Spectacu.la Discussion WordPress Plugin
Spectacu.la Discussion adds threaded commenting with live AJAX comments
to almost any WordPress Theme.
Ever found your theme doesn't support threaded comments? Would you like it to be able to have P2 style live commenting on your site? Spectacu.la Discussion is a plugin that replaces the commenting code in your theme with a fully Ajaxed comments engine.
The plugin uses memory tables for fast caching within the database (no pesky permission setting for you to worry about here) and adjustible polling times to suit a wide range of server performance.
The plugin is also developer friendly, meaning that you can easily add styles to your theme so that should a user implement the plugin your meticulous design can be carried through. By default there are two styles that should work in most cases. Read below for further instructions.
Once installed this plug-in will replace your theme's comments template with its own fully Ajax comment template. This allows both subm
AJAX
comments
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Usage of Spectacu.la Discussion over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 15 to 5 — down 10 (-66.7%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 5 | -2 |
| June 2024 | 7 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 7 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 7 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 7 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 7 | +0 |
| January 2024 | 7 | -2 |
| December 2023 | 9 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 9 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 9 | -2 |
| September 2023 | 11 | -2 |
| August 2023 | 13 | -1 |
| July 2023 | 14 | -1 |
| June 2023 | 15 | — |
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