Decent Comments provides the [decent_comments] shortcode that can be used to embed comments anywhere.
If no attributes are given, the default settings are used.
Usage
Place the following shortcode anywhere on a page to show comments based on the default settings:
[decent_comments]
As an example using customized settings, place the following shortcode anywhere to show 25 comments featuring 64 pixel avatars:
[decent_comments number="25" avatar_size="64"]
Shortcode Attributes
The [decent_comments] shortcode supports the following attributes.
ellipsis
This is shown after a comment’s excerpt, if there are more words in the comment than shown in the excerpt.
Default : …
exclude_post_author
Set this to true if comments on posts from the post’s author should not be included.
Default : false
excerpt
Default : true
max_excerpt_words
Determines up to how many words are shown as an excerpt for each comment.
Default : 20
max_excerpt_characters
Determines up to how many characters are shown as an excerpt for each comment.
Default : 0
strip_tags
Whether HTML tags will be removed or retained in the comment’s excerpt.
Default : true
avatar_size
The avatar size in pixels.
Default : 24
number
The maximum number of comments to show.
Default : 5
orderby
The criterion used to sort comments.
Default : "comment_date_gmt"
Possible values:
"comment_author_email" : Author Email
"comment_author_url" : Author URL
"comment_content" : Content
"comment_date_gmt" : Date
"comment_karma" : Karma
"comment_post_ID" : Post
order
Whether to use ascending or descending order, sorting the comments as per the orderby given.
Default : "DESC"
Possible values: "ASC", "DESC"
post_id
If empty, shows comments from anywhere on your site, based on the criterion chosen. You can enter part of the title of a post or a post’s ID to only show comments related to a specific post. You can enter [current] or {current} to show comments for the post that is currently displayed.
Possible values:
"{current}": show comments for the current post
Usage:[decent_comments post_id="{current}"]- a post ID : show comments for a specific post
For example:[decent_comments post_id="123"]
show_author
Default : true
link_author
Whether to link comment authors to their website.
Default : true
show_avatar
Whether to show the avatar of the comment author.
Default : true
show_date
Whether to display the date a comment was posted.
Default : true
show_link
Whether to display a link to the post on which the comment was posted.
Default : true
show_comment
Whether to show the comment.
Default : true
taxonomy
Used to show comments on posts related to certain taxonomies. Use category for categories or post_tag for tags.
Default : empty
terms
Used with the taxonomy option, indicate a comma-separated list of term slugs to show comments for all posts related to these terms.
Default : empty
trackback
Whether to include trackbacks.
Default : true
pingback
Whether to include pingbacks.
Default : true