Justin Tadlock

<p>This plugin replaces the regular post author meta box on the edit post screen with a custom box.  The new author box will allow you to select your post author by clicking on the user’s avatar.</p>
<p>For more info, vist the <a href="http://themehybrid.com/plugin/avatars-meta-box" rel="nofollow ugc">Avatars Meta Box plugin home page</a>.</p>
<h3>Like this plugin?</h3>
<p>I don’t make any money directly from this plugin.  Please consider helping the cause by:</p>
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<li><a href="http://themehybrid.com/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">Making a donation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://themehybrid.com/club" rel="nofollow ugc">Signing up at my site</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/avatars-meta-box?rate=5#postform" rel="ugc">Rating the plugin</a>.</li>
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<h3>Professional Support</h3>
<p>If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can access the support forums at <a href="http://themehybrid.com/board/topics" rel="nofollow ugc">Theme Hybrid</a>, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 60,000+ users (and growing).</p>
<h3>Plugin Development</h3>
<p>If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s <a href="https://github.com/justintadlock/avatars-meta-box" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.</p>


Avatars Meta Box

Select your post author in style. Choose post authors by avatar instead of a select drop-down.

Automattic

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IntenseDebate

<p>IntenseDebate Comments enhance and encourage conversation on your blog or website. Custom integration with your WordPress admin panel makes moderation a piece of cake. Comment threading, reply-by-email, user accounts and reputations, comment voting, along with Twitter and friendfeed integrations enrich your readers’ experience and make more of the internet aware of your blog and comments which drives traffic to you!</p>
<p>Full comment and account data sync between Intense Debate and WordPress ensures that you will always have your comments stored locally on your own server.</p>
<p><strong>Note: IntenseDebate is currently being maintained, but not actively developed.</strong></p>


IntenseDebate Comments


Sounded like a good plugin but it does not connect with your wordpress site after adding the plugin.  When trying to login it will always say login failed.  I even clicked the create new account and tried and it still failed.


Will not connect

IntenseDebate comments enhance and encourage conversation on your blog.  Build your reader community, increase your comments, & boost pageviews.

Avatars Meta Box vs IntenseDebate Comments