comments_template( '/my-comments.php', true )

which you call from the template where you want to list the comments. But if you want each single comment to be different, you can use the callback function of wp_list_comments.

You use wp_list_comments in your comments template. Default is comments.php in your theme function, but if you used the comments_template function from above, you have to look for that file (of course). You should see wp_list_comments like the The Loop on it’s own. It goes through all of the comments and lists them. With the callback you can modify The Comment Loop and totally make it to your own likings.

<?php 
global $my_object;
wp_list_comments(array('type' => 'all', 'callback', array($my_object, 'my_custom_comments'));
?>

I’m using classes in my plugins, hence the inclusion of the global, you can also put the function in your functions.php and simply remove the references to the object. Then you can create a function in your class or functions.php and start the fun:

function my_custom_comments($comment, $args, $depth){
        
        $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
    
        comment_text();
        
    }

In it, you can use the Comments Tags which are listed here. Questions? I’m happy to help you a little further, so don’t hesitate to post!

Anyway, when you are reading this you are probably looking for a way to get get_comment_meta working. It’s not documented in the Codex (yet) and other information on the web is not always easy to understand or complete. So here’s my try to make you understand get_comment_meta and with it comes update_comment_meta.

• update_comment_meta -> will allow us to update a comment meta entry and is also used to create a meta entry
• get_comment_meta -> will alows us to retreive the meta entry for each comment

The metadata for the comments is stored in the database in its own table and the comment ID is required to link the comment to its metadata.

To add comment metadata, a simple call to it like this will make it work:

update_comment_meta($comment_id, 'key', 'value');

If you save the data when someone is adding a new comment, you would probably receive the $comment_id from a call to e.g. wp_new_comment.

Retrieving the comment metadata is a little different than expected, it has a small (and simple) twist. The trick is in the third parameter here:

get_comment_meta($comment_id, 'key', true);

This will return a single result (e.g. string) while the following will result in returing an array:

get_comment_meta($comment_id, 'key');

It’s as simple as this! In case you want the comment ID while retrieving comments, you can replace $comment_id with get_comment_ID();

• Minimum version for PHP: 5.2
• Minimum version for MySQL: 5.0.15
• Download required translations from GlotPress – This means that WordPress itself, themes and plugins are able to download translations from one, group a collaborative, web-based software translation tool. This would help getting translations automatically without any manual searching and downloading .mo files
• Administration menu revamp – For plugin developers the current setup of the administration menu is a lot of hassle. With a rewrite/restructuring of the code this is improved
• User can register/login with e-mail address, no username required anymore, functionality currently available in this plugin
• Timezone suggestion, based on IP address
• To be updated when more comes available, tips are very welcome!

The default setting for the disk cache on W3C Total Cache is enhanced. Simply by changing this option to basic, both plugins will work together flawlessly. In enhanced mode the caching plugin fiddles with the headers of the HTTP request, in basic mode it keeps them as they are.

Update: Added clarifications as per the comment of Richard

    $com_object = new COM ( 'winmgmts://localhost/root/CIMV2' );
    $os =  $com_object->ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem");

    foreach ($os as $os_data )
    {
                //  Windows version information e.g. 6.1.7600  for Windows 7
		$windows_version = $os_data->Version; 
                // Full name of Windows version e.g. Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 
		$windows_caption = $os_data->Caption; 
                // Major Service Pack version (0 if not available)
		$windows_sp = $os_data->ServicePackMajorVersion; 
    }
   

1) You can use the output buffer of PHP, by starting it with ob_start(). Then simply use echo to output your lines. Once you’ve defined your output you can collect your output to a variable, with ob_get_contents() and return this:

function my_shortcode() {
ob_start();
echo 'hello world';
echo 'This is a WordPress shortcode';
$output_string = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $output_string;
}

This will ensure that all your output will be catched by the output buffer and returned. When using multiple shortcodes on a page, this can cause conflicts.

2) Another option is to append strings, this would mean we would rewrite the code above to:

function my_shortcode() {
$output_string = 'hello world';
$output_string .= 'This is a WordPress shortcode';
return $output_string;
}

This should solve any problems with the output of your WordPress shortcode appearing on the wrong place.

<?php wp_footer()?>
</body>

before the body closing tag. Without the tag, the code won’t be inserted. Ofcourse the body tag should be in your HTML page anyway, but if you somehow removed it, this can save you some work.