Subscribe to Comments 2.1
Subscribe to Comments 2.1 is a plugin that allows commenters on your blog to check a box before commenting and get e-mail notification of further comments. It is one of the most popular WordPress plugins out there for the simple reason that it helps foster a community around your blog by encouraging commenters to come back and stay engaged in the dialog.
Features
- Rudimentary security
- Users cannot enter a random e-mail into the subscription manager and modify someone else’s subscriptions
- In order to modify subscriptions, users need to use a special link, given in notification e-mails, and printed in the comments form as long as they have their comment cookie
- Recognition of subscription status
- Unsubscribed users see the “subscribe to comments” checkbox, but subscribed users see a “Manage your subscriptions” link
- The author of the post is recognized by either login or comment cookie and is assumed to be subscribed to the entry (as they will receive notifications through WordPress)
- Themeable subscription manager
- Uses visual style of WordPress interface
- Can be optionally accessed via “Manage” menu in WordPress
- E-mail verification of block requests
- Javascript “invert selection” link to check/uncheck subscriptions for mass deletion
- “Return to the page you were viewing” link that persists at the top of the page, so that users can easily return to the post they were reading once they are done modifying subscriptions
- Ability to let users change notification e-mail address
- In the subscription manager, users can request that their notification address be changed for all their subscriptions
- Special link is sent to the old address for verification
- Once clicked, their e-mail address will be changed instantly for all their comments
- Easy integration into comments form
- No modification of comments form needed for WP 1.5+ (supported themes)
- For users who want custom placement of the checkbox/link to subscription manager, this can be done with one simple function call, placed anywhere in the comment form
- Subscription without leaving a comment
- By popular demand, you can now offer visitors the option of subscribing to comments on an entry without having to leave a comment themselves
- If the reader later decides to join the conversation, their subscription continues without them having to explicitly set it
- Customization
- You can make the Subscription Manager that your users see use your theme’s header, footer and sidebar, using CSS to style it to fit your site
- Internationalization
- I’ve written Subscribe to Comments 2.1 with i18n in mind, making full use of
__()and_e()functions. The domain is “subscribe-to-comments”.
- I’ve written Subscribe to Comments 2.1 with i18n in mind, making full use of
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Version 2.1 Update
Version 2.1 of Subscribe to Comments has a feature that people have been begging me to implement for many months: you can view the list of people who are subscribed to posts on your blog, and you can also see a list of the most “subscribed” posts. Also in this version is a new one-file install. You just put subscribe-to-comments.php in your /plugins/ directory, activate, and you’re done. This version will work on WordPress versions from 2.0.6 through 2.3.1 (highest tested).
Versions
- 2.1.2 Fixed a few bugs that’d send bad notifications (thanks Donncha!), cleaned up some code and moved to using proper WP escaping functions
- 2.1.1 WordPress 2.2 compatibility! Also note that support for
attribute_escape()is needed, so if you get errors about that, upgrade to the latest version in your branch - 2.1 big update, fixing a few potential XSS holes, and misc error messages… see above for details
- 2.0.8 XSS security fixes, hopefully fixed “+” symbols in e-mail for good
- 2.0.7 additional “funky e-mail” fixes
- 2.0.6 support for e-mail addresses with “+” symbols, option to disable CSS “clearing”
- 2.0.4 potential security bugs, better WP 2.0 capabilities compat
Feedback/Bugs
Feel free to leave bug reports or feature requests here. Use this entry’s comments to ask support questions or offer general feedback
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Hi! I want to translate the mail. I see, that there is a file in the extra-folder. But how can I use it?
Many thanks for the plugin, Mr Jaquith, it’s really useful — and poking through the code and seeing the length and complexity of it (compared to the scripts I usually write), I appreciate it even more.
I do have a small feature request, though: for styling the Subscription Manager in one’s theme, would it be possible to allow using a fully new customized template page?
Some of my themes require markup between the sidebar and footer; although it’s possible to work around (by moving this data to the footer, or checking for $_REQUEST['wp-subscription-manager'] in the footer), it would be more convenient to be able to use a custom template page.
Again, thanks for writing and maintaining this plugin.
Alexandre
P.S. a note for those looking for info on compatibility: the plugin’s working fine for me on Wordpress 2.6 so far for its basic functionality.
Thanks . It’s useful for me !
Hi Mark –
Quick “heads up”…
The ***deprecated function*** “get_settings” was called from wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments.php on line 261. Use get_option() instead.
Does this work with WP 2.5.1 and/or WP 2.6?
Hi,
Thanks for the great plugin.
How can I style the page that the user sees when managing their subscription so that it is consistent with the design of my site.
Thanks
Mike
Hi,
your plugin is not working in my site with wordpress 6. I have not changed any settings.
let me also convey my thanks for creating such a useful plugin. it seems small compared to other plugins but makes a big impact.
hope you can help me out.
regards.
Hi,
I have installed version 2.1.2 of your plugin with WP 2.6.
It doesn’t seem to be adding the subcriber’s email as I can see nothing under Manage > Subscriptions even though I added myself as a subscriber.
Plus I didn’t get an email for a follow-up comment either.
Really want to get your plugin working so any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Hi, I have installed your plugin at my blog and really want it to work. But for some reason it isn’t adding emails to the subscription - I don’t see anything under Manage - Subscriptions.
Plus I tested and did not receive any follow-up notification either.
I am using the latest version of your plugin with WP 2.6.
Hi Mark,
Can you please tell me how to modify your Subscribe To Comments 2.1.2 script so that people don’t receive comments from everyone who makes a comment, and they only get the admins follup up comments? I’m getting complaints so I would like to turn that part of the feature off asap. Hope to hear back from you soon.
Thanks,
Michael
@sausey:
go to line 594 in subscribe-to-comments.php and look for this:
if ( $comment->comment_approved == ‘1′ && $comment->comment_type == ” ) {
change it to if ( $comment->comment_approved == ‘1′ && $comment->comment_type == ” && $comment->user_id == ‘1′ ) {
$comment->user_id == ‘1′ should only inform if an admin posted a comment
$comment->user_id != ‘0′ should only inform if an registered user posted a comment
i hope it works
Hello,
Looking at all these comments, looks like this plugin works wonders! I would like to add it to my site, but sadly after I finished uploading to my plugins files, I log into my account and it’s not there! Please help me.
oh I am using wordpress 2.5 version by the way..thanks!
I have manually added the two codes to my comments.php page to see the option on every post.
It does not show if you don’t do this manual addition.
I am using this plugin, but the check box shows up AFTER the “notify.. ” message. Is there a way to fix this? To improve the placement i Just placed the code ”
BEFORE my SUBMIT button. Had I not done this the subscribe notifier showed up AFTER the HUGE set of smileys that I am using… Also the GAP between the statement and the check box is HUGE…. pleaseeeeeeee help….
Ok I love this plug in, I have used it for a long time with no issues, then I went to build a site for a friend and it doesn’t work.
He is using the theme Andreas01 and it throws the checkbox to the footer area… I tried unchecking the css box but it didn’t help.
Any ideas?
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It’s great! Thank you…