Automattic

Glenn Ansley

This plugin will import comments from a Disqus export file.
Due to a limitation with the current version of the Disqus Comments plugin the import does not retain nested commenting. Once this support is available in the XML, we will provide support.
Please provide feedback and bug reports in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/tags/disqus-comments-importer?forum_id=10#postform" rel="ugc">Forums</a>

Disqus Comments Importer

Import comments from a Disqus export file.

ovann86

Display your latest Disqus comments in a page, post or widget.
How do I use it?
Step 1: register for an API key
To use this plugin you need to register for an API key.
<ol>
<li>Go to the <a href="https://disqus.com/api/applications/" rel="nofollow ugc">Disqus applications website</a> and log in</li>
<li>Click on the ‘registering an application’ link</li>
<li>Enter the required information – label, description and website</li>
<li>Click the ‘Register my application’ button</li>
<li>Click on the ‘Details’ link at the top of the page</li>
<li>Scroll down to the ‘API Key’ field and copy the value into the setting above</li>
</ol>
Step 2: install and setup the plugin
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Browse to the ‘Settings’ -> ‘Disqus Latest Comments’ menu</li>
<li>Add in your Disqus shortname and API key</li>
<li>Include the [disqus-latest] shortcode in the page, post or widget where you want the latest comments displayed</li>
</ol>
What options are there?
<ul>
<li>Number of comments listed</li>
<li>Show or hide avatar images</li>
<li>Show or hide moderator comments</li>
<li>Size of avatar images</li>
<li>Use relative (1 day ago) or absolute (1/1/2000) time</li>
<li>Comment length to show</li>
<li>A choice of three pre-configured styles – grey, blue and green or the ability to use your own custom CSS</li>
<li>Ability to bypass caching (for debugging)</li>
<li>Ability to bypass page level caching – lets you display new comments when using a caching plugin</li>
<li>Ability to make linked Disqus usernames open in a new window (target=’_blank’)</li>
</ul>
You can see a working example of the plugin at <a href="http://www.itsupportguides.com/latest-comments/" title="www.itsupportguides.com latest comments" rel="nofollow ugc">www.itsupportguides.com</a>.

Disqus Latest Comments Addon

Display latest Disqus comments in a page, post or widget

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