Title: Reverse Order Comments Author: Tim Published: March 20, 2007 Last modified: July 16, 2012 --- Search plugins 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. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/reverse-order-comments.svg) # Reverse Order Comments By [Tim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timz/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/reverse-order-comments.1.1.1.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-order-comments/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-order-comments/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-order-comments/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-order-comments/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-order-comments/) ## Description A really simple WordPress Plugin. It provides the function `ro_comments_template()`, which allows the comments to be displayed in reverse order (thus the newest comments first, oldest last). ## Installation 1. Install & activate the plugin. 2. Edit your theme files and implement the new function as described in the FAQ section. ## FAQ How do I implement the plugin function in my templates? Open the template file which should show the comments in a reverse order in your favorite editor. Locate the line ``` ``` and replace it with ``` ``` **Note:** The arguments of the function can be different in your template, for example if it is ``` ``` change the plugin function accordingly to What are the files in theme-examples directory? theme-examples/ default (English default theme) comments-topinput.php comments. php adapted for a guestbook tpl_guestbook.php template for a guestbook ``` default_de (German default theme) comments-topinput.php comments.php adapted for a guestbook tpl_gaestebuch.php template for a guestbook ``` Will it work with paged comments? Yes, but if you use comment navigations with labels like “older” and “newer”, then it might be puzzling for the user, as the comment order is opposite to the navigation. In this case I suggest not to use the plugin in combination with comment-pagination or you should change your navigation labels. Building a guestbook for the Kubrik theme Precondition: comments-topinput.php and tpl_gaestebuch.php are in in your template directory. 1. Create a new page. Title e.g. “guestbook” 2. Allow comments for this page 3. Choose the template “Guestbook” for this page. Done! If you want the comment input fields “blogstyle” at the bottom of the page, just change inside tpl_gaestebuch.php the line ``` ``` to ``` ``` Building a guestbook for other themes If you don’t use the Kubrik/Default theme, it is still very easy to build your own template. A good template to start with is “page.php” and “single.php”. Copy “page. php” and rename it. The line `` is important. Change it as described above. Add a header to your new page, to tell WordPress it is a template. e.g. ``` ``` [Page Template Documentation](https://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_your_own_Page_Templates) ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Reverse Order Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Tim ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timz/) [Translate “Reverse Order Comments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reverse-order-comments) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reverse-order-comments/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/reverse-order-comments/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reverse-order-comments/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reverse-order-comments/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.1 * 16.07.12 Tested with WP 3.4.1 #### 1.1 * 08.06.12 Updated to work with WP 3.3.2; Now using filers, making it compatible, faster and future proof #### 1.0.3 * 07.06.12 maintenance release; change of plugin owner #### 1.0.2 * 18.05.08 release on the WordPress plugin directory; renamed the plugin to reverse- order-comments; changed the directory structure to enable the WordPress plugin autoupdate #### 1.0.1 * 13.09.06 small bugfix inside comments-topinput.php templates #### 1.0 * 11.11.05 Initial Release ## Meta * Version **1.1.1** * Last updated **14 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 1.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.4.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-order-comments/) * Tags * [comments](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[guestbook](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/guestbook/) [order](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/order/)[reverse](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reverse/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-order-comments/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-order-comments/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-order-comments/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-order-comments/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-order-comments/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-order-comments/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-order-comments/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-order-comments/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Tim ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timz/) ## Support Got something to say? 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