Comment Timeout

This plugin extends the comment closing functionality in WordPress to allow
you to extend the discussion time when older posts have recent comments
accepted, or to override the comment closing time on a post by post basis.

Note: PHP 4 is no longer supported. As of version 2.1, Comment Timeout requires PHP 5.2 or later.
If you are still using PHP 4, you should use Comment Timeout 2.0.1.

Configuration

You can change various settings globally on the “Comment Timeout” page under the
“Options” tab on the WordPress dashboard. Most of the options are fairly
self-explanatory.

You can also change options on a per-post basis by looking for the
“Comment Timeout” section in the sidebar of the post or page editor.

Template tags

Comment Timeout 2.1 introduces two new functions that you can use in your theme:

get_comment_timeout()

Returns the UTC time, as a Unix timestamp, when comments will be closed for the current post.

the_comment_timeout($relative, $dateformat, $before, $after, $moderated)

Formats and displays the date and time after which comments will no longer be
accepted on this post. Parameters are:

• $relative: Set this to true if you want to display the date in terms of the time remaining
  (for instance “in 3 weeks”). Set it to false to display it as an absolute date.
• $dateformat: The format in which the date should be displayed, as used by the PHP
  date() function. If you set this to false, it will use the date format that you have configured
  globally for your WordPress installation.
  • If $relative is set to true, this parameter is ignored.

  Development and reporting bugs

  When reporting bugs, please provide me with the following information:

  1. Which version of Comment Timeout you are using;
  2. Which version of WordPress you are using;
  3. The URL of your blog;
  4. Which platform (Windows/IIS/PHP or Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) your server
     is running, and which versions of Apache and PHP you are using, if you
     know them;
  5. The steps that need to be taken to reproduce the bug.

  If you wish to get hold of the latest development version, or to contribute
  bug fixes or new features, you can clone the project on GitHub:

  Read the full description on the official page →