Version: 1.91(updated on 25 April 2008)
Comments are a wonderful thing to receive on your blog, adding the dofollow plugin is one way to reward but why not place a link to their last post under their comment, with CommentLuv, you can do that automatically! This is an excellent way to promote comments from your readers.
example:
Test it for your blog here, enter your blog URL in the box and click the grey box. After a few seconds (as long as you have a feed) it should display the title to your last post in the pink box.
Last post will be displayed here after a few seconds
The CommentLuv Wordpress Plugin will visit the feed of the comment author and attempt to scrape the last post they made and display it under their comment, this way you can encourage people to join in the discussion of your posts and give something back straight away.
The plugin looks for a feed in the default location of your blog, for Wordpress users this will be /feed/ or /?feed=rss, blogspot users get /feeds/posts/default, web-log blogs are now included thanks to Edward De Leau. If it can't find a feed there then it will search your <head> part of your website for an alternate link (<link rel="alternate") and use that instead.
The plugin retrieves your last post at the time of the comment being posted and appends the extra text just before the comment gets saved to the database, this way it doesn't put any extra load on the database or server other than the effort required add another 60 or so characters to the comment content.
Instructions:
- Download
- unzip
- upload php file to plugins directory
- Activate
what? you was expecting something complex? 
In some cases, it may not show a link to the commenters last post because it couldn't find a feed in the default location and your hosting doesn't support parsing with Curl (a php command). If you notice one of your readers comments not having their last blog post shown, come here and put their blog URL in the testing box above. If it works here but not at your blog, it's probably because your hosting doesn't allow Curl.
*** For maximum exposure and benefit when commenting on CommentLuv enabled posts, read this excellent post about turning off Feedburner redirects
Once you've downloaded and installed your CommentLuv plugin, tell every visitor you pass on the luv with this badge
You can use this code:
The plugin contains a command to increase the timeout for parsing your feed to 5 seconds, if you are finding that it isn't parsing some peoples feeds on your blog it is probably because the timeout value of 5 seconds isn't long enough. You can add the following line to your config.php file to extend the timeout period.
You can change the value of 7 to whatever you want. It will allow that amount of time for each url it tries to find the feed. (be aware that each try will take that amount of time and there can be up to 5 tries to find the feed)
As of version 0.98, the comment author can specify their feed by putting their feed url in between [feed] and [/feed] at the end of their comment.
Also, a comment author can make the plugin display debug information by including [debugon] anywhere in their comment and the plugin will display a breadcrumb of all the things it tries to parse the feed at the author URL.
I've tried to put in as many comments as possible so you can follow how the plugin works, if you make any changes please let me know and if they're better than the original, I can put them in and credit you with the changes. If you're a Pro PHP coder, please be aware that I haven't had any PHP training, just the usual "take apart other peoples code and learn from it" education so be gentle with your (constructive) criticism!
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192 Comments
This is very useful plugin, congratulations
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I am downloading the CommentLuv wordpress plugin now.
Thanks
this is a great plugin.i installed it yesterday on http://www.paragonpunishers.com it works great.
I like this plugin very much! I actually have writen an post about it on my blog and made a new badge. I hope you don’t mind!
You can see the new badge on my blog..
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Just added to my blog. Great plugin and will certainly entice people to post more comments. Thank you
I linked to your website by posting a comment to one of my blog posts (using the DoFollow setting and link http://www.fiddyp.co.uk as per your readme file.) Thank you very much for the CommentLuv Plugin, I love it, and hope I get more comments now in posts in my recently installed Blog. Good vibes!
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Dear Andy,
I tried to use commentluv in my blog, but it seems doesn’t work. When i activated the plugin, nothing changed in my comment form. What happen? do i need to change permission on my template?
Please help me.
thank you
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Using comment luv gets pretty hard with the glued(subtle) series of themes, which are my favorite. Everytime one makes a change to the blog design, the comment luv pluging needs to be setup all over again. So if you are using Subtle, I don’t recommend Commentluv, but for most other themes, this works great!
I really like the comment luv plugin. Makes more people post in your blog and is so simple and easy to use.
Got it loaded now to see if it works
Does this plugin require dofollow to be enabled?!?!?
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Is there any way to make this work for a Rapidweaver - based Blog?
Great Plugins. How to use this plugins to fetch blogger last post, but not in comment form.
For an example, I usually make a post with a source url below my post. I want to use this plugin to show our source last post. Is this make sense to do ?
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i am testing the plugin,hope will appear below.
