Title: CIO Multimedia Comments
Author: VisualData
Published: <strong>September 21, 2015</strong>
Last modified: December 26, 2017

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# CIO Multimedia Comments

 By [VisualData](https://profiles.wordpress.org/visualdata/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/multimedia-comments.zip)

 * [Details](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/multimedia-comments/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/multimedia-comments/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/multimedia-comments/#installation)
 * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/multimedia-comments/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multimedia-comments/)

## Description

Have some exciting new ideas to share and want others to see the discussion thread?
Grab your smart phone, take a photo, and upload to comments. You will interact with
readers and customers in a brand new way.

A picture is better than 1000 words. Multimedia is even better. This plugin enables
your readers to upload multiple multimedia files in comments, and provide extra 
information through custom fields.

CIO Multimedia Comments is an add-on to [PODS – Custom Content Types and Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/)
and needs PODS to run and deliver some of the features. Please install and activate
Pods before installing this plugin.

Features of free version:

 * allow multiple multimedia files in comments
 * upload from both desktop and mobile devices.
 * add unlimited custom fields to comments
 * support field types: file and media, text, text area, wysiwyg editor, number,
   date, color picker, radio, checkbox, dropdown list
 * relate to any items inside and even outside of WordPress
 * automatically display extra information in comments (free version displays one
   image only, though other types of files can be uploaded and downloaded from backend
   admin panel.)
 * drag and drop configuration using graphical user interface
 * customised display using css
 * control access by custom field

Features of premium version:

 * full control over when, what, to whom, and how to show your discussion threads
   in comments.
 * automatic correction of iPhone image rotation issues during upload
 * optional removal of exif data (geotags) from images during upload for privacy
 * automatic display images and file download links in comments after approval (
   optional)
 * approve or disapprove multimedia files by comment
 * display or hide data by custom field
 * organize custom fields by group, display or hide the group of fields conditionally
 * configure who can submit comments, and who can see the submitted comments.
 * allow file upload on pages or posts meeting preset conditions, or specific page/
   post.
 * posting comments before registering an account, if configured this way.
 * support comments on custom post type

Users of professional edition may fix iPhone/iPad photo rotation issues and preserve
exif information in the rotated images, at a discounted rate of our photo conversion
service. See the link below for a demo of fixing IOS photo orientation and preserving
exif information in the rotated images and generated thumbnails.

[Multimedia Comments Live Demo](http://vipp.com.au/multimedia-comments/)

CIO Multimedia Comments Professional Edition comes with

 * unlimited site license. you can use it on as many websites as you like, either
   owned by you or your clients.
 * life time free support, if you have paid an one-off fee to upgrade to professional
   edition
 * life time free upgrade, if you have paid an one-off fee to upgrade to professional
   edition
 * 30 day money back guarantee. no questions to ask.
 * No annual license renewal fee.

We are constantly improving this plugin. Please let us know if you need extra features.

If you this plugin works for you, please give us a positive rating and let other
users know, or upgrade to the premium version. Thank you.

### Support

We do try to handle support at the following e-mail address:

E-mail: support@vipp.com.au

## Screenshots

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 * file upload and custom fields in comments
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 * backend admin panel to approve comments
 * [[
 * comments look like this to people without authorization
 * [[
 * comments look like this to people with authorization

## Installation

To install the CIO Multimedia Comments, unzip the downloaded zip file and upload
the folder to /wp-content/plugins/, and then activate the plugin from the Plugins
page in WordPress.

CIO Multimedia Comments is an add-on to [PODS – Custom Content Types and Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/)
and needs PODS to run and deliver some of the features. Please install and activate
Pods before installing this plugin.

## FAQ

To update later.

  Installation Instructions

To install the CIO Multimedia Comments, unzip the downloaded zip file and upload
the folder to /wp-content/plugins/, and then activate the plugin from the Plugins
page in WordPress.

CIO Multimedia Comments is an add-on to [PODS – Custom Content Types and Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/)
and needs PODS to run and deliver some of the features. Please install and activate
Pods before installing this plugin.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“CIO Multimedia Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ VisualData ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/visualdata/)

[Translate “CIO Multimedia Comments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/multimedia-comments)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/multimedia-comments/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/multimedia-comments/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/multimedia-comments/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/multimedia-comments/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multimedia-comments/)
 * Tag
 * [video comments](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/video-comments/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/multimedia-comments/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ VisualData ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/visualdata/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/multimedia-comments/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://vipp.com.au/cio-custom-fields-importer/how-it-works/cio-multimedia-comments/)