WP Wall

WP Wall is a "Wall" widget that appears in your blog's side bar. Readers can add a quick comment about the blog as a whole, and the comment will appear in the sidebar immediately (without reloading the page).

All comments are internally handled by WordPress so that means you have normal comment moderation, SPAM protection and new comment notification.

WP Wall is fully customizable with a CSS file and included graphics.

WP Wall features:

  • Global commenting "Wall"
  • Comments are handled entirely by WordPress
  • RSS Feed for the Wall
  • Smilies
  • Instant delete for admin
  • Navigation through pages
  • Interactive Wall: It can automatically refresh turning into a chat

Download

dl WP Wall

donate WP Wall

Installation & Usage

1. Upload the whole plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
2. Go to the Plugins page and activate the plugin.
3. Use the Options page to change your options
4. Add the widget to your sidebar

5. Optionally add WP Wall recent comments to your sidebar. This will filter out wall comments from appearing on recent comments list

wall screenshot 4 WP Wall

WP Wall Admin

FAQ

How does it work?

It creates a draft page in your blog under which all comments are stored.

What if I don't use widgets, how do I code this to appear in the sidebar?

Just put this code somewhere in your theme template, probably sidebar.php

<?php  if (function_exists('WPWall_Widget')) WPWall_Widget(); ?>

How does it combat SPAM ?

The same way your usual blog comments work. You can enable comment moderation. Or you can install one of the spam blocking plugins like Akismet.

How to have fixed height and a scrollbar for multiple comments?

Open up wp-wall.css and look for #wallcomments. You should add something like height:200px;. This will give it fixed height. Then increase the number of comments in the settings to 10-15.

How do I change it into a shoutbox/chat?

Just set the refresh time to 5 seconds in the WP Wall options. The Wall becomes a chat-box :)

Performance issues with hosting/server

Be careful with setting interactive chat option. On busy sites this can cause overload of server resources. Try increase the refresh time above 10 seconds or disable this option by setting 0.

An error occurred, please notify the administrator

If you have this problem, change the file permissions of the files in the wp wall directory to 755.

How can I enable smilies?

WP Wall can show smilies using built in WordPress functionality if you enable it in your administration panel (Settings-> Writing-> Convert emoticons...). You can find more information about using smilies here .

Is it possible to display a “Wall-Archive” Page to show all comments?

Actually you will find WP Wall in your draft pages. Just edit it to your liking and - publish it! All comments will appear at the end of the page as usual.
How do I add a border around the comment wall?

Add this to #wallcomments section of css file:

border: 1px solid #cccccc;
padding 7px;

How did you solve the problem with the commenter's email address?

The plugin does not require one to enter their email address.

What's new

v1.5
- Fixed bug with if the blog was not in root directory (thanks Enrico Rossomando)
- Added a special recent comments widget which will not display Wall comments (thanks Enrico Rossomando!)
- Tested in 2.8

You can also visit my other WordPress Plugins.

If you are looking for WordPress Developer, feel free to contact me.

446 Comments

  1. Kirt Romero
    Yesterday

    Hi Vladimir, iv'e been having problems with your plugin the arrow for prev and next comments is not working anymore can you please help me how to fix this? Been using WP_Wall for years now and this happens thanks in advance

  2. Magno netesporte.com
    3 weeks ago

    I want to put the wall on a scrapbook page and not in the sidebar as I add the wall on a scrapbook page to make it look like your blog?

  3. Carrie Isaac springsbargains.com
    Jul 31st, 2010

    Love this plugin - been using it for months on my site and my readers love it, too! Curious if there would be a way to limit the characters allowed for comments. A few readers tend to get long-winded and I'd like to be able to nicely limit them to perhaps 200 characters (without affecting the comments on the rest of the site, of course).

  4. DJ
    Jul 30th, 2010

    How do you change the color of the widget title text. The text that has the title for the widget is a greenish color and I'd like to change it to match the rest of my site. I've looked through the widget's CSS and I don't see it....

    • DJ
      Jul 31st, 2010

      Nevermind. I left a tag unclosed and that is why the color was off.

  5. Noni nonisafuani.blogspot.com
    Jul 25th, 2010

    Saw your blog from the featured blogger on Nuffnang. Yours is simple yet informative...and ur kinda cute...hehe...see ya soon

  6. Jay
    Jul 23rd, 2010

    What file do I need to edit to display the posters first and last name vs their wordpress username?

    Thanks!

    Jay

  7. Adrian adrianchudek.com
    Jul 7th, 2010

    How you can turn auto delete comments in the archive?

  8. Rick fraai-webdesign.com
    Jul 5th, 2010

    Hi!

    I love the plugin, but it doesn't seem to work in Internet Explorer 7/8. The comment doesn't get posted.

    Is there any way to fix it or does it need a update?

    The website were plugin is used is http://www.johan-otten.nl

    Thanks,
    Rick Hazebroek

  9. serge
    May 25th, 2010

    My site on russian. Some symbols in comments display wrong. http://vlastelin-nebes.ru/about/
    Please help.

  10. Ben Johnston
    May 24th, 2010

    Hi. I'm really liking the idea of this, but would rather have the comment 'wall' be more like the Facebook style wall. Is there any way of turning this into a separate page rather than the sidebar?

    Thanks very much.

    Ben

  11. Marc chaindlk.com
    May 24th, 2010

    I love this and I have installed this on my website... but I have two issues:
    1. I see two comments in the Wall but when I go to the comment moderation page in my WP admin I only see one of the two comments, where is the other one?
    2. When I go to the page I created to host all the comments I don't see any comments at all... I did create a new page, called it Guestbook, and then added the ID number of that page (not post) at the bottom of the WP Wall preferences... Did I make a mistake by deleting the draft created by WP Wall? Was there some code in there I should have kept? If not, then how come I don't see the comments in the guestbook page I created? The link to it from WP Wall works but there are no comments (although I DO see the comment form and comments ARE enabled).

    • Paris nexustaekwondo.com
      3 weeks ago

      I can not get the comments to show in a page; although, it works fine in the sidebar.

      I need it to display on a member protected page. I am using a theme called StudioPress and WP 3.0.

      Any help would be appreciated.

      Thanks

      Paris

  12. Ramona hapkemedia.com
    May 10th, 2010

    Will you delelope the plugin so that it works with WP3.0?

  13. khalee khalee.byethost18.com
    May 2nd, 2010

    thanks! this is so unique! i love it!! ^^

  14. sneha
    Apr 21st, 2010

    hi
    1.is there any way to attach photos,videos with the comments on wp-wall.?
    2.is there any way to reply for comments?

  15. sneha
    Apr 21st, 2010

    hi
    1.is there any way to attach photos,videos with the comments on wp-wall.?
    2.is there any way to reply for comments?

    Please help me

  16. sneha
    Apr 20th, 2010

    Please help me.....
    In my site when a user posted a comment it does not display her/his image with the comments.
    It now shows default blank images.But actually it have to show user's uploaded images.

  17. sneha
    Apr 19th, 2010

    i added wp-wall plugin.but when a subscriber posts a comment, their image doesn't display.any one can resolve this problem?

  18. Hao Thien
    Apr 13th, 2010

    Hello ,

    I would like to know, how can I prune or delete all the previous comment.

    Just take a look in WordPress plugins section and Setting but couldnt find out how to do it and where it should be?

    Any help? Thank in advance.

  19. jaycee babydoll.nu
    Mar 29th, 2010

    hello! i really really like your plugin! thank you so much! but I want to change it to URL field instead of email field.. how can I change this to URL??

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