Allow logged-in users to provide custom name/email/website when they make comments. Also allows hiding website (URL) field from the comments form.
| Author: | Joseph Roberts (RobertsDev Unlimited) (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.5.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 3.5.1 |
| Plugin version: | 0.3.3 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 08-04-2013 |
| Last updated: | 08-04-2013
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Total downloads: | 1 346 |
| Active installs: | 100+ |
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OVERVIEW
This plugin adds two new features:
Allow multiple people who log in under a single profile to provide their own name/email/website when posting comments, just like guests can. This is useful if multiple people share a single login, in which case using the profile name/email/website isn't appropriate.
Option to remove the website (URL) field from comment forms. In many cases this website field doesn't add any value, so this setting provides fewer fields and a cleaner user experience.
GUEST COMMENTS FEATURE
To configure this, open a user profile. Scroll down to see the new "Guest Comments" settings. There is an option to allow people logged in as this user to comment as a guest, ie: provide custom name/email/website information each time they post comments.
Since this setting allows people to provide information that doesn't match their profile, it can allow malicious impersonation if granted to untrustworthy users. For this reason, only Administrators can modify this setting.
Leave this setting OFF for user profiles that are only used by the named individual.
Consider turning this setting ON for user profiles that are shared by a team or by multiple people.
HIDE WEBSITE (URL) FIELD FROM COMMENTS FORM
To configure this, open the dashboard. Click Settings, and notice the new "Guest Comments" menu item. Click it. You will find a global setting to hide the website field. This setting applies to all users.