Title: Old Post Alert
Author: Crowd Favorite
Published: <strong>October 25, 2006</strong>
Last modified: June 24, 2022

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
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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# Old Post Alert

 By [Crowd Favorite](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crowdfavorite/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/old-post-alert.1.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/old-post-alert/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/old-post-alert/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/old-post-alert/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/old-post-alert/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/old-post-alert/)

## Description

Old Post Alert shows a banner in your comments form for posts more than a month 
old. The banner reminds the commentor that there may be newer information available
later in the blog. This may cut down on comments that are irrelevant due to more
recent developments.

## Installation

 1. Download the plugin archive and expand it (you’ve likely already done this).
 2. Upload the old-post-alert.php file to your wp-content/plugins directory (not in
    a sub-folder).
 3. Go to the Plugins page in your WordPress Administration area and click ‘Activate’
    for Old Post Alert.
 4. Congratulations, you’ve just installed Old Post Alert.
 5. Optional: set a CSS class for `old_post_alert` to style the banner.

## FAQ

### Why doesn’t the banner show in my theme?

This plugin relies on the `comment_form` to be present in your comments.php template.
If this does not exist, you will want to add it:

    ```
    <?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?>
    ```

### Anything else?

That about does it – enjoy!

–Alex King

http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Old Post Alert” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Crowd Favorite ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crowdfavorite/)
 *   [ Alex King ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexkingorg/)

[Translate “Old Post Alert” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/old-post-alert)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/old-post-alert/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/old-post-alert/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/old-post-alert/)
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## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.0**
 *  Last updated **4 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 1.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.0.11**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/old-post-alert/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Crowd Favorite ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crowdfavorite/)
 *   [ Alex King ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexkingorg/)

## Support

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