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[Brandon Sheley]

This plugin will add a list of the most frequent commenters posting to your blog. They are gathered in descending order (highest number of comments at the top) The list items will be links to the comment author’s URL, if provided.
The following parameters are configurable by the user, either from the widget admin interface or directly (if used as a standalone plugin):

• Number of people to show
• List of names to exclude from the list: An array of names to be ignored from the counts.

Download FreePress Top Commenters Widget
Installation:

1. Extract all files in the archive into your plugins directory. The archive should contain a folder called “freepress”, which should be placed directly under the plugins directory, and all the files distributed with this plugin should be in the “freepress” folder. For example: /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/freepress/topCommentersWidget.php
2. If you are using the widgets plugin, the tagboard will automatically appear as an available widget for your sidebar.
3. If you prefer to manually add the tagboard to your theme, you can insert the following code wherever you’d like the tagboard to show up:
   
   If you wish to manually specify the arguments listed above, add them in the order listed. The number of people to list will default to 10, and the names to exclude will default to an empty array (which will include all commenters).

*Note: This version of the plugin has been tested in WordPress 2.x as well as recent versions of WordPress MU. Please let me know by commenting here if you run into any issues.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

ps. I've added this hack to my pr4 blog if you guys want to get free links
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