@mention system for wp.prg

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    smilebeda · Member ·

    I would like to know how the @mention function has been implemented in wordpress.com and why I can’t do this in wordpress.org (selfhsoted

    Can you share the code?

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • simplysaru · Staff ·

    I am not sure the code will be share, but I thought I will try to explain why this doesn’t work in self hosted blogs. I am no developer, so take this with a pinch of salt.

    Usernames are part of each WordPress installation and WordPress.com is one installation of WordPress with a multi site options. Hence, the usernames are ideally stored in a single database and they can retrieved while tagging anywhere at WordPress.com.

    Self hosted sites don’t have a common database as such and hence the username’s cannot be shared from one site to another. More over the complexity increases with the options for plugins and various versions of WordPress and server infrastructure etc. So it is very unlikely that it will work with self hosted sites. If you are looking to implement it only for your site, I think it should be possible.

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    alexjgustafson · Member ·

    Our @mention system is still pretty tightly connected to other systems at WordPress.com. I’ll check with our developers if they have an idea of when a public version will be available.

    If you need to get an @mention system setup right away, BuddyPress is open source and includes an @mention system that you could utilize:

    BuddyPress Components and Features

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    alexjgustafson · Member ·

    Checked with our developers and they’re optimistic that eventually the @mention system will be available as a plugin or as a module within Jetpack. But right now it’s not ready to be separate from WordPress.com’s architecture and it’s not on the current plan to finish it.

    However, the BuddyPress @mention system is very much based on WordPress.com’s system, so that was their recommendation on what to look at as well if you want to start using @mentions now.

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    smilebeda · Member ·

    first of all thanks for replying

    I am on wp.org single site, DB User table is default, non-cross site.
    means all users are in same DB, no problems there.

    BuddyPress is no choice because to install such a heavy weight plugin + add ons only for @mentions is a bit out of scope.

    I am trying to modify existing plugins (the either allow @mentioning in comments OR new posts but never both, and most of them don’t make a nice “pop up” available where to choose available users)

    Hence, I appreciate the follow ups here.

    Will hope some future plugin is released with this functionality…

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