=== AnyComment ===
Contributors: ateshabaev
Tags: anycomment, comments, ajax comments, comment, comment moderation, custom comment form, comment email, anycomment.io
Requires at least: 4.7
Tested up to: 4.9.8
Requires PHP: 5.4
Stable tag: 0.0.49
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/

AnyComment allows you to have a better commenting experience in WordPress.

== Description ==

AnyComment allows you to have a better commenting experience in WordPress.

It stands for simplicity & speed. We value feedback, so if you have failures or suggestions - please let us know on [support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anycomment) or [GitHub](https://github.com/bologer/anycomment.io/issues) about it!

* [See demo](https://anycomment.io/demo/)

In order to start, you need:

* install plugin
* choose social networks you prefer
* configure API keys (we have guides translated in English & Russian to help you)
* you are good to go!

And good new is AnyComment is free & no dependency on third party services, all comments stored in your database.

Here is the list of supported social networks:

* Facebook
* Google
* Twitter
* VK
* Odnoklassniki
* GitHub
* Instagram
* Twitch
* Dribbble
* and more to be added

= Can I contribute? =

Yes! Join us at [GitHub](https://github.com/bologer/anycomment.io)

= Features =
* All comments stored in your own database. We reuse native comment's table, so all of the default WordPress functionality comes out of the box.
* Social network authorization via Facebook, VK, Twitter, Google, Odnoklassniki, GitHub, Instagram, Twitch or Dribble
* Plugin is translated into English & Russian
* Suitable for dark & light themes
* Blazing-fast comments based on React & WordPress REST API
* Alert notification in comment area when new comment was added (by clicking on alert, new comment will be shown)
* Ability to send email on new comment reply
* Ability to send email notification about new comment to administrator
* Ability to specify comma-separated list of words to be used to hold comments for moderators
* Provide `Privacy Policy` link, so users know how their data processed and used (when not provided, no checkbox will be shown to users)
* Social avatars shown globally
* Likes (see likes count per comment/user in admin)
* Edit/delete comments when you are the owner or have moderate permission(s) directly in client area
* Assign default group for users who authorize via social network
* See user's social profile URL in admin
* Simple & informative dashboard with graphs to display number of comments over number of users who were engaged in the conversation per certain period & most active users
* Comments do no inherit any of the currently active theme styles. Meaning that comments will not be broken by styles you have
* Get latest plugin update news directly in the dashboard, don't miss a thing
* Integration with [Akismet](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [WP Mail SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/) and [WP User Avatar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar/), to specify customized avatars

= TODO features =
* Option: customization of comment styles
* Option: add option to allow guests to leave comments
* Option: ability to specify thanks message and/or page when user left his first comment, #88
* Option: display matching links as attachments in comment, #87
* Option: ability to set default sorting, #84
* Option: ability to premoderate comments with links, #84
* Option: enable/disable clickable links, #83
* Option: enable/disable to display attachments (videos, images, etc)
* Option: when user does not have email after registration via social, ask for it somewhere in the comments again
* Option: notify moderators about new comments, #77
* Ability to choose comment to make it sticky at the very top of all comments, #76
* Add checkbox to subscribe to new replies, #73 (now it is mandatory)
* Option: Ability to ban user or by IP address, #70
* Ability to upload images, #68
* Support more languages
* Code highlighting
* Markdown support
* Add more guides on how to set-up certain services, Google SMTP, Amazon SES, etc
* Cross sharing of comments, when user posts a comment, duplicate it on their wall
* Integration of: Google's reCaptcha
* Add Yahoo as authorization option
* More widgets to be added on the page (sidebar, custom pages, etc)
* Special moderator panel integrated into custom AnyComment pages (for easy comment moderation)
* More statistics and analytics...
* And a lot more...

== Screenshots ==

1. Plugin dashboard. Analytics on current month and most active users.
2. Social settings view.
3. Settings view.
4. White theme.
5. Dark theme.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Installation & Instructions =

* Install via WordPress admin panel directly (or [download plugin](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/anycomment.zip) and upload into the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory)
* Activate it from `Plugins` section in admin panel
* Go to preferred social media and register to get API access (API key, secrets, etc)
* Specify required API details in special social network settings
* Go to some post and try to authorize using any of the enabled social networks and leave a comment!

= Comment form does not load or gives an error? =

AnyComment uses WordPress' REST API.

Please confirm two things:

1. You WordPress is 4.7 or higher (this is when WordPress introduced REST API)
2. Going to `http://yourdomain.com/wp-json/` SHOULD NOT redirected to `http://yourdomain.com` or it give 404 Not Found page

For the first step - just upgrade WordPress, it is good.

For the second, check for plugins which make optimization of website. Most of them remove REST API.

For example, [Clearfy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/clearfy/) has option "Disable Rest API". Having this option "On" will fail to load comments in AnyComment.

