, no plain image loading of any kind. If you see any type of advertising of any kind in any plugin which loads any resource from any external server, you will know that this policy is not yet being fairly, uniformly and impartially applied. When it is fairly and uniformly and impartially applied, you will no longer see any type of advertising loading any external resource unless you have explicitly opted into seeing it.

For more details on what’s new in the latest main release, version 1.2, please see the update announcement: WordPress Plugins Get Performance Boost

Background

WordPress 2.7 introduced native comment threading, enabling your blog’s readers to reply directly to one another’s comments. But while WordPress keeps track of the total number of comments on a given post, providing a function which theme creators can use to show that total, it doesn’t offer any easy way to track how many of the comments have wound up initiating threaded conversations.

This plugin counts those conversation threads for you and displays the total — with no theme modifications required. You can even choose to show conversation totals on your post and comment admin pages.

For extra flexibility, coders can also tap into the plugin’s core function directly.

This plugin counts any sequence of threaded replies to a top-level comment as a single ‘conversation’. However many times a conversation might branch off into further threaded replies, the plugin still counts it just once.

For more information, please see the ‘Instructions’ tab available from this plugin’s admin interface.

Installation

1. Unzip the plugin archive
2. Upload the entire folder gregs-show-total-conversations to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4. Go to Settings -> Show Total Conversations to configure your preferences

Usage

No theme modifications are required to use this plugin — the plugin’s settings page enables you to specify which pages should include a conversation total. If you’d like more flexibility, however, you can call the plugin’s core function directly.

Basic Usage

Just enable the plugin and visit Settings -> Show Total Conversations to configure your preferences.

Advanced Usage

You can show the conversations total by calling the following function directly, preferably wrapped in a conditional which tests whether the function exists (i.e., tests whether the plugin is enabled):

<?php gstc_show_discussions_number_manually(); ?>

This function takes optional parameters specifying your preferred message for zero conversations, one conversation, or more than one conversation. The parameters work exactly like those for the built-in WordPress function comments_number:

<?php gstc_show_discussions_number_manually($zero, $one, $more); ?>

The character % in the parameter $more will be replaced with the conversation total.

Deactivating and Uninstalling

You can deactivate Greg’s Show Total Conversations plugin via the plugins administration page, and your preferences will be saved for the next time you enable it.

However, if you would like to remove the plugin completely, just disable it via the plugins administration page, then select it from the list of recently deactivated plugins and choose “Delete” from the admin menu. This will not only delete the plugin, but will also run a special routine included with the plugin which will completely remove its preferences from the database.

Changelog

1.2.6, 26 November 2011

• Removed PluginSponsors.com code following threats that the plugin would be expelled from the plugin repository for using the code to display sponsorship messages

1.2.5, 27 October 2011

• Documentation updates

1.2.4, 3 October 2011

• Minor code cleanups

1.2.3, 20 January 2011

• Minor code cleanup
• Testing with WP 3.1 Release Candidate 2

1.2.2, 24 June 2010

• Better workaround for WordPress 3.0′s problems initialising plugins properly under multisite

1.2.1, 24 June 2010

• Workaround for rare problem where WordPress interferes with a newly activated plugin’s ability to add options when using multisite/network mode

1.2, 1 June 2010

• Major reduction in database footprint in preparation for WordPress 3.0

1.1.9, 20 April 2010

• Minor code cleanups

1.1.8, 6 April 2010

• Enhanced admin pages now support user-configurable section boxes which can be re-ordered or closed

1.1.7, 12 January 2010

• Fully tested with 2.9.1 (no changes)

1.1.6, 10 November 2009

• Minor update to configuration pages
• Fully tested with 2.8.5 (no changes)

1.1.5, 17 August 2009

• Options page bugfix for users on old PHP4 installations

1.1.4, 12 August 2009

• Documentation tweaks
• Added support for Plugin Sponsorship
• Fully tested with 2.8.4 (no changes)

1.1.3, 19 June 2009

• Now supports conversation counting on pages as well as posts — thanks to Marina

1.1.2, 11 June 2009

• Fully tested with final release of WordPress 2.8

1.1.1, 15 April 2009

• Fixed a minor typo which would have interfered with translations for this plugin — thanks to Nikolay

1.1, 3 April 2009

• This version brings higher performance, several minor enhancements, and a revamped administrative interface; it is recommended for all users.

1.0.1, 24 February 2009

• Work-around for WordPress 2.7′s broken implementation of htmlspecialchars_decode for PHP4 users

1.0, 16 February 2009

• Initial public release
• Thanks to Marina for the suggestion!