Title: Extraordinary Comments Author: CK MacLeod Published: October 16, 2016 Last modified: October 16, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/extraordinary-comments/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1516164) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/extraordinary-comments/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1516164) # Extraordinary Comments By [CK MacLeod](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ck-macleod/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/extraordinary-comments.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extraordinary-comments/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extraordinary-comments/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extraordinary-comments/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extraordinary-comments/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extraordinary-comments/) ## Description Updating and extending [“Featured Comments” by Pippin Williamson and Utkarsh Kukreti](https://wordpress.org/plugins/feature-comments/), Extraordinary Comments enables a site operator to highlight particular comments where they appear in threads, and also display them together in a widget and dedicated archive. Comments can be set “featured” either where they appear in comment threads– via a menu visible only to users at Editor level and above – or from “Comments” in WordPress Admin via the “on-hover”/Quick Edit menu. An option to “bury” comments in the same way is also available on the same menus. Comments featured or buried in Featured Comments will still be featured or buried in Extraordinary Comments, and prior “in-thread” styles should still apply. Extraordinary Comments also corrects a defect in Featured Comments that prevented its front end option from working as intended. As ever, facility with CSS and PHP will help you get the most out of a plug-in like this one, though Extraordinary Comments has been designed with the idea of working with standard themes “out of the box.” ### EXTRAORDINARY COMMENTS IS INTENDED FOR STANDARD WORDPRESS COMMENT THREADS This plug-in will not work with 3rd Party commenting systems like Disqus or Facebook Comments, and either may not function or may require specialized adjustments to work with custom commenting set-ups or plug-ins. ### Additional Info #### Still to Come 1. Archives for Individual Commenters 2. Integration with a full [“Commentariat Suite”](http://ckmacleod.com/wordpress-plugins/) of WordPress plugins. #### Thanks! All gratitude to Pippin Williamson and Utkarsh Kukreti for the original Featured Comments. Thanks also to all of the developers and everyday code-hackers, far too numerous to name, upon whose work I have depended. ## Screenshots [⌊Main Settings⌉⌊Main Settings⌉[ Main Settings [⌊Widget Settings⌉⌊Widget Settings⌉[ Widget Settings [⌊Default Archive and Widget⌉⌊Default Archive and Widget⌉[ Default Archive and Widget [⌊Default+ (using included styles) Archive and Widget⌉⌊Default+ (using included styles) Archive and Widget⌉[ Default+ (using included styles) Archive and Widget [⌊Featured Comment with Administrator Menu in Thread⌉⌊Featured Comment with Administrator Menu in Thread⌉[ Featured Comment with Administrator Menu in Thread [⌊Featured Comment in Admin/Comments with Hover-Menu⌉⌊Featured Comment in Admin/ Comments with Hover-Menu⌉[ Featured Comment in Admin/Comments with Hover-Menu [⌊Archive and Widget Customized⌉⌊Archive and Widget Customized⌉[ Archive and Widget Customized ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin 2. When logged in, use the new text-links that will show up in your comment threads( for Editor-level users and above) or 3. …Use the new text-links that show up on hover in Admin/Comments, to feature or bury individual comments. 4. Add and Adjust the Widget in Appearance/Widgets 5. Add the Archive to a Page or Post with the shortcode `[add_exc_archive]` 6. Adjust styling and other options via Settings, Shortcode Arguments, CSS, or hooks and filters ## FAQ _Installed it – but nothing happens. What gives?_ Assuming you’ve followed the installation instructions, and have featured or buried comments, it could be you’re using a 3rd Party or other highly customized commenting set-up, or are encountering a conflict with your theme or with some other plug-in. _I’m interested in the idea, but it just doesn’t come out so hot with my theme._ In addition to the included styles and suggestions, maybe you’ll find some more hints in [the plug-in documentation](http://ckmacleod.com/wordpress-plugins/extraordinary-comments/). ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Extraordinary Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ CK MacLeod ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ck-macleod/) [Translate “Extraordinary Comments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/extraordinary-comments) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extraordinary-comments/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/extraordinary-comments/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/extraordinary-comments/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/extraordinary-comments/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First Version in WordPress Repo ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 3.1.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.6.30** * Tags * [commenters](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/commenters/)[comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/) [comments widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments-widget/)[feature comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/feature-comments/) [recent comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recent-comments/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/extraordinary-comments/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extraordinary-comments/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extraordinary-comments/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ CK MacLeod ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ck-macleod/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/extraordinary-comments/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://ckmacleod.com/wordpress-plugins/#donate)