Twitter Mentions As Comments
Twitter Mentions as Comments does exactly what it promises to do – scours Twitter for people talking about your blog posts and silently inserts their Tweets alongside your existing comments. The plugin leverages the power of WordPress’s built-in commenting system – notification, comment moderation, author white/black listing – making Twitter an extension of your blog. Features Searches for Tweets linking to your blog posts, regardless of the URL shortener used (using Twitter’s Search API) Pushes Tweets into WordPress’s existing comment workflow – notifications, comment moderation, and author whitelists/blacklists work just like any other comment Fetches user’s real name and profile picture and links directly to the original Tweet Checks automatically – no need to do a thing Option to automatically exclude ReTweets Option to store tweets as trackbacks/pingbacks Option to specify which posts to check (e.g., 10 most recent posts, all posts, front page only) Smart Caching of Tweets and user data – retrieves only what it needs to save on API calls and server load Planned Features Dynamic resizing of Twitter profile images to fit WordPress theme Prioritization of newer posts Oauth Authentication to raise API limit (currently unlimited Tweets, but limited to 150 new comment authors per hour) Smarter API throttling You can see it in action on the WP Resume Plugin page. Questions? Comments? Feature Requests? Have a great idea? Please see where to get support or report an issue and how to contribute. Developers, have a killer feature you’d love to see included? Feel free to fork the project on GitHub and submit your contributions via pull request. Enjoy using Twitter Mentions as Comments? Feel free to make a small donation to support the software’s continued development. [Photo via joshsemans] Donate Enjoy using Twitter Mentions as Comments? Please consider making a small donation to support the project’s continued development. How To Contribute Twitter Mentions as Comments is an open source project and is supported by the efforts of an entire community. We’d love for you to get involved. Whatever your level of skill or however much time you can give, your contribution is greatly appreciated. Everyone – help expand the projects documentation wiki to make it easier for other users to get started Users – download the latest development version of the plugin, and submit bug/feature requests. Non-English Speaking Users – Contribute a translation using the GlotPress web interface – no technical knowledge required (how to). Developers – Fork the development version and submit a pull request, especially for any known issues Where To Get Support Or Report An Issue There are various resources available, depending on the type of help you’re looking for: For getting started and general documentation, please browse, and feel free to contribute to the project wiki. For support questions (“How do I”, “I can’t seem to”, etc.) please search and if not already answered, open a thread in the Support Forums. For technical issues (e.g., to submit a bug or feature request) please search and if not already filed, open an issue on GitHub. For implementation, and all general questions (“Is it possible to..”, “Has anyone…”), please search, and if not already answered, post a topic to the general discussion list serve
VigilanTor
Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting free-speech, privacy, and preventing surveillance but when abused it can protect the identity of malicious users and make tracking their activities more difficult. “Hackers” might use Tor to run security scans on your website or spam websites with comments and fake registrations. The purpose of this plugin is to give you the power to block certain Tor activity from your WordPress site. Features include: Block Tor users from registering on your site Allow Tor registrations, but flag them for review Block logins from Tor (useful for preventing brute force attacks and securing your admin panel) Block Tor users from posting comments to your site Block spammy pingbacks & trackbacks from Tor IP addresses Block Tor users from your entire WordPress site Permit access after solving a CAPTCHA (requires hCaptcha for WordPress plugin) Real-time blocking using the Tor DNS exit list service Near real time blocking using a cached blocklist which can be updated every 10 minutes or more Custom blocklist support. Block IP addresses or host networks. Statistics to show how many Tor actions have been blocked by this plugin This plugin is compatible with BuddyPress, the popular Login With Ajax plugin, and hCaptcha. If there is a feature missing that you would like, request it! If you opt to use the real-time blocking, each IP address looked up is cached for 5 minutes for efficiency. The Tor IP lists that are downloaded only contain “exit node” IP addresses so it is relatively small and the list is searched using a binary search so the plugin is very fast! This plugin also adds two shortcodes which can be used to display specific content to Tor or non-Tor users. Shortcode usage: [tor_users]Hi, I see you're using Tor. I support privacy and free-speech too! Visitors not using Tor will not see this message.[/tor_users] [non_tor_users]Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship. Visit torproject.org to learn more. Visitors already using Tor will not see this message.[/non_tor_users] Support Tor Tor is a great thing. If you agree, consider volunteering, donating to the Tor project, or expand the Tor network by sponsoring a Tor relay which will be maintained by the plugin author. Support this plugin The author of this plugin values Tor as well as the security of your website. Considerable effort went into the development of this plugin as well as the code and infrastructure that provides you with the up-to-date exit lists. You can support this plugin by installing it, rating it positively, donating to the author, or sponsoring a Tor relay which will be operated by the plugin developer in your honor.
