BT Active Discussions


This is a recent comments plugin that displays customizable number of blog posts with recently updated comment. The output is very similar to phpBB’s View Active Topics and vBulletin’s Today’s Posts functions.

Recent Discussions

Installation

  1. Download ZIP file from WordPress.org Plugin Directory
  2. Unzip
  3. Copy bt-active-discussions folder into your plugins folder
  4. Activate the plugin
  5. Add bt-active-discussion to any page you’d like to show the discussion table

That’s it!

Customization

There are two options that you can customize by editing the plugin file.

  1. $show_credit_link = 1; // set to 0 to remove credit link*
  2. $inc_trackbacks = 0; // set to 1 to include trackbacks
  3. $max_topics = 30; // the number of posts you want to display

* I put a lot of work into this plugin and would appreciate your support by keeping the credit link intact. Thank you.

Compatibility

Tested on WordPress 2.5.1

Donation

Your donation to this project is greatly appreciated. Please donate via PayPal.

Demo

Below is an example of the output. You could see another implementation on Moolanomy.

Posts
Comments
 Last Comment
New Plugin: BT-Active Discussions 21 by Bill
on 2008-05-10 21:57:18
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on 2008-05-06 02:47:48
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on 2008-04-17 19:34:23
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on 2008-04-16 02:55:23
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on 2008-04-08 10:18:35
March 2008 Review 4 by Pinyo
on 2008-04-07 16:14:56
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on 2008-04-03 17:29:05
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on 2008-03-20 23:56:35
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on 2008-03-14 23:10:14
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on 2008-03-12 15:11:57
February 2008 Review 8 by Pinyo
on 2008-03-04 13:54:00
How To Design A Usable Reader-Centric Blog 3 by Pinyo
on 2008-03-03 17:51:11
12 Essential Companion Accounts for a Successful Blog 12 by Troy
on 2008-02-26 23:07:59
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on 2008-02-25 16:33:19
30 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block for Bloggers 13 by Geoserv
on 2008-02-25 11:26:03
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on 2008-02-24 21:29:17
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on 2008-02-24 12:11:13
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on 2008-02-19 21:56:20
Are You A Blogger Making Money? Tax Deductions You Might Be Able To Take 3 by Pinyo
on 2008-02-14 02:21:59
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on 2008-02-13 21:53:42
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on 2008-02-12 01:09:30
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on 2008-02-10 16:42:13
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on 2008-01-31 19:20:00
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on 2008-01-29 03:51:17
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on 2008-01-27 12:25:03
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on 2008-01-26 17:01:45

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Change Log

1.1.1:

  • Removed one option
  • Rewrite SQL query to speed it up by a factor of 10

1.0.1:

  • Add two options (1) to easily remove credit link and (2) to remove one SQL condition.
  • Also corrected installation instruction — i.e., bt-active-discussion NOT %%bt-active-discussion%% (without the “s”)