[Wordpress Plugin] Live Flickr comment importer

A comment is what a blogger wants! Show me a blogger who denies this and I will show you a liar :-P This plugin allows importing of comments made on a Flickr photo into a Wordpress post of your choice. There is another plugin that I found which allows such imports but it has a few drawbacks which I did not like

  • It relies on the Recent Activity RSS feed from flickr
  • The title of the post on your wordpress blog should match that of your flickr photo
  • It worked only when you did stuff on the admin side, technically speaking it is hooked to the admin_head
  • Old comments could not be imported

The Live Flickr Comment Importer Plugin on the other hand

  • Uses the Flickr API via the excellent phpFlickr class
  • Can automatically detect Flickr photos embedded in the post.
  • Can also use a custom field in the post to import comments thus your Photos and posts need not have the same title
  • Comments on multiple photos can be imported in a single post
  • Also imports the flickr user icons / avatars
  • The comments are imported whenever anyone sees a post where comments are to be imported
  • Allows import of even the old comments
  • Can cache the results of flickr API

Installation

  1. Upload the folder ‘live-flickr-comment-importer’ into your to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ folder
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. To configure plugin options start by clicking on ‘Configuration Page’ link near plugin name or ‘Settings’ -> ‘Live Flickr Comment Importer’ navigation link.
  4. You will have to enter and your flickr API key for this plugin to work. Flickr API key can be got from http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/apply/
  5. For caching of Flickr API results and thus in turn a better performance ensure that your plugin directory must be writable by webserver.
  6. Follow the instructions given on the configuration page on how to import comments into a post

Known Issues

  • Sometimes the ordering of comments imported is not the same as that on the flickr photograph. I have no idea why this happens but this appears to be an inconsistency from flickr – correct me if I am wrong

Probably coming in next version

  • Automatic scanning of post contents for flickr picture URL Done in V1.3
  • Replying to a flickr comment on post – will post the reply to flickr as well

Patches, bug reports and feedback most welcome

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