Live Flickr Comment Importer

Flickr avatars can be also imported if the user chooses to do so.

Installation:

Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.

Features:

• 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.

What is new in this release:

• Added HTTPS to the phpflickr class, the plugin should work now.

What is new in version 1.7.1:

• Added setting to allow or disallow HTML in imported comments.
• Added setting to allow or disallow thumbnails in imported comments. Can be overridden by custom field.
• Added new custom field flickr_exclude_id to exclude comments from certain pictures.

What is new in version 1.6:

• Work around for some themes not passing the comment object to get_avatar, should work in all themes irrespective.

What is new in version 1.5:

• Bug fix for comments not in correct order.
• Display of comment thumbnail configurable by post custom field 'flickr_show_thumnail'. Set to 1 to show thumbnails. Off by default.
• Added custom field to prevent comments from being imported 'flickr_dont_import'. Set to 1 to prevent comment importing.
• Workaround code for comments getting duplicated.

Requirements:

• WordPress 2.8 or higher