Plugin info

Total downloads: 1,914
Active installs: 0
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 2/8/2014 (4344 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 6/1/2013 (12 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.6
Tested up to WordPress version: 3.6.1
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 4344 days ago

20/100

Is Current Comments abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 4344 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.6
Tested up to: 3.6.1
Requires PHP: f

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Description

Example plugin for using Backbone.js with WordPress; displays a live comment stream in a widget.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin
  2. Activate the plugin
  3. Add the plugin widget to your sidebar or other widget area

Frequently Asked Questions

A comment was made on a post, but it didn’t appear in the widget. Why not?

Comments appear once approved – be sure the comment has been approved.

If I unapprove a comment, will it be removed from the widget?

Yes!

Why is a minimum of WordPress 3.6 required?

This plugin uses Backbone.js 1.0.0, which was added in WordPress 3.6.

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Screenshots

  1. The current comment widget - it's alive!

    The current comment widget - it's alive!

Changelog

0.4.0

  • Limited the number of comments returned to 10
  • Updated to support localization

0.3.0

  • Updated to use Backbone 1.0.0 in WordPress 3.6 (collection add merge)
  • Changed get_comments query to use DESC so that most recent 10 comments are sent
  • Changed ajax update to only fetch any comments added since last query
  • Removed highlighting of new comments and replaced it with automatically updating timestamps using moment.js
  • Simplified subview logic to simply prepend new comments at the top of the comments view

0.2

  • Initial release