Took some time this late evening to toss together this simple wordpress plugin to show off the most recent people to make the first comment on the 10 most recent posts. This sort of encourages the bad behavior of people spamming sites with “FIRST!”, but whatever. I think it encourages a good fun atmosphere on this site and any other site that may use it.

This thing is extremely beta. I tossed it together based on the Freepress Blog Top Commenter’s widget. So if you run into bugs, toss me a note. I could use some feedback on how well it works on various Wordpress installs. Basically, what version you are using and whether or not it works. As of right now its working for WP 2.2+. Enjoy.

Install Instructions:

1. Unzip the contents of this zip to your Plugins folder. I.E.- wp-contents/plugins/firsttocommentwidget.php
2. Activate the plugin in your wordpress admin panel.
3. Goto your Presentation -> Widgets Panel and drag the widget onto your sidebar panel and enjoy!
4. Alternatively you can call this plugin using:
   < ?php get_firsttocomment_posts(’10′); ? >
   You can replace “10″ for however many posts you want the plugin to query for comments.

Download Plugin: firsttocommentwidget.zip

This contest has been going on for a while now. This was a great contest and Mike put a lot of work into it. A big congrats goes out to the winners and the winner in my group!

A little Link Love to the Sponsors:

Thanks to the following:

Blog About Your Blog, Yimto, Google Is Not God, Semmy, Julianas Lair, Money Relations, Peter Foti, 3rd World Blogger, Contest Time, Belolats, University Kid, Mixed Market Arts, A Frog To Kiss, Lankapo, Web Blog Money, Zedomax, Flat Water, Ryan Yockey, Aims Graz, To The PC, Blog Money Wiki, VolkDefense, Scholarpreneur, Ben Spark, I Make Money On Facebook, DNXpert, EZ Money Online, Dorm Earning, Cyber Fizzle, Ez DIY Electricity, PixToo, My Blog Contest, Article Snatch, Wired Kayaker, JTPratt, 1 Man And His Blog, Slyvisions, Ideas and Money, Sean, That Single Guy, Toast & Egg & Me, Blogging 4 Cash, Andrew Benton, Controversial Marketing, Orange Inks, Blogigs, Singapore Entrepreneur, ABC, Read To Me Dad, Rhyan, SEO News, and my apologies to Gorilla Sushi for making a mistake on the URL.

…and the 12 winners are:

1. blogstarr
2. siteguides
3. jix2mail
4. azrina.aznan
5. dombrorj
6. kent56
7. red0303
8. pmonchet
9. davinian
10. red0303
11. mitch.carvalho
12. garryconn

The winners should contact Mike for some info on getting your prizes….time to find out what else Mike has going on.