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another test from my blog feed, hope it works
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Great plug-in and idea. My favorite part about the plug-in is that it is non-obtrusive to the user and adds great value to posting comments. Thanks!
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great idea for a plug in. I am always looking for ways to facilitate networking with others and the best ways to expedite communication with others to make good use of time. There’s nothing worse than spending hous online to build your online presence and lose valuable time that you could be spending with your friends and family. I have found many useful tools to meet like-minded individuals and network more efficiently. Check out http://www.netrageouz.net/toolbox.htm if you want more info!! Best of luck and thanks for the great plug-in!!
Cheers for writing about this. FYI - here’s some more info about Pizza Games you might like!
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This is a great add-on for comments in Wordpress, I Luv it
I love this plugin!. I am using it on my motorcycle blog. It works great.
I like this plugin very much! I actually have writen an post about it on my blog and made a new badge. I hope you don’t mind!
You can see the new badge on my blog..
Really interesting plugins. I think this plugins can increase my blog visitor and my visitor traffic.
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awesome plugin. Thank you!
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Great plugin ever. I will give it a try for my blog now. Thanks
Nice plugin. Thx you!
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Andy, I absolutely LUV this plugin! It has already increased readership and comments on my blog. I increased the time to 7, per your instructions, which helped with Blogspot blogs.
I’m putting together a list of CommentLuv users, which I’ll publish soon. Anyone who’d like to be added to the list can email me or leave a comment on my blog. ~ Kay
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I have to try this plugin for my site soon.
I wonder, Is it automatically do follow the link on comment?
and how it discriminate whether it is a spam purpose?
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thank you Very Much
CommentLuv has been getting a lot of buzz lately. I’m going to download it and give it a try on my blogs. Thanks!
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This is a great plugin! I hope to add it to my blog in the future!
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intersting plugin,, can you help me to find this plugin that can be use on blogspot?
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That is so cool! I think i’ll download and install it too! Cheers!
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A great idea for a worpdress plugin! Thank you so much! Great! Greetings from Germany!
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I just had a problem with a blog where commentLuv was displayed but the link to the last blog was not inserted in the comment. Deactivating Capcha solves this problem
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I love this plugin! ı will use my blog ….
great plugin thnk u… its very usefull
I’am testing the plugin in my wordpress blog. The plugin looks for a feed in the default location of our blogs.. congrltn
awesome plugin!! Thanks
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Would love to make a version of this available to BlogEngine users. Do you have plans for that, or would you allow me to write one based on your existing version with credit to you?
Contact me if you are interested. Nice work!
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So, how is this plugin working out for you?
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This is a nice tool to encourage posting reviews on blogs, I will use it and see the impact
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Comment Luv is a great plug-in well done
Comment luv is one amazing plugin. I’m one of those true supporters of do follow! Also, i realised more and more people get catching on to this amazing plugin!
Comment Luv is a great plug-in well done
Thanks allthings.
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This is a great add-on for comments in Wordpress, I Luv it
Hi, Fiddy P:
So if i understand correctly, those who use Dreamhost (as their webhost) can’t use CommentLuv, is this right?
Let me know.
Bravo. I love commentluv, one of the best WP plugins out there.
Great work.
Looks like you’ve got some stiff competition though with the recent announcement of SezWho partnering up with entrecard)
However, I’ll stick you my trusty commentluv - I love it.
PS How do you make the checkbox for ‘Notify me of followup comments via e-mail’ checked/ticked/on by default, ie all new comments automatically get notified of new comments.
Regards
SolReka
Brighter Energy Solutions
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Nice and very simple plugin. I’ll try at our social media blog. Thx you!
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You should install keywordluv as well. Another great plugin from the creators of commentluv which is really good as well
I like this plugin very much! Nice and very simple plugin. I’ll try at our travel guides weblog. Thx you!
Why is it showing a blank page after I press Submit Comment button?
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what if you can get all these at some place ?
nice layout , up to date content what else you need .
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Thank you this is great plugins for worpress
Excellent plugin IMHO, gives a lot of incentive for readers to leave comments on a blog. Quite a few A list authors are already using this plugin so it seems quite popular.
One question though, is this compatible with the new 2.6 release of wordpress?
Thanks
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Thank you to give us the wonder plug.
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not sure why this thing won’t pull my blog posts. I use a self hosted wordpress and the plugin works fine on my blog when people leave comments but if I comment on someone elses blog who has this my posts only sometimes show up. my feed URL is valid and does work. any clues? Could it be that some blogs have the timeout setting shorter so if hte post isn’t grabbed quick enough it doesnt appear?
