Bernhard Riedl

<ul>
<li>extends information on Users page in Admin Menu with comment counts</li>
<li>settings page configurable for standard functions</li>
<li>easy to integrate (ships with multi/sidebar- and dashboard-widget functionality)</li>
<li>possible to integrate in “Right Now” box or to display as widget on the dashboard and on the user’s profile page</li>
<li>high performance because users’ comment counts are re-used within a page-call</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/featuring-countcomments/other_notes/" rel="ugc">API for developers</a></li>
<li>fully compatible with <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL" rel="nofollow ugc">https/SSL/TLS-sites</a></li>
<li>fully multisite network compatible</li>
<li>clean uninstall</li>
</ul>
Requirement for this plugin: Your users have to be registered and logged in to comment – Thus, Featuring CountComments will not work properly in weblogs where anonymous comments are allowed!
Please find the version for WordPress
<ul>
<li>3.3 and higher <a href="https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featuring-countcomments.zip" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a></li>
<li>3.2 <a href="https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featuring-countcomments.wordpress3.2.zip" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a></li>
<li>2.8 to 3.1 <a href="https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featuring-countcomments.wordpress2.8-3.1.zip" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a></li>
<li>minor 2.8 <a href="https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featuring-countcomments.wordpressminor2.8.zip" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a></li>
</ul>
Plugin’s website: <a href="https://www.bernhard-riedl.com/projects/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.bernhard-riedl.com/projects/</a>
Author’s website: <a href="https://www.bernhard-riedl.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.bernhard-riedl.com/</a> 
Attention! – Geeks’ stuff ahead! 😉
<h4>API</h4>
Parameters can either be passed <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_parse_args" rel="nofollow ugc">as an array or a URL query type string (e.g. “display=0&format=0”)</a>. Please note that WordPress parses all arguments as strings, thus booleans have to be 0 or 1 if used in query type strings whereas for arrays <a href="https://secure.php.net/manual/en/language.types.boolean.php" rel="nofollow ugc">real booleans</a> should be used.
<code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_user($params=array())</code>
Counts the number of comments made by a user who is currently logged in or has a particular attribute.
$params:
<ul>
<li>
<code>user_attribute</code>: one of the user’s attributes (matching <code>query_type</code>), for example, the user_id or a WP_User object; if no user_attribute is given, will fallback to currently logged in user
</li>
<li>
<code>query_type</code>: corresponding SQL-field of user’s attribute or WP_User object; default is <code>user_id</code>
<ul>
<li>user_id</li>
<li>display_name</li>
<li>user_nicename</li>
<li>user_email</li>
<li>user_login</li>
<li>WP_User object</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<code>format</code>: if set to true (default), the output will be formatted using the attributes <code>zero</code>, <code>one</code>, <code>more</code> and <code>thousands_separator</code>; false = process plain count value
</li>
<li>
<code>zero</code>, <code>one</code>, <code>more</code>: for formatted output – %c gets replaced with the number of comments
<ul>
<li>‘zero’ => ‘0 comments’</li>
<li>‘one’ => ‘1 comment’</li>
<li>‘more’ => ‘%c comments’</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<code>thousands_separator</code>: divides counts by thousand delimiters; default <code>,</code> => e.g. 1,386
</li>
<li>
<code>display</code>: if you want to return the count (e.g. for storing it in a variable) instead of echoing it with this function-call, set <code>display</code> to <code>false</code>; default setting is <code>true</code>
</li>
</ul>
The following example outputs the comment count of the user with the registered e-mail address ‘j.doe@example.com’.
<pre><code><?php

global $featuring_countcomments;

$params=array(
 'query_type' => 'user_email',
 'user_attribute' => 'j.doe@example.com'
);

$featuring_countcomments->count_by_user($params);

?>
</code></pre>
<code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_comment($params=array())</code>
Counts the number of comments made by a user who wrote a certain comment or the current comment in the comment-loop.
$params:
<ul>
<li>
<code>comment</code>: a comment object or comment id; if empty retrieves current comment
</li>
<li>
<code>format</code>: if set to true (default), the output will be formatted using the attributes <code>zero</code>, <code>one</code>, <code>more</code> and <code>thousands_separator</code>; false = process plain count value
</li>
<li>
<code>zero</code>, <code>one</code>, <code>more</code>: for formatted output – %c gets replaced with the number of comments
<ul>
<li>‘zero’ => ‘0 comments’</li>
<li>‘one’ => ‘1 comment’</li>
<li>‘more’ => ‘%c comments’</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<code>thousands_separator</code>: divides counts by thousand delimiters default <code>,</code> => e.g. 1,386
</li>
<li>
<code>display</code>: if you want to return the count (e.g. for storing it in a variable) instead of echoing it with this function-call, set <code>display</code> to <code>false</code>; default setting is <code>true</code>
</li>
<li>
<code>in_loop</code>: if set to true (default), the query count for all user who wrote a comment which belongs to the post of the handed over <code>comment</code> will be cached; otherwise the comment count will be retrieved only for the user who posted the <code>comment</code>
</li>
</ul>
The following example outputs the number of comments of the author with the current comment in the comment loop:
<pre><code><?php

global $featuring_countcomments;

