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  • Top users WordPress plugin

    I wrote a new plugin to list the contributors to a WordPress website. The comment and post counts are added together, and the top X users are listed in a simple table alongside the counts.

    Download top-users-by-comment-plus-post-count.zip.

    Installation instructions

    1. Upload the `top-users-by-comment-plus-post-count` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
    2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
    3. Place this or a similar function call in your theme: <?php top_users_by_comment_plus_post_count( 10 ); ?>

    CSS sample

    This is the CSS I am using to style the output.

    #top-users-by-comment-plus-post-count td.tu-author{ padding-right: 8px; }
    #top-users-by-comment-plus-post-count td.tu-count{ text-align: right; }

    Sample output

    I added tab and line break characters for readability.

    <table id="top-users-by-comment-plus-post-count">
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">DisgustedInDenver</td><td class="tu-count">297</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">Corey</td><td class="tu-count">109</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">G11</td><td class="tu-count">60</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">jmbecker13</td><td class="tu-count">10</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">trustmedotcom</td><td class="tu-count">9</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">ulfwolf</td><td class="tu-count">8</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">noscamsforme</td><td class="tu-count">8</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">who8dapple</td><td class="tu-count">7</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">cindmo</td><td class="tu-count">7</td></tr>
    	<tr><td class="tu-author">nytemare4u</td><td class="tu-count">7</td></tr>
    </table>
    
  • Disable comment author links in WordPress

    I just wrote a new plugin to disable commenter names from linking to the website URLs they may provide when commenting.

    Some themes allow commenters to provide a home page URL along with their comment. The comment author’s name then becomes a link to that website wherever it appears on your site. This plugin removes those links.

    Download disable-comment-author-links.zip

    Installation instructions

    1. Upload the `disable-comment-author-links` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
    2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress