Will Brubaker

You’ve poured your heart and soul in to writing fascinating blog posts.  You know you have a lot of readership, but nobody except your mom is leaving comments.  That’s a bit discouraging right?  Entice your readers to leave comments by giving them a picture of a cute kitten in return.
Just prior to the comment form coming in to view, an unobtrusive panel will be displayed with a short message that says: “Your comments make us happy.  Leave a comment, get a kitten!”
 
When a comment is submitted, a picture of an adorable kitten is displayed in a modal window.
Caveats:
This plugin assumes that your comment form is A) built with the ‘comment_form’ WordPress function and B) that your comment form has an id of “commentform” (This is the WordPress default, but your theme developer may have changed the behavior for whatever reason. 
This plugin assumes that comment forms only appear on single posts and only loads the code when a single post (or page) is loaded. 
 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
I created this plugin for my own amusement and am offering it for you to use as you wish.  If you find it useful but would like more features, please do ask.

Kittens for Comments

Works well, customizable and just damn cute! Love it. =D



Awesome

Encourages your readers to leave comments with the promise of a kitten picture.  Who doesn't love kittens?

Jeff Starr

<a href="https://perishablepress.com/simple-blog-stats/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Blog Stats</a> (SBS) provides shortcodes and tags to display site statistics in posts, pages, and anywhere in your theme.
Displays a wealth of useful statistics about your site. Display total number of posts, pages, categories, tags, and much more.
Display Statistics
<ul>
<li>Total number of posts</li>
<li>Total number of pages</li>
<li>Total number of drafts</li>
<li>Total number of comments</li>
<li>Total number of media files (any types)</li>
<li>Number of comments in moderation</li>
<li>Number of approved comments</li>
<li>Number of registered users</li>
<li>Number of categories</li>
<li>Number of tags</li>
<li>Number of words for any post</li>
<li>Number of words for all posts</li>
<li>Display all blog stats in a list</li>
<li>Display number of posts for any Custom Post Type</li>
<li>Display list of counts for all Custom Post Types</li>
<li>Display current number of logged-in users</li>
<li>Display number of logged-in users via Dashboard widget</li>
<li>Display number of words in any custom field</li>
</ul>
Plugin Features
<ul>
<li>Uses caching for better performance</li>
<li>Provides shortcodes to display stats in Posts and Pages</li>
<li>Provides template tags to display stats anywhere in your theme</li>
<li>Configure text/markup to appear before/after each shortcode</li>
<li>Built with the WP API for optimal performance and security</li>
<li>Provides slick settings screen with toggling panels</li>
<li>Provides option to restore default plugin settings</li>
<li>Displays your stats with clean, valid markup</li>
<li>Works with or without Gutenberg Block Editor</li>
<li>Plugin is regularly updated and “future proof”</li>
<li>Display list of stats via Dashboard widget</li>
</ul>
More Statistics
<ul>
<li>Display date of most recent site update</li>
<li>Display list of recent posts (configurable)</li>
<li>Display list of recent comments (configurable)</li>
<li>Display number of users per role (configurable)</li>
<li>Display all blog stats in a nicely formatted list</li>
<li>Configure all shortcodes via the plugin settings</li>
</ul>
Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
Simple Blog Stats is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href="https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html" rel="nofollow ugc">make a donation</a> or purchase one of my books:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Tao of WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://digwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Digging into WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://htaccessbook.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">.htaccess made easy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/wordpress-themes-book/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Themes In Depth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/downloads/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress</a></li>
</ul>
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">BBQ Pro</a> – Blazing fast WordPress firewall</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Blackhole Pro</a> – Automatically block bad bots</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Banhammer Pro</a> – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">GA Google Analytics Pro</a> – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Head Meta Pro</a> – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/simple-ajax-chat-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Ajax Chat Pro</a> – Unlimited chat rooms</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/usp-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">USP Pro</a> – Unlimited front-end forms</li>
</ul>
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

Simple Blog Stats

Displays a wealth of useful statistics about your site. Display total number of posts, pages, categories, tags, and much more.

Kittens for Comments vs Simple Blog Stats