Disqus Latest Comments Addon

Display your latest Disqus comments in a page, post or widget.

How do I use it?

Step 1: register for an API key

To use this plugin you need to register for an API key.

1. Go to the Disqus applications website and log in
2. Click on the 『registering an application』 link
3. Enter the required information – label, description and website
4. Click the 『Register my application』 button
5. Click on the 『Details』 link at the top of the page
6. Scroll down to the 『API Key』 field and copy the value into the setting above

Step 2: install and setup the plugin

1. Install and activate the plugin
2. Browse to the 『Settings』 -> 『Disqus Latest Comments』 menu
3. Add in your Disqus shortname and API key
4. Include the [disqus-latest] shortcode in the page, post or widget where you want the latest comments displayed

What options are there?

• Number of comments listed
• Show or hide avatar images
• Show or hide moderator comments
• Size of avatar images
• Use relative (1 day ago) or absolute (1/1/2000) time
• Comment length to show
• A choice of three pre-configured styles – grey, blue and green or the ability to use your own custom CSS
• Ability to bypass caching (for debugging)
• Ability to bypass page level caching – lets you display new comments when using a caching plugin
• Ability to make linked Disqus usernames open in a new window (target=』_blank』)

You can see a working example of the plugin at www.itsupportguides.com.