Not yet working? Please follow the steps:

* Open comments page
* Open "Developer Console" tab (e.g. press F12 in Firefox or in Chrome). It can named a bit different, depends from browser to browser.
* Select "Network" tab, inside find "XHR" click on it (name can also vary). If you do not find "XHR" just ignore it
* Refresh page
* In the list find request which looks something like the following: `https://yourdomain.com/wp-json/anycomment/v1/comments?post=15&parent=0&per_page=15&order=desc&order_by=id`
* Click on it, copy its content and or take screenshot of it and report in [support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anycomment)

= I cannot delete comment? =

Possbile you are getting "Forbidden" with 403 error code.

*To fix this:*

* Connect to your website
* Open root folder where `wp-content`, `wp-includes` folders
* Find & open `.htaccess`
* Add `Require method GET POST PUT DELETE OPTIONS` like after `RewriteRule`
* Save & Close
* Try to delete comment again

= Why Facebook and Twitter want Privacy Policy URL? =

Facebook and Twitter are now require your website to have Privacy Policy.

After [General Data Protection Regulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation) (GDPR) regulation was made it is now required to have a link to Privacy Policy.

Read guide on how to create "Privacy Policy" page:
- [English version](https://anycomment.io/how-to-create-privacy-policy-page-in-wordpress/)
- [Russian version](https://anycomment.io/ru/kak-sozdat-stranitsu-politiki-konfidentsialnosti-v-wordpress/)

== Changelog ==

= 0.0.49 – 24.08.2018 =

* Cosmetic fixes of form: avatar was not shown for logged in user & button was not properly aligned


= 0.0.48 – 23.08.2018 =

> I will try to deliver more fixes and features over next release. Thanks for using AnyComment <3.
> Please give us short review if you like it.

**Fixes:**

* Fixed division by 0 issue, which caused comments not to load, #101
* Fixed some style conflict issues
* Other small fixes & improvements

= 0.0.47 – 23.08.2018 =

**Fixes:**

* Fixed issue when selecting both types did not allow guests to leave a comment

= 0.0.46 – 23.08.2018 =

**Enhancements:**

* Major elements, such as textarea, buttons are now more unified, #90
* Leave comment as guest, via social or both. Ability to define this from admin, #94
* New comment form layout for guest users, social icons, #94
* When guest user entered name, email and/or website, it will be remembered - no need to type every time
* Added warning about [Clearfy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/clearfy/) (only when activated) in the dashboard as some users reported to have problems with it, #95


**Fixes:**

* Fix for missing Gravatar images in the comment section by guest users & now a bit faster on repeating gravatars, #92
* Added FAQ entry about how to fix problem when unable to delete comment (lack of `DELETE` as request option)
* Comment text is now stored safely even when you close tab or switch tabs, so you can continue typing it
* Added user's website to the comment when submitted as guest, #93

= 0.0.45 – 21.08.2018 =

> *IMPORTANT NOTE 1:* Please if you find any bugs report on the [support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anycomment) or the [issue tracker](https://github.com/bologer/anycomment.io/issues)


> *IMPORTANT NOTE 2:* this plugin update includes email sending features, which might require SMTP configureation.
> We recomment to install [WP Mail SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/) and follow on the instruction below:
> [English guide on SendPulse example](https://anycomment.io/en/smtp-sendpulse/)
> [Инструкция на русском на примере SendPulse](https://anycomment.io/smtp-sendpulse/)

**Enhancements:**

* Added Instagram, Dribble and Twitch as authorization option, #72
* Alert shown when new comment was added. Comment list will be automatically refreshed once clicked on alert, #63
* Added option to enabled/disable alert notification about new comment, #63
* Now social media avatar shown globally in admin (e.g. in `dashboard`, `user.php`, `comment.php`, etc), #61
* Better layout for plugin news in admin, `New` label is shown for articles which are not older then 2 weeks, #62
* Added caching for news in dashboard (no need to load them every time) and limited to 3
* New design for setting up social networks, now tabbed, #64
* Added guides English & Russian guides for Vkontakte, Facebook, Twitter, Google, GitHub, Odnoklassniki, Instagram, Twitch, Dribbble to help you with configurations, #66
* Added base plugin shortcode - `[anycomment]` to displays comment box, #67
* Now links, images or videos (e.g. YouTube, Rutube) displayed as attachments under comment text, #69
* Long comment text will be limited in height, by clicking on text will allow to expand it, #73
* Adding new comment is now 2x faster, ~500ms
* Loading comments is now 2x faster and there is no more iframe, therefore comments loaded directly
* Plugin is now sending email notification about new reply to the comment, #71
* Clicking on the "Reply" button in the email, will redirect user directly to the reply in the comments section, #81
* Removed iframe, now comments rendered directly on the page = comments can be searched by crawlers = better SEO, #80
* Option to define interval to check for new comments, #82
* Option to define list of comma-separated words. If one of them match comment text, it will be marked for moderation, #86
* Comment text field is now expanding automatically when you start typing new comment/edit existing/replying to someone
* Option to notify administrator by email about new comment, #77

