diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index baf40443..58c91caf 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 Version 1.3 ()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    * Sitebar plugin comments: URLs of writers now are shown for all 
+      entries not only for trackbacks. You may configure if they should
+      be shown for all, none, normal writers or trackback/pingbacks.
+      (brockhaus)
+
     * Pingback/Trackback textfetching: HTML Entities are now converted
       to characters. Character encoding defaults to UTF-8 but can be 
       configured via $serendipity['pingbackEntityEncoding'] = "UTF-8"
diff --git a/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/UTF-8/lang_de.inc.php b/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/UTF-8/lang_de.inc.php
index 66a02e5d..8e6a1f4d 100644
--- a/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/UTF-8/lang_de.inc.php
+++ b/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/UTF-8/lang_de.inc.php
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
         @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_MAXENTRIES', 'Anzahl an Kommentaren');
         @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_MAXENTRIES_BLAHBLAH', 'Wieviele Kommentare sollen gezeigt werden? (Standard: 15)');
         @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_ABOUT', '%s zu%s');
+
+        @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_ADDURL', 'Kommentatoren URL anzeigen bei');
diff --git a/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/lang_de.inc.php b/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/lang_de.inc.php
index fa265580..2265eefd 100644
--- a/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/lang_de.inc.php
+++ b/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/lang_de.inc.php
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
         @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_MAXENTRIES', 'Anzahl an Kommentaren');
         @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_MAXENTRIES_BLAHBLAH', 'Wieviele Kommentare sollen gezeigt werden? (Standard: 15)');
         @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_ABOUT', '%s zu%s');
+
+        @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_ADDURL', 'Kommentatoren URL anzeigen bei');
diff --git a/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/lang_en.inc.php b/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/lang_en.inc.php
index 4bc8e073..fc249014 100644
--- a/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/lang_en.inc.php
+++ b/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/lang_en.inc.php
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@
 @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_MAXENTRIES_BLAHBLAH', 'How many comments will be shown? (Default: 15)');
 @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_ABOUT', '%s about%s');
 @define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_ANONYMOUS', 'anon');
-?>
+
+@define('PLUGIN_COMMENTS_ADDURL', 'Add writers URL to');
+
diff --git a/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/serendipity_plugin_comments.php b/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/serendipity_plugin_comments.php
index fb1218ae..589b086f 100644
--- a/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/serendipity_plugin_comments.php
+++ b/plugins/serendipity_plugin_comments/serendipity_plugin_comments.php
@@ -35,12 +35,27 @@ class serendipity_plugin_comments extends serendipity_plugin
                                              'max_chars',
                                              'max_entries',
                                              'dateformat',
-                                             'viewmode'));
+                                             'viewmode',
+                                             'showurls'));
     }
 
     function introspect_config_item($name, &$propbag)
     {
         switch($name) {
+            case 'showurls':
+                $urltypes = array(
+                    'none'       => NONE,
+                    'comments'   => COMMENTS,
+                    'trackbacks' => TRACKBACKS,
+                    'all'        => COMMENTS . ' + ' . TRACKBACKS
+                );
+                $propbag->add('type',        'select');
+                $propbag->add('name',        PLUGIN_COMMENTS_ADDURL);
+                $propbag->add('description', '');
+                $propbag->add('select_values', $urltypes);
+                $propbag->add('default',     'trackbacks');
+                break;
+
             case 'viewmode':
                 $types = array(
                     'comments'   => COMMENTS,
@@ -160,8 +175,11 @@ class serendipity_plugin_comments extends serendipity_plugin
                         $comment .= ' [...]';
                     }
                 }
-
-                if ($row['comment_type'] == 'TRACKBACK' && $row['comment_url'] != '') {
+                
+                $showurls = $this->get_config('showurls','trackbacks');
+                $isTrackBack = $row['comment_type'] == 'TRACKBACK' || $row['comment_type'] == 'PINGBACK';
+                
+                if ($row['comment_url'] != '' && ( ($isTrackBack && ($showurls =='trackbacks' || $showurls =='all') || !$isTrackBack && ($showurls =='comments' || $showurls =='all')))) {
                     $user = '<a class="highlight" href="' . htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($row['comment_url'])) . '" title="' . htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($row['comment_title'])) . '">' . htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($row['user'])) . '</a>';
                 } else {
                     $user = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($row['user']));