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Reverse Order Comments

Description

A really simple WordPress Plugin. It provides the function ro_comments_template(), which allows the comments to be displayed in reverse order (thus the newest comments first, oldest last).

Installation

  1. Install & activate the plugin.
  2. Edit your theme files and implement the new function as described in the FAQ section.

FAQ

How do I implement the plugin function in my templates?

Open the template file which should show the comments in a reverse order in your favorite editor.
Locate the line

<?php comments_template(); ?>

and replace it with

<?php if(function_exists('ro_comments_template')) ro_comments_template(); else comments_template(); ?>

Note:

The arguments of the function can be different in your template, for example if it is

<?php comments_template('', true); ?>

change the plugin function accordingly to

What are the files in theme-examples directory?

theme-examples/
default (English default theme)
comments-topinput.php comments.php adapted for a guestbook
tpl_guestbook.php template for a guestbook

    default_de                   (German default theme)
      comments-topinput.php      comments.php adapted for a guestbook
      tpl_gaestebuch.php         template for a guestbook
Will it work with paged comments?

Yes, but if you use comment navigations with labels like β€œolder” and β€œnewer”, then it might be puzzling for the user, as the comment order is opposite to the navigation.
In this case I suggest not to use the plugin in combination with comment-pagination or you should change your navigation labels.

Building a guestbook for the Kubrik theme

Precondition: comments-topinput.php and tpl_gaestebuch.php are in in your template directory.

  1. Create a new page. Title e.g. β€œguestbook”
  2. Allow comments for this page
  3. Choose the template β€œGuestbook” for this page.

Done!

If you want the comment input fields β€œblogstyle” at the bottom of the page, just change inside
tpl_gaestebuch.php the line

<?php if(function_exists('ro_comments_template')) ro_comments_template("/comments-topinput.php"); else comments_template(); ?>

to

<?php if(function_exists('ro_comments_template')) ro_comments_template(); else comments_template(); ?>
Building a guestbook for other themes

If you don’t use the Kubrik/Default theme, it is still very easy to build your own template.
A good template to start with is β€œpage.php” and β€œsingle.php”. Copy β€œpage.php” and rename it.
The line <?php comments_template(); ?> is important. Change it as described above.
Add a header to your new page, to tell WordPress it is a template.

e.g.

<?php
/*
Template Name: Guestbook
*/
?>

Page Template Documentation

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Contributors & Developers

“Reverse Order Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.1.1

  • 16.07.12 Tested with WP 3.4.1

1.1

  • 08.06.12 Updated to work with WP 3.3.2; Now using filers, making it compatible, faster and future proof

1.0.3

  • 07.06.12 maintenance release; change of plugin owner

1.0.2

  • 18.05.08 release on the WordPress plugin directory; renamed the plugin to reverse-order-comments; changed the directory structure to enable the WordPress plugin autoupdate

1.0.1

  • 13.09.06 small bugfix inside comments-topinput.php templates

1.0

  • 11.11.05 Initial Release