**Fixes:**

* When user did not have social profile URL it lead to clickable name but incorrect URL, #60
* Do not load styles & scrips globally, only in plugin pages
* Plugin icon in admin sidebar was not displaying correctly and was overflowing when menu was opened
* Newlines in comment are now displaying correctly. Previously everything was as a single line
* Fixed issue when limit of number of comments per page was ignored and maximum number of comments displayed
* Fixed overlapping sidebar news in admin on screens smaller then 1000px

= 0.0.41 – 29.07.2018 =

* Fix issue when User Agreement checkbox was not shown

= 0.0.40 – 29.07.2018 =

**Enhancements:**

* Comment send button is now changing text based on action (edit/reply/send)
* Ability to specify User Agreement URL (used to collect consents from users to moderate personal information), text & URL is shown to guest users below list of available authorization options, #56
* Ability to delete personal or any comment if user has moderate permission, #59
* Moved social URL to the name of the user, better user experience (when enabled to show URLs)

**Fixes:**

* Uninstall hook was not properly cleaning-up data after plugin, #42
* Social authorization icon was shown even though it was disabled in admin, #57
* Guest user is not redirected back to post as redirect param is missing in social authentication URL, #58
* Options to enable/disabled show user social profile URL was ignored

= 0.0.35 – 20.07.2018 =
> **Important note:**
> Plugin was completely rewritten to React. It was required as on the very early stage it had a lot of JavaScript, partly merged with HTML).
> Logic behind plugin stays the same, we even added a few improvements and fixes, hope you like the change.

**Enhancements:**

* Comments rewritten to React!
* Post author now has "Author" badge in comments section, #45
* All assets are now minified (css, js) = faster load time
* Now possible to see number of likes per comment (`/wp-admin/edit-comments.php`) & user (`/wp-admin/users.php`), #43
* All settings moved to dashboard tabs (pages are still available, no worries), #38
* Mark new comment to be moderated first or be approved immediately, #50
* Ability to choose whether to show social profile URL in comments (when show is chosen, mini social icon in the bottom right corner will be clickable), #51
* Added new column "Social URL" in `users.php` which displays user's social profile URL

**Fixes:**

* Fixed issue when long texts were overflowing maximum with of the comment
* Fixed issue when it was not possible to disabled footer copyright ("Thanks" option in admin), #46
* Fixed issue when first & last name was not recorded in user profile

= 0.0.33 – 16.07.2018 =
* Fixed problem with array syntax support on PHP version 5.5, #49
* Fixed possible XSS in the comment

= 0.0.32 – 10.07.2018 =
* introducing comment likes, #35
* minified CSS, to save some loading time
* ability to define default user role on creation (registration via plugin), #37
* when user has non-default Gravatar, use it, otherwise use default from plugin, #10
* proper integration with WP User Avatar & Akismet
* load commnets on scroll (new options to load comments when user scroll to it), #36
* and other small bug fixes & improvements

= 0.0.2 – 01.07.2018 =
* admin OR moderator was unable to edit comment as it was too old
* ability to specify number of default comments to load. The same settings applies to number of comment loaded per page, when there are more comments on post/page then specified in settings
* plugin is not enabled until you specify at least one social network, even thought you set plugin to be ON in general settings, #11
* refactoring of comments logic towards native WordPress REST
* ability to update any comment if user has `moderate_comments` or `edit_comment` capability (no time limit)
* ability to update personal comment within 5 minutes
* guest user cannot see comment actions (reply/edit)
* added two new authorization methods: GitHub & Odnoklassniki
* comment text box was overflowing on long texts, #22
* better responsiveness of dashboard layout, #32
* avatars uploaded locally to escape problem when some social medias were blocking access to avatar after token expiration, #14
* display most recent news from plugin, #31
* other small bug fixes and improvements
* moved completely towards REST architecture

= 0.0.1 - 24.06.2018 =
* First Release
* Options to specify API details (secrets, etc) for social authorization: Vk, Twitter, Facebook, Google
* Integrated with [WP User Avatar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar/)
* Authorize via VK, Twitter, Facebook, Google
* date when comment is left is based on website's language. List of supported languages can be seen [here](https://github.com/hustcc/timeago.js/tree/master/src/lang)
* comment count at the top updated automatically when new comment added
* add comments with AJAX, no need to refresh the page
* ability to reply to nested comments up to 2 levels
* when all socials disabled, libraries not loaded and they are not shown to end user