Comments – EchoThread

1.4.1

• Fixed: comment counts now follow the Language setting. The count shown by [echothread-count] (and the archive counts) was always English — a Greek or Korean site saw “4 Comments” next to its own translated labels. With Auto it follows each visitor’s browser, exactly like the widget.
• Fixed: a count placed in a dark theme’s post-meta area no longer renders black-on-black. If the colour a count would inherit is unreadable against the background behind it, EchoThread repaints it with a readable one; a colour set by you or your theme is left alone.

1.4.0

• Added: a Language setting. The widget interface ships in English, Korean, Italian, Simplified Chinese and Modern Greek; by default each visitor sees it in their own browser language. Pick one language to show the same one to everyone. Comment text is never translated — only the widget’s own labels and dates.
• Added: a Sign-in buttons setting. Choose “Icons only” to render the social sign-in buttons as compact icon-only buttons for narrow layouts, instead of the full “Continue with …” buttons.
• Fixed: WP Rocket’s “Minify JavaScript files” setting no longer breaks the widget or drops its discussion structured data. As with the delay-JavaScript fix in 1.3.2, the plugin now tells WP Rocket to leave EchoThread’s scripts unminified automatically — no exclusion to add by hand. If you previously added cdn.echothread.io to WP Rocket’s excluded files, it is safe to remove.

1.3.2

• Fixed: the comments widget now works with WP Rocket’s “Delay JavaScript Execution” setting. With it enabled, the comments area stayed empty and the discussion structured data was missing from the page, because WP Rocket postponed the widget script until a visitor clicked or scrolled. EchoThread now tells WP Rocket to leave its scripts alone automatically — no exclusion to add by hand. If you previously added cdn.echothread.io to WP Rocket’s excluded files, it is safe to remove.

1.3.1

• Fixed: the archive comment count no longer replaces your theme’s own text with a version that reveals hidden screen-reader markup (e.g. a post title meant only for assistive technology) when a count hasn’t loaded yet or can’t be reached.
• Fixed: updating from an earlier version no longer turns on Archive comment counts by itself. It stays exactly as it was until you enable it under Settings → EchoThread Comments.

1.3.0

• Added: real comment counts on category, tag, author and home-page listings. WordPress stops updating its own counts once EchoThread takes over, so those teasers showed a number frozen at migration time — or zero. Turn on Archive comment counts in the settings screen. One request fills a whole page, and your theme’s existing markup is left alone if it fails.
• Added: the [echothread-count] shortcode, for placing a count yourself.
• Comment counts now include replies, matching the count shown on the post itself.

1.2.0

• Renamed to “Comments – EchoThread”. Same plugin, same settings, same slug — the old name hid what it actually does. The settings screen now lives under Settings → EchoThread Comments.
• The feature list now mentions the moderation tools that shipped alongside it: a per-site restricted-word list, per-commenter ban/trust, and auto-closing discussions on older posts.