by Rob Marsh, SJ 5 (1 reviews)

Highlight Author Comments

Name: Highlight Author Comments
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: Rob Marsh, SJ

Highlight Author Comments automatically displays comments made by a post's author in a distinctive style

Highlight Author Comments ranks #10,888 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #363 of 2,889 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Aug 22, 2008. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 2.6 (Current: 7.1)

v1.0.2 Current Version v1.0.2

Updated 18 years ago Last Update on 22 Aug, 2008

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#363 of 2,889 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

300+

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32.7K

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Review 5 out of 5

5 (1 reviews)

Next Milestone 400

Total Progress 31%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.2
Last Updated: Aug 22, 2008
Requires WP: 1.5+
Tested Up To: 2.6
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Rob Marsh, SJ

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 1
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want comments from a post's author to stand out visually from other reader comments. It solves this by automatically applying custom CSS styling to author comments without requiring any template file edits.

Highlights post author's comments
No template file editing required
Custom CSS styling support
Style comment author link
Nonce-based security

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Highlight Author Comments

The plugin Options page just has couple of text boxes where you put the bits of CSS you want to apply to highlighted comments. Don't include { or }: just the CSS. For example, by default the plugin applies the CSS padding: 1em which 'indents' the comment a little all round. If you wanted to also make the text red, for example, you would use color: red; padding: 1em. You can style the body of the comment itself and/or the link to the comment author.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is too complex a subject to go into here. A good resource is provided by the Web Design Group.

Here's where some artistry would be a help! In lieu of skill here are some examples to play with: padding: 1em; padding-left: 20px; background-color: #FFFF95; border-left: 1em solid #DDD; padding: 1em; background: white url(http://www.yourblog.com/images/fluffy-clouds.gif) background-color: silver; margin-left: -2em; padding: 1em 1em 1em 2em; etc.

The plugin simply compares the email of the post author with the email of the commentor. This works fine as long as a post author is logged in when commenting. It will fail if the author is not logged in and uses a different email.