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.
483 Comments
how does this work with wp-cache?
I installed the plugin on my site http://www.nomorefreebeer.com
Seems to work well however, when I visit the "all" link, the initial posters information is entered in the form below? Maybe I need to clear my cookies and history but, I would like a little verification on that if someone could go test it. Just click on the all link to see if the form beneath the comments is already filled out.
Thanks...
I installed today and it worked fine for a few minutes but suddenly my entire site went off. I spoke to my web hoster and found out that my website is overloading their system hence they need to cut it off and i am now on a suspension of 12 hours before they allow me to access my site again. Too bad....
Hi,
i am italian. Thanx a lot for the plugin, is very very great and beautifull.
I have uploaded to my blog http://www.tekw.netsons.org please visit.
Thx man!
Hi,
I got the "An error occurred, please notify the administrator" message. It's only possible to post a message as Administrator. Not as an Author.
I disabled the other plugins one by one, but it did not work. It could be possible that more then one Plugin is screwing with WP wall.
I have the following plugins: cforms, DMSGuestbook, Exclude Pages.
I really need this plugins, so disabling them is not an option.
Regards
Mike
Ana I haven't included active links yet as that is a fertile ground for spammers. May consider it in upcoming versions though.
I have opened a support forums for this and all other plugin here http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/forum for all your upcoming questions.
Such a cool plugin I will set up
Hi Vladimir,
I am sorry that parts of my previous post seem to link to random nothingness. I added example markup in my comment that got converted to actual links when it was posted. I was going for clarity, but inadvertently made my point more confusing.
What I was trying to say is: is there anyway for users to post active links onto the wall.
Sorry for the confusion :(
- Ana
Hi Vladimir,
Absolutely love your plugin!! Very elegant and easy to use.
Just one question: it seems that if a link tag is entered in the comment box (jkkj.yy) something is deactivating the link when posting to the wall. If I mouse-over something that was entered as a link, I see that rel="nofollow" has been added to the anchor tag.
Is there anyway to adjust for this?
Also, an even better solution would be to have The Wall recognize anything that is in link format, i.e. http://www.ddd.yy, as a link and create the tag automatically.
However.... just allowing for user-entered active links would make me happy.
Again, thank you for this fabulous plugin!
- Ana
doh! never mind... hadnt realized you were using regular wp comments... doesnt like comment spam plugins for the obvious reasons... got it all squared in that respect...
now if I can just get it working in the POS IE... works great in FF, Safari and Opera... but of course, I can use your site it IE, so its still something else I have going on...
Vladimir,
Having an issue in that only registered members can leave a message on the wall... the wp wall options page is configured to allow guests to leave a message (Only registered users can post box is not checked)
when visitors leave a message, the submit button changes to "Please wait", but it never progresses any further...
running 0.8.2
gonna try to search for conflicts...
I am about to commit a suicide ...
The thing work perfectly in the side bar but doesn't write a thing in the wp wall guestbook page ...
Any idea ?
I deactivated all plugins and left WP-Wall active but the shoutbox/chat is not showing up in the sidebar. I can get to the page and leave a comment and it will show up. But a live shoutbox/chat won't show up in the sidebar.
HELP!!!! :)
A bit of trouble.
I published the wp Wall page but it doesn't show.
Help?
Success! It turns out that WP Wall and Spam Karma 2 don't play well together. :-) Thanks for the totally rocking plug-in!
well best option is to disable all other plugins, try it and if it works activate them one by one until you find a conflicting plugin.
Vladimir, I am really excited about using this plug-in. But I'm having a slight problem and was hoping you might be able to help. I've installed it in my plugins folder and it shows up as a widget and I can add it just fine. But when I leave a comment to test it out, I get an error saying "An error occurred, please notify the administrator." Any thoughts? Thanks.
Jason
WP version 2.6
Plugins: myweather,nexgen gallery, tag cloud, archives, calendar, about me, search, and polls
There's one other suggestion I wanted to make:
It would be great to have the ability to choose ascending or descending order of the comments, since most people are used to chat type windows displaying the newest at the bottom.
In process of setting up a site at http://74.52.105.242/~jtaconsu/ using WP Wall but the shoutbox is not displaying even after setting the refresh rate to 5. Please let me know if I'm missing something.
Thanks!
version 0.8.2 released today shows a message to unregistered users when only registered is enabled.
Alex if you hover the mouse over the comment author you get the exact date of the comment posting.
If "Only registered users can post" is checked the form to submit a message is visible. Is it possible to view a message instead. Something like "You must be logged in to leave a message on the WALL"
Hi there, great plug-in!
I was wondering if there was any way to display the date of the comment that is currently being viewed, instead of just the latest comment.
So if you navigated back a few comments, you would know when it was posted.
This is great, but don´t work by me with the MCEComments Plugin.
Problem, original Comment show no more MCEComments, but the "WP Wall"
To delete a comment just click on the name as admin.
To adjust the font size you can change it in CSS.
If you like Wp Wall you can also vote for it on WordPress plugin competition: http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/06/wp-wall/