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Thanks for the article - especially the link to turn off FeedBurner redirects, which has been puzzling me for ages!
Just a quick suggestion - have you thought about using one of the WP plugins that allows you to separate comments and trackbacks at the bottom of a post? I’ve noticed that on blogs that have lots of both, it makes it easier to follow the comments
Thanks again, Jon
This a great idea, I had heard about installing DoFollow to encourage people to participate in blog discussion but CommentLuv takes it to the next level, very good job especially for someone who admits to not being a PHP programmer!
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Been testing it out on a couple of blogs and so far I’m really pleased. I was a little concerned about attracting more spammers and having to moderate more. I have Akismet and a captcha plugin as well so it hasn’t been an issue so far. Thanks for releasing this great plugin and making my blogs more enjoyable!
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Installed right now and it Works fine. Also the source is valid HTML (;-)
Thks Helmeloh
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sounds good. it will promote comments but wudnt it leak PR from the page.
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hi all….
I got weird situation when using this plugin. When I tried to put comment on my on domain, and put website url with my other blogsome url, I see the feed showed on the link is not from blogsome, but blogspot. this blogspot subdomain is not mine. Why? anyone ever happen this situation?
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Love this plugin, but will it work in a blogspot hosted blog?
Love it. Though you need to add an apostrophe for correct grammar. Wish I could use this at blogger.
also, do the links that commentluv creates count towards Google or Technorati ranks?
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Simply loved it.
Does Google track it?
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Outstanding plugin, one of the more useful additions for Wordpress
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This is great plugin for WP. I need this. Thx a lot
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got bug when it tries to fetch from my blog too
instead of getting the title it shows the URL of the image in the post.
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I would recommend installing two plugins in addition to CommentLuv.
1. Akismet
2. WP-reCAPTCHA
Since both WP-reCAPTCHA and Akismet are spam filters, the chance of spam polluting the comment section of a blog entry is greatly reduced. Akismet is the first layer of spam defense in the sense that it prevents robots from posting spammy content. Akismet is geared toward capturing automated comment posting. WP-reCAPTCHA is the second layer of defense in the sense that it captures what Akismet misses. The third layer of defense is the blog owner who reads and approves / deletes the comments.
If a human being wants to spam a blog, then there is little that a blog administrator can do about it except for regularly reading the recent comments and removing questionable material. However, using the two above mentioned plugins will make the admin’s job easier.
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Referred to you by Jack Humphrey of the Friday Traffic Report. Love the plugin. Thanks.
Neil.
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Interesting site you have here. And it would be nice to see what you to say about fiddyp. Most experts on this subject have an annoying have of taking a simple concept and twisting and turning around it until it sounds hellishly complex.
the best tool for real bloggers, help me a lot in this..
danke fur das tool alter
cheers
thank you, problem fixed
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nice plugin you have a blogger trick to add it
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I’d really like to be able to remove the checkbox and make filling out the CommentLuv form mandatory rather than optional. I tried editing the code and it said “Not Acceptable.” How can I turn off the optional setting?
Thanks! Great Plugin!
Ignore, subscribing to comments.
Thanks for the great plugin, just started using it on my site!
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Just installed this plugin and I’m going to be playing with this this week!
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I figured that this won’t work on blogger, but I was still hoping it could. Could anyone tell me if I can or not?
THANKS BLOGGERS,
Shonda
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Hey Andy,
Yeah I use nofollow free on all my blogs, its interesting because a lot of the comments are spam BUT if you add a little note right next to the “submit comment” button that says something like “this comment might be dofollow, if you enjoyed reading this post please share it using the share button above”. That way they see you are helping them out and then they can help you out… I would test it, worked pretty nicely for me.
Oh and that plus moderating your high PR posts, that way people can clearly see that you do not tolerate any sort of spam. My 2 cents
-Adrian
Adrian: I’m pretty relaxed with comments on this blog, if it’s blatantly spam or a non relevant comment just to get a keyword on the name link then I’ll delete it but I’m not a PR horder! I got some, come and get it. the more the merrier
Dear Sir,
Is there a way to make this plugin work with ajax comment plugins?
I’m using this one:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-thread-comment/
Latest posts don’t get parsed, or ajax stops working when a comment is added.
Thank you and I really like this plugin.
Thank you for the plug in. Its was the greatest thing I have seen.
This thing rocks….I have it all over our blog now.
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Thanks for the information on this great plug in. I was wondering where this plug in was. It looks like a great way to help others spread the word about there own blog.
Good plugin, but sometimes it slows down the commenting.
