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
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
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.
491 Comments
I have the Wall set up as a Page but I want the Wall comments to appear in the sidebar using the wp-wall recent comments widget. When I put that widget in the sidebar, I get a title "chat comments" but no comments show up under the title.
What am I doing wrong?
(ps. due to the hosting I use, I don't use the chat widget itself in the sidebar because I could get my account suspended.. not allowed chat boxes. That's why I'm using the Wall on Page option.)
On my blog, when I enable your plugin and try to change the option and click on "Update Options" I get a download page! I got to say this seems to happen for both the wp-wall plugin and the SEO Friendly Images. Somehow something is messed up in all of yours plugins when it comes to dealing with the options page it seems. Great idea for a plugin but sorry, it doesn't work! :(
hello..love this plugin..simple..but how gonna i change the moderation parts..which is user comments doesnt need to be approved by administrator
if you are moderating comments in your blog but want this plugin not to be moderated use this plugin
CR Flexible Comment Moderation.
Hi! I'm using this excellent plug-in but I have a problem. To really turn this into a chat box, one would have to remove the success message, because if people want to keep posting, they have to refresh the page themselves for the form to re-appear... is there any way to change the code so the form doesn't go away once a message is submited?
Never mind, I had removed the title, and that's what you have to click for the form to re-appear.. lol
Thanks a lot for this awesome plug-in!!! :)
Hello there!
Your plugin seems to be EXACTLY what I need but I can't get it to work?? It is because I am using wordpress 3.0.1? I have been looking for something like this for ages and I know I must be close now!! I hope the 'sidebar' isn't neccessary because I have disabled that feature so that each page is just a whole page - can I still put a cool comment box - exactly like this - onto a normal page?? looks great, I would love to have it too!
H
Yes you can - just program WPWall_Widget() somewhere into your template. New version is expected today !
I'm so sorry buddy, because I have great respect for people like you who spend hours and hours making cool free stuff like this for people like me, but i still can't quite get my head around it!!
I tried pasting 'WPWall_Widget()' onto a page and when I previewed it it just showed exactly that, so then I tried putting 'WPWall_Widget(Wall)' ('Wall' is the title of the wall currently) and it still just showed text. Please break it down for me or if it is too complicated and you can't be bothered i understand but do you know where else I migth be able to learn? I really really really want people to be able to debate about Shakespeare on my website, it would make the whole thing a hundred times cooler and i am so excited because know I must be close now!!
H
p.s. when you say 'template' you just mean the html editor you see when you are creating/editing a page right??
okay, can I pay you to put a wall on my webpage?? you can send me an e-mail (info@44calibreshakespeare.com) with details about how much/how to do it/how to send you the money. I just want it sorted out once and for all... H
hi
i think to change paging this (1 2 3 4 5 6 ...)
how can i do it?
do you can change it in new version?
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
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?
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).
There is an option in the plugin called Excerpts which would limit the number of characters when activated.
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....
Nevermind. I left a tag unclosed and that is why the color was off.
Saw your blog from the featured blogger on Nuffnang. Yours is simple yet informative...and ur kinda cute...hehe...see ya soon
What file do I need to edit to display the posters first and last name vs their wordpress username?
Thanks!
Jay
How you can turn auto delete comments in the archive?
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
My site on russian. Some symbols in comments display wrong. http://vlastelin-nebes.ru/about/
Please help.
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
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).
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
Will you delelope the plugin so that it works with WP3.0?
thanks! this is so unique! i love it!! ^^
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?
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
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.
i added wp-wall plugin.but when a subscriber posts a comment, their image doesn't display.any one can resolve this problem?
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.
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??