Title: Show Only Past Comments Author: apasionados Published: April 17, 2015 Last modified: September 23, 2023 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/show-only-past-comments/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1136864) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/show-only-past-comments/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1136864) # Show Only Past Comments By [apasionados](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apasionados/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/show-only-past-comments.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-only-past-comments/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-only-past-comments/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-only-past-comments/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-only-past-comments/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-only-past-comments/) ## Description Show Only Past Comments modifies the comment query and shows only comments that have a date and time in the past. Normally WordPress doesn’t filter the comment publishing date and shows also comments with a date and time in the future. Comments with a date and time in the future will appear once the date and time of the comment is reached. This can be useful to bulk import comments with [WP Ultimate CSV Importer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-csv-importer/) so that they appear on WordPress once their publishing date and time is reached. #### Further Reading You can access the description of the plugin in Spanish at: [Show Only Past Comments en castellano](http://apasionados.es/blog/mostrar-solo-comentarios-en-el-pasado-wordpress-plugin-6859/). ### Contact For further information please send us an [email](http://apasionados.es/contacto/index.php?desde=wordpress-org-showonlypastcomments-contact). ## Installation 1. Upload the `show_only_past_comments` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory( or to the directory where your WordPress plugins are located) 2. Activate the “Show Only Past Comments” plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Plugin doesn’t need any configuration. ## FAQ ### What is SHOW ONLY PAST COMMENTS good for? This plugin modifies the comment query and shows only comments that have a date and time in the past. Normally WordPress doesn’t filter the comment publishing date and shows also comments with a date and time in the future. ### Does SHOW ONLY PAST COMMENTS make changes to the database? The plugin doesn’t make any changes to the database. It only changes the comments_array of the comments of a post. ### How can I check out if the plugin works for me? Install and activate. Change date of a comment into the future. This comment will not be shown until the publishing date is reached. If you disable the plugin the comment will be shown. ### How can I remove SHOW ONLY PAST COMMENTS? You can simply activate, deactivate or delete it in your plugin management section. ### Are there any known incompatibilities? Please don’t use it with _WordPress MultiSite_, as it has not been tested. In some themes the total count of comments is not displayed correctly after activating the plugin. We are looking into this but it seems difficult to solve. We are not aware of any more incompatibilities. ### Do you make use of SHOW ONLY PAST COMMENTS yourself? Of course we do. 😉 ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Show Only Past Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ apasionados ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apasionados/) * [ interactivate ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/interactivate/) * [ netconsulting ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netconsulting/) [Translate “Show Only Past Comments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/show-only-past-comments) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/show-only-past-comments/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/show-only-past-comments/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/show-only-past-comments/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/show-only-past-comments/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First release. * Comments count (“get_comments_number”) now only shows comments published in the past and not total count of comments. #### 0.5 * First beta release. ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **3 years ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.3.8** * Tags * [comment](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comment/)[comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-only-past-comments/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-only-past-comments/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-only-past-comments/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ apasionados ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apasionados/) * [ interactivate ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/interactivate/) * [ netconsulting ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/netconsulting/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-only-past-comments/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://apasionados.es/)