Changelog

Full release history for Better Disqus Comments, formerly Disqus Conditional Load. The plugin's bundled readme.txt keeps only the latest releases; the complete history lives here. Addons have their own version numbers, listed at the bottom.

13.0.0

The plugin becomes a complete Disqus plugin of its own, under a new name. See Upgrading for what to do on your site.

Added

• Works on its own. The official Disqus Comment System plugin is no longer needed. Enter your shortname and comments show — the plugin builds the Disqus embed itself.
• Comment Sync, ported from the official plugin: Disqus pushes each new comment to your site as it's posted, and it's saved as a WordPress comment. It uses the same webhook address and signing token, so existing subscriptions keep working. API credentials are sent in the request body instead of the URL, so they don't end up in server logs.
• Import past comments — pull in comments from a date range, on the new Import & export page.
• Export comments to Disqus — send your WordPress comments to Disqus. The upload runs on your server, so the access token never reaches the browser.
• Toolbar menu — Moderate, Analytics and Disqus Settings links, for users who can moderate comments.
• Print the script inline for caching and minify plugins that break script loading.
• An Add-ons page with the Pro Bundle: one license key for every add-on.
• A Help page that copies your plugin, WordPress and PHP versions for a support request.
• Settings from the official Disqus plugin — shortname, API keys, sync token, inline script — are copied over once on upgrade.
• A notice for sites that used Disqus Single Sign-On, which isn't supported.
• Add-on extension points: the dcl_load_method_options filter, window.dclEmbed for custom load methods, and the dcl.settings.panels and dcl.settings.loading.fields settings slots.

Changed

• Renamed to Better Disqus Comments. The slug, text domain, settings and shortcodes are unchanged, and most hooks are kept.
• A new settings screen in its own Disqus menu below Comments, with General, Display, Comment sync, Advanced, Import & export, Add-ons and Help pages. Save and Discard sit in the header, and you are warned before leaving with unsaved changes.
• The mobile loading method, a Pro feature before, is now free.
• The Pro plugin is replaced by six add-ons, sold alone or in the Pro Bundle. See Upgrading from the Pro plugin.
• Button styles moved to the Advanced Buttons add-on. Your stored style is kept and applies again once the add-on is active.
• Loading methods from inactive add-ons fall back to When comments come into view, and come back when the add-on is reactivated.
• Requires WordPress 6.6 or later and PHP 7.4 or later.

Removed

• The dependency on the official Disqus plugin.
• Disqus Single Sign-On (SSO).
• A few old developer hooks. dcl_custom_vars and dcl_count_vars are replaced by dcl_embed_vars and dcl_localized_data. dcl_settings_tab is removed: add settings with the dcl_settings_schema filter or the dcl.settings.panels JavaScript filter. Also removed: dcl_script_file_name, dcl_is_current_page_dcl, dcl_admin_footer_text, dcl_not_configured_alert_text and dcl_incompatible_alert_text.

12.0.0

Added

• Lazy loading works in block themes — the Comments block — not only classic themes.
• A React settings screen.

Changed

• Rewritten codebase: namespaced, autoloaded, PHP 7.4+ and WordPress 6.5+.
• The official Disqus plugin became a required plugin instead of being bundled.
• One front-end script that loads only what's needed, instead of several files.
• Security hardening and escaping improvements throughout.

11.1.2

Fixed

• Security fixes.

11.1.1

Fixed

• Security fixes.

11.1.0

Changed

• Updated the bundled Disqus plugin.
• Tested with WordPress 6.2.

11.0.6

Changed

• Updated the bundled Disqus plugin and build tools.
• Tested with WordPress 5.7.

Fixed

• Console errors.

11.0.5

Fixed

• A JavaScript error with the scroll method.

11.0.4

Changed

• Tested with WordPress 5.5.

Fixed

• The comment count script.
• Cloudflare Rocket Loader support.

11.0.1

Changed

• Comment links point at the Disqus thread (#disqus_thread).

11.0.0

Changed

• Rewritten on top of Disqus 3.0.
• Faster, with an improved settings screen.
• Tested with WordPress 5.0.

Fixed

• Cron-related bugs.

10.x

• 10.2.0 — Disqus JavaScript config variables added to the page. Fixed the respond link. Tested with WordPress 4.5.1.
• 10.1.9 — Option to remove Disqus from post types. Custom post type fixes.
• 10.1.8 — Fixed URLs containing #.
• 10.1.7 — Fixed issues with caching plugins.
• 10.1.6 — Fixed Internet Explorer issues.
• 10.1.4 — No longer depends on jQuery. Faster.
• 10.1.3 — Comment width in % or px. Cloudflare Rocket Loader option. The thread is centred.
• 10.1.2 — Checks the user agent is set before reading it.
• 10.1.1 — SEO mode: search engines get synced WordPress comments, even with lazy loading.
• 10.1.0 — Output fix. Tested with WordPress 4.2.4.
• 10.0.7 — Custom post type fixes, a warning when Disqus isn't set up, removed the activation redirect.
• 10.0.5 — Fixed count.js.
• 10.0.3 — Fixes with external script rendering off, activation and an undefined Disqus variable.
• 10.0.2 — Old options are carried over on update.
• 10.0.1 — Comment width setting. Rewritten to modern coding standards.

Earlier

Versions 1.0 to 9.0.9 built the original lazy loading for Disqus, including jumping to linked comments, WooCommerce review support and SSL fixes.

Addons

Addon	Version	Notes
Advanced Buttons	1.0.0	First release.
Scroll Load	1.0.0	First release.
Comments for WooCommerce	1.0.0	First release. New: show Disqus instead of the Reviews tab.
Comments for EDD	1.0.0	First release. Fixes the 11.x EDD support, which never took effect.
Comments Widget	1.0.0	First release. Fixes the thread showing twice when the sidebar came after the content.
Latest Comments Widget	1.0.0	First release. One API request for all widgets, per-widget settings, a backup list for Disqus outages.