$featuring_countcomments->count_by_comment();

?>
</code></pre>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API" rel="nofollow ugc">How-to for shortcodes</a>
General Example:
Enter the following text anywhere in a post or page to output the comment count of user <code>xyz</code>:
<pre><code>[featuring_countcomments_count_by_user query_type="user_nicename" user_attribute="xyz"] by xyz so far...
</code></pre>
Available Shortcode:
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_count_by_user
</code></pre>
Invokes <code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_user($params)</code>.
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_count_by_comment
</code></pre>
Invokes <code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_comment($params)</code>.
<h4>Filters</h4>
<a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_filter" rel="nofollow ugc">How-To for filters</a>
General Example:
<pre><code>function my_featuring_countcomments_defaults($params=array()) {
 $params['query_type'] = 'user_nicename';
 return $params;
}

add_filter('featuring_countcomments_defaults', 'my_featuring_countcomments_defaults');
</code></pre>
Available Filters:
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_defaults
</code></pre>
In case you want to set the default parameters globally rather than handing them over on every function call, you can add the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_filter" rel="nofollow ugc">filter</a> <code>featuring_countcomments_defaults</code> in for example featuring-countcomments.php or your <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">own customization plugin</a> (recommended).
Please note that parameters which you hand over to a function call (<code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_user</code> or <code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_comment</code>) will always override the defaults parameters, even if they have been set by a filter or in the admin menu.
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_dashboard_widget
</code></pre>
Receives an array which is used for the dashboard-widget-function call to <code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_user</code>. <code>display</code> and <code>format</code> will automatically be set to true and <code>user_parameter</code> to null to receive the current user’s count.
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_dashboard_widget_text
</code></pre>
Receives a string which is used in the dashboard-widget. <code>%c</code> will be replaced by the comment count of the user who is currently logged in.
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_dashboard_right_now
</code></pre>
Receives an array which is used for the dashboard-right-now-box-function call to <code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_user</code>. <code>display</code> and <code>format</code> will automatically be set to true and <code>user_parameter</code> to null to retrieve the comment count of currently logged in user.
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_dashboard_right_now_text
</code></pre>
Receives a string which is used in the right-now box on the dashboard. <code>%c</code> will be replaced by the comment count of the user who is currently logged in.
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_user_profile
</code></pre>
Receives an array which is used for the user-profile-function call to <code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_user</code>. <code>display</code> and <code>format</code> will automatically be set to true and <code>user_parameter</code> to null to retrieve the comment count of currently logged in user.
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_user_profile_text
</code></pre>
Receives a string which is used in the user’s profile page. <code>%c</code> will be replaced by the comment count of the user who is currently logged in.
<pre><code>featuring_countcomments_users_custom_column
</code></pre>
Receives an array which is used for the users-page-function call to <code>$featuring_countcomments->count_by_user</code>. <code>display</code> and <code>format</code> will automatically be set to true and <code>user_parameter</code> to the user-id of each row to retrieve the user’s comment count.

Featuring CountComments

Counts the number of comments for each user, who has been logged in at the time of commenting.

