Responsive / mobile and W3C errors

Also, major problem: all comments are automatically published / approved, even though in the main wp comments settings I restrict publication of comments to them being approved by an admin. Your plugin overrules this.

I would be prepared to buy a premium license, as soon as these three major problems are solved: W3C errors due to duplicated IDs, a better responsive interface, and, mainly, the possibility to moderate comments.

Also, another problem: it seems to load scripts and libraries in every single page (post, page, archives), whether comments are activated in them or not. A more fine-grained loading strategy would do wonders for speed…

Hi Ismael,
thanks for your extensive feedback! I’m aware of several issues and try to solve as many issues as I can.
Best regards,
Kevin

If you would solve these issues, your plugin would become essential, and I am sure lots of people would pay gladly for a premium to use it. Good luck, and keep up the sterling work you are doing!

Since I made my comments to this plugin, two months have passed and a couple of updates have been released, addressing minor issues of no consequence, whilst the really crucial problems still remain: W3C errors due to duplicated IDs, no responsive interface, and, mainly, the possibility to moderate comments (currently, all comments are published immediately by default, overriding global comments settings). Also, the animation of the comment sidebar doesn’t work on Explorer (even in IE11 it pushes content to the side, but when you click anywhere else, or cancel, the main column of content remains displaced and cut-off, which doesn’t happen in the other browsers).

All these major problems are a serious impediment to use this for production purposes in a real commercial project. As I said before, I think lots of people, myself included, would be prepared to pay for a premium version of this plugin that solves these essential shortcommings.

Hi Ismael,
you’re absolutely right!

However, for example, I wasn’t able to remove the duplicated IDs because the official comments form that comes with WordPress isn’t flexible enough. I would have to code my own form or at least copy the whole original code and only modify it to my needs. (Not a great solution.) I also started to improve animations, but discarded the changes because it caused several other issues.

The last updates weren’t really time-consuming, that’s why I published them here and there. And, I really don’t develop this plugin to make financial profit. (The little amount of people who bought premium is far from noteworthy and do not back up my timely efforts in any way.) The decent branding link ensures that the plugin gets recognised and spread (and not just used) by readers.

I even connected with people who would be able – and are willing – to improve this plugin. But for every person, the development of this plugin has not the highest priority. I’m pretty flexible on suggestions and partnerships. Feel free to contribute on Github or contact me directly.

I really appreciate your honest feedback because it helps me to prioritise future features.

Best regards,
Kevin