John Godley

A widget that shows a section of comment text along with the author name.
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<li>Show extended comment information</li>
<li>Configure the number of comments used</li>
<li>Exclude certain authors from the list (such as yourself)</li>
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Extended Comments Widget

A widget that shows a section of comment text along with the author name.

mrengy

A sidebar widget that displays a list of top commenters across a site, showing the number of comments for each. Inspired by and extended from the Top Commentators Widget by WebGrrrl.
<h3>Supported Languages:</h3>
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English
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Slovene: Thanks to Mitja Mihelič: mitja.mihelic@arnes.si http://www.linkedin.com/in/mmihelic
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Romanian: Thanks to Alexander Ovsov: <a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Web Hosting Geeks</a>
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Ukranian: Thanks to Michael Yunat: <a href="http://getvoip.com/blog" rel="nofollow ugc">http://getvoip.com</a>
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<h3>Options:</h3>
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“Title”: customizable title that is displayed in the sidebar for this widget.
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“Define Commenters by”: choose whether to define an individual by email address or by name entered in the comment form
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“Commenters to Exclude”: a list of people to exclude from the count. Can enter names and/or email addresses here. Separate each with a comma.
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“# of Commenters to List”: determines the number of top commenters to list.
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“Show ‘comments’ Label?”: If checked, a top commenter will appear as “mike: 10 comments”. If unchecked, he/she will appear simply as “mike: 10”.
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Simple Top Commenters

A sidebar widget that displays a list of top commenters across a site, showing the number of comments for each.

Extended Comments Widget vs Simple Top Commenters