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Nice plugin! Which versions of Wordpress does it work with?
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[debugon]
Just testing to see the debug code and find out why none of the enabled sites can find my feed. (has luv) (using curl) (no links returned)
see here to check how long your blog takes to load from around the world
http://internetsupervision.com/scripts/urlcheck/check.aspx?lan=en-US&checkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.czaralex.com%2Fblog&email=%3CEnter+Your+Email+Address%3E
This is GREAT but I’m using Blogger! PLEASE tell me that I can also use this for my comments, or can you recommend a Blogger-friendly alternative? Ta! Alex
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Absolutely hot stuff ! Perhaps you can make it a bit faster?
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Love this plugin but latest version seems to be missing apostrophe s.
As in julie’s vs. julies last post.
Am running v.997 on my blog, which has apostrophe.
Thanks!!!!
Hello,
Thanks for the note and the detailed description of this plugin. I have it installed on my blog and hope thereby to generate more comments.
Alex greetings ..
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Forgot to click the followup comments button so am commenting again. Please let me know if/when you might have a fix for that missing apostrophe.
Thanks!
Seems an awesome plugin. I’ll give it a try on my blog. thanks for developing it!
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Great stuff guys. How long has Commentluv been around? I have been reading about seo for a while and never heard of this great way to add links. Have I been under a rock lol?
I have had comment luv work on my comment on a blog once. It was very exciting. Every other time it doesn’t work.
It does work when I use the test that you provide on the site.
Should I ask the blog owner for a longer time out?
Can you please take a look and suggest what may be wrong?
Thanks!!
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Commentluv did work form me here!! Perhaps it is the time-out time.
Beyond asking every comment luv site user to extend their time-out time just for me, is there anything I can do to help it along.
I tried this:
“Deb, [debugon]What a ….”
[debugon] showed up on the comment! as above:
I tried writing
[feed]http://itsdifferent4girls.com/blog[/feed] at the end of my comment as I thought indicated by:
“As of version 0.98, the comment author can specify their feed by putting their feed url in between [feed] and [/feed] at the end of their comment.”
and it showed up at the end of the comment as:
(manual feed specified)
I know I look like an idiot but I would really like to get this solved.
Thank you for your help!!
Very useful piece of information indeed! A thorough research is very significant before stepping for any keyword. But Webmasters can really be pretty fruitful for anyone.
It does work indeed
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For some reason it just doesn’t update the styling field. I have tried and tried but it is stuck to the default value. Plus there is no class entered either so I can’t add anything to my css file either.
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[For some reason it just doesn't update the styling field. I have tried and tried but it is stuck to the default value. Plus there is no class entered either so I can't add anything to my css file either.]
I managed to get the styling to update. The field wasn’t being updated on this line:
input type=”hidden” name=”page_options” value=”cl_comment_text,cl_under_comment,cl_default_on,cl_encoding,cl_style”
I had to add cl_style
–
However there are no abbr or em tags around the post that is added so the styling does not get applied.
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as for the styling class, that is added into the head of the document by the plugin, it uses
“abbr em”
for the added text because using a custom class wouldn’t work for me so I had to use the not frequenty used em after abbr (which I forgot to put in the update! sorry, fixed that now)
thanks for your feedback!
Thanks for being so quick with the fix! I’ll just get the latest version.
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I noticed my last blog post wasn’t appearing below my comments on another blog (which uses CommentLuv) so I started a Google search for the cause. No one seems to know why it isn’t working for me and I thought maybe someone here might. I have my feed in the proper place in my page code so I know that’s not the reason. If anyone does know I’d appreciate the info.
Doug, what version of WordPress are you using? When I upgraded to V2.5 it broke my feed. There is an extra return at the top and it keeps it from validating and as a result, it seems commentLuv can’t parse the last post. I just upgraded to 2.6, but still have the problem.
I tried to copy the feed that was created and stripped out the critical errors that the W3C noted. I noted in my file where the corrected feed was, but the program probably stops after it finds the default feed is invalid.
Thoughts anyone?
I’ve search the WP forums, and attempted to find where the extra return character is coming from, but to no avail.
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I’m not using WP. I have a blog on Blogger. But the comment I made is on another person’s blog (Just Creative Design) and Jacob has CommentLuv installed there. So does this only work for people who have WP blogs? Seems odd. It should work for all comments on the person’s blog who has it installed, shouldn’t it?
Was wondering why my comments weren’t linked here. Maybe because I was using redirect alexa address. Trying again.
Andy, still wondering if/when you will address missing apostrophe issue?
Thanks!
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