Kybernetik Services

WP Cool Tools

Martin Stehle

Make up custom-tailored preview lists of your website’s contents easily and place them in widget areas and post contents.
Promote your website’s content with many kinds of post lists. No programming skills are necessary. No fiddling with templates. With just a few keyboard entries and clicks you get a customized posts list.
The plugin Ultimate Post List for WordPress gives you an easy-to-use toolbox to make lists of posts. You can insert the lists
<ul>
<li>as widgets in every widget area per drag’n’drop easily</li>
<li>via configurable shortcodes in every post content</li>
<li>via calls of the function upl_get_html() in PHP code</li>
</ul>
You can switch between a vertical list layout or a responsive grid layout. A few options help you to get a nice layout without any need to code.
You can filter the posts by their post type “Post” or/and “Page” and by multiple categories. For filtering by custom post types check out <a href="https://www.kybernetik-services.com/shop/wordpress/plugin/ultimate-post-list-pro/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=ultimate-post-list&utm_content=update-notice-readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Ultimate Post List Pro</a>.
You can switch on a “Load more posts” link or button which loads further posts without leaving the page. Its text is controlled easily for you.
The plugin is multi-widget capable. That is, you can have several widgets of Ultimate Post List on your blog, each with its own settings!
You can clone (duplicate, copy) every list with a single click on the action link.
The plugin is available in English, German (Deutsch) and Greek (Ελληνικά). It does not collect any personal data, so it is ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.
<h4>Demo</h4>
You want to test Ultimate Post List before installing on your site? Try it out on your individual and free WordPress playground and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post-list/?preview=1" rel="ugc">click here</a>.
<h4>Options you can set</h4>
The free version of Ultimate Post List offers you many options to type and click customized post lists easily. These are the options:
<ul>
<li>List Options
<ul>
<li>List Display Options
<ul>
<li>List Visibility</li>
<li>Text if no posts</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>List Title Options
<ul>
<li>List title</li>
<li>URL of list title</li>
<li>HTML element of list title</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post List Options
<ul>
<li>Post List Options In General
<ul>
<li>Number of posts</li>
<li>Posts offset</li>
<li>Hide current viewed post in list</li>
<li>Show sticky posts on top of the list</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Posts Sort Order
<ul>
<li>Order by
<ul>
<li>Post date</li>
<li>Post title</li>
<li>Post author</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Order direction
<ul>
<li>Ascending</li>
<li>Descending</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Filter Options
<ul>
<li>Post Type Filter
<ul>
<li>Show posts of selected types: posts or/and pages</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Category Filter
<ul>
<li>Show posts of selected categories only</li>
<li>Show only posts that are in all selected categories</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post List Item Options
<ul>
<li>Post Data Order
<ul>
<li>Position of post thumbnail</li>
<li>Position of post title</li>
<li>Position of post date</li>
<li>Position of post author name</li>
<li>Position of post excerpt</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Display Options
<ul>
<li>Show post thumbnail (default)</li>
<li>Show post title (default)</li>
<li>Show post date</li>
<li>Show post author name</li>
<li>Show post excerpt</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Links Options
<ul>
<li>Set post title clickable (default)</li>
<li>Set post thumbnail clickable (default)</li>
<li>Set post date clickable, pointing to the month archive</li>
<li>Set post author clickable, pointing to the author’s archive</li>
<li>Set post excerpt clickable</li>
<li>Open post links in new windows</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Title Options
<ul>
<li>Maximum length of post title</li>
<li>Text after shortened title</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Date Options
<ul>
<li>Format of the post date (over 100 options available)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Thumbnail Options
<ul>
<li>Source of the post thumbnail
<ul>
<li>Featured image</li>
<li>First post content image if previously uploaded to the media library</li>
<li>Featured image if the first post content image is not available</li>
<li>First post content image if the featured image is not available</li>
<li>Avatars of post authors</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Use post title as the alternative text for the thumbnail</li>
<li>Use default thumbnail if no image could be ascertained
<ul>
<li>URL of default thumbnail</li>
<li>Thumbnail size </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Width of thumbnail in px</li>
<li>Height of thumbnail in px</li>
<li>Use aspect ratios of original images</li>
<li>Alignment of thumbnail
<ul>
<li>Align left</li>
<li>Align center</li>
<li>Align right</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Top image margin width in px</li>
<li>Bottom image margin width in px</li>
<li>Left image margin width in px</li>
<li>Right image margin width in px</li>
<li>Flow of text at the thumbnail (wrap right/left or side by side)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Post Excerpt Options
<ul>
<li>Maximum length of post excerpt</li>
<li>Text after shortened excerpt</li>
<li>Ignore post excerpt field as excerpt source</li>
<li>Ignore post content as excerpt source</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>“More” Element Options
<ul>
<li>“More” Element Appearance
<ul>
<li>Show a clickable “More” element for loading further list items at the bottom of the list</li>
<li>“More” element type
<ul>
<li>Show element as a link</li>
<li>Show element as a button</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Label of “More” element</li>
<li>Show icon while new posts are loaded</li>
<li>Icon style
<ul>
<li>Small icons
<ul>
<li>Small gray circle with rotating dot</li>
<li>Small turning wheel</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Big icons
<ul>
<li>Big gray circle with rotating dot</li>
<li>Big turning wheel</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Text that appears when no further posts have been found</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>List Layout Options
<ul>
<li>List Layout Type: vertical list or responsive grid</li>
<li>Grid item width in px</li>
<li>Minimal height of grid item in px</li>
<li>List Item Margin Options
<ul>
<li>Top item margin in px</li>
<li>Bottom item margin in px</li>
<li>Left item margin in px</li>
<li>Right item margin in px</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Additional options in the Pro version</h4>
The Pro version has all the options of the free version and many additional options for layouts, numbered lists, colors, custom post types and much more. <a href="https://www.kybernetik-services.com/plugins/ultimate-post-list-pro/?utm_source=wordpress_org&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=ultimate-post-list&utm_content=update-notice-readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Go to Ultimate Post List Pro</a>.
Pro users get premium support whilst free support is offered in the WordPress forums in our spare time.
<h4>Support</h4>
Support for this plugin will be provided in the form of Product Support. This means that we intend to fix any confirmed bugs, listen to ideas for this plugin and improve the user experience when enhancements are identified and can reasonably be accommodated.
Pro users get premium support whilst free support is offered in the WordPress forums in our spare time. If you are having trouble with this plugin in your particular installation of WordPress, we will not be able to help you troubleshoot the problem.

Ultimate Post List

Make up custom-tailored preview lists of the contents easily and place them in widget areas and post contents.

Featuring CountComments vs Ultimate Post List