Documentation for Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products Plugin

Author: WPFactory PluginsVersion: 1.5.2Updated: 3 months ago
Requires WordPress version: 4.4Tested up to WordPress version: 6.4

Settings

With Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products plugin, you can allow your customers to ask questions about your WooCommerce products by including a Discussions tab on the product page.

Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products - Frontend

Options

Settings are located in “WooCommerce > Settings > Discussions”.

General Options

In the general section you can choose to count replies or not, enable shortcodes inside comments, to allow comments be posted only by verified owners and more.

Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products - General Options

Count replies
When counting discussions comments, takes replies into consideration.
Default: yes
Tab link
Link that will automatically open your discussions tab. E.g.: http://example.com/product/your-awesome-product/#tab-discussions
Default: discussions
Comment link
This link will be displayed after a comment is posted on frontend. Link that will automatically open your discussions tab on a specific comment. E.g.: http://example.com/product/your-awesome-product/#discussion-5
Default: discussion
Tab position
Tab priority (i.e. position). Default WooCommerce tabs priorities are: Description – 10, Additional information – 20, Reviews – 30.
Default: 50
Shortcodes: Enable in discussions
Allows shortcodes in discussion comments.
Default: no
Shortcodes: Enable in admin
Allows shortcodes to be viewed in “Comments” section on admin. “Enable in discussions” option must be enabled.
Default: no
Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products - Frontend - Shortcode
An example of a video shortcode in a discussion comment.
Restrict discussions
Discussions comments can only be left by “verified owners”.
Default: no
Notify authors
Notifies comment authors via email when they receive replies. They can unsubscribe clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link on the notification email.
Default: no
Notify authors: Unsubscribe text
Confirmation message displayed when a user does not want to receive notifications any more.
Default: You have been successfully unsubscribed

Texts Options

Translate the plugin according to your needs on the texts section.

Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products - Texts Options

Discussions label
How discussions will be labeled in front-end.
Default: Discussions
No discussions
When there is still no comments.
Default: There are no discussions yet.
Title - singular
The discussions title for tab content in front-end (singular). %1$s is the Product title. %2$d stands for the Comments count. E.g.: One thought on “Product Title”
Default:

One thought on "%1$s"
Title - plural
The discussions title for tab content in front-end (plural). %1$s is the Product title. %2$d stands for the Comments count. E.g.: 5 thoughts on “Product Title”
Default:

%2$d thoughts on "%1$s"
Respond label
Title displayed on respond form.
Default: Leave a Reply
Comment button
Label for post comment button.
Default: Post Comment

Labels Options

Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products - Labels Options

Labels
Enables/disables “Labels” section.
Default: no
Verified Owners: Show label
Displays a “verified owner” label on discussions comments.
Default: no
Verified Owners: Label icon
Requires “FontAwesome” to be loaded.
Default: fas fa-check
Verified Owners: Label color
Verified owner label color.
Default: #0F834D
Verified Owners: Tip
Enables a tip that will be displayed when mouse is over the label.
Default: yes
Verified Owners: Tip text
Text that will be displayed in the tip.
Default: Verified owner
Authors: Show label
Displays an “author” label on discussions comments.
Default: no
Authors: Label icon
Requires “FontAwesome” to be loaded.
Default: fas fa-user
Authors: Label color
Author label color
Default: #ec800d
Authors: Tip
Enables a tip that will be displayed when mouse is over the label.
Default: yes
Authors: Tip text
Text that will be displayed in the tip.
Default: Product author
Tips Style: Tip text color
Default: #222
Tips Style: Tip background color
Default: #fef4c5
Tips Style: Tip border color
Default: #d4b943
Advanced Options: Load Font Awesome
Loads most recent version of Font Awesome. Only mark this if you are not loading Font Awesome anywhere else. Font Awesome is responsible for creating icons.
Default: yes

Facebook Options

Use social networks like Facebook at your favor. Let your customers auto fill their names, e-mail and even get their Facebook profile picture with just one click.

Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products - Social Options

Social
Enables/disables “Social” section.
Default: no
Facebook App ID
To get your App ID, you need to create a Facebook App following these steps.
Default: None
Autofill
Use Facebook to fill the discussions form with name and e-mail. Facebook App ID is necessary.
Default: yes
Autofill avatar
Use Facebook profile picture to replace the avatar. Requires the autofill option enabled.
Default: yes
Autofill button label
Default: Fill with Facebook
Discussions Tab for WooCommerce - Frontend - Facebook Autofill Option
Let your customers auto fill their names, e-mail and even get their Facebook profile picture with just one click.

Advanced Options

Discussions Tab for WooCommerce Products - Advanced Options

Template Options: Comments callback function
It will be used to override the function that displays discussions comments. Note: You only need to worry about this option if your discussion comments look weird or ugly. To get your callback function name, find the file comments.php inside your theme and take a look at the callback parameter inside the wp_list_comments() function.
Default: None
Admin Options: Conversions
Will allow admin to convert discussions to reviews and vice versa. Will add “Convert to Review” and “Convert to Discussion” options to admin’s “Comments” section.
Default: yes
Discussions Tab for WooCommerce - Admin - Comments and Reviews Conversions
On the comments page, convert your native WooCommerce reviews to discussions if you want, and vice-versa.
Discussions Tab for WooCommerce - Admin - Filter your discussion comment type
On the comments page, filter your discussions comments if you want.