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As always I am trying to mix up topics I cover and this can be considered as continue to previous article. Last time we got inspired and examined many good blog comment form examples, but this time I went further and found 33 WordPress plugins, which can be used effectively to power up and evolve comment form possibilities and security. If programming is not your strongest side, then such automatized plugins will be irreplaceable for your blog! If you know some more effective comment form plugins, feel free to add them in our comment section! For the next time I am thinking about WordPress comment section hack roundup article, so stay with us!
Disqus (dis·cuss • di(-sku(s’) is all about changing the way people think about discussion on the web. We’re big believers in the conversations and communities that form on blogs and other sites.
Automattic Kismet (Akismet for short) is a collaborative effort to make comment and trackback spam a non-issue and restore innocence to blogging, so you never have to worry about spam again.
WP Ajax Edit Comments (for WP 2.5+) allows users and admins to edit comments on a post. Users can edit their own comments for a limited time, while admins can edit all comments.
OpenID is an open standard that allows users to authenticate to websites without having to create a new password. This plugin allows users to login to their local WordPress account using an OpenID, as well as enabling commenters to leave authenticated comments with OpenID. The plugin also includes an OpenID provider, enabling users to login to OpenID-enabled sites using their own personal WordPress account. XRDS-Simple is required for the OpenID Provider and some features of the OpenID Consumer.
GD Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating and review system for posts, pages and comments in your blog. I featured this plugin some time ago already, but this is totally related to comments.
Allows visitors to rate comments in Like vs. Dislike fashion with clickable images. Poorly-rated & highly-rated comments are displayed differently.
Self explaining comment title, plug-in that uses Twitter to show avatars in comments in WordPress blogs.
Adds CAPTCHA anti-spam methods to WordPress on the comment form, registration form, login, or all. In order to post comments or regiser, users will have to type in the phrase shown on the image. This prevents spam from automated bots. Adds security. Works great with Akismet. Also is fully WPMU and BuddyPress compatible.
This plugin turns the comment field from a primitive into a WYSIWYG editor, using the internal TinyMCE library bundled with WordPress 2.0 or up, without the need of another separate installation. Functions that only available to writers like adding images were removed and will not show up in the toolbar.
This plugin will visit the site of the comment author while they type their comment and retrieve a selection of their last blog posts, tweets or digg submissions which they can choose one from to include at the bottom of their comment when they click submit.
SEO Smart Links can automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog.
Further SEO Smart links allows you to set up your own keywords and set of matching URLs. Finally SEO Smart links allows you to set nofollow attribute and open links in new window.
This plugin manages theme customization. Everything is managed in the WordPress Backend. Code snippets can be activated, copied, created, deactivated, deleted, edited, and uploaded. For comments you can highlight different comments based who wrote them and where they are, also nice feature to automatically add “about author” section.
WP-Paginate is a simple and flexible pagination plugin which provides users with better navigation on your WordPress site. Starting in version 1.1, WP-Paginate can also be used to paginate post comments!
This plugin allows you to add Twitter-like @reply links to comments. When clicked, those links insert the author name and a link to the comment you are replying to in the textarea.
This plugin inserts a checkbox into the comment form for users who don’t have a Gravatar (based on the e-mail they typed in). If they check the box and submit their comment, it will initiate the first step of signing up for Gravatar, on their behalf. They’ll receive an e-mail directly from Gravatar and will have to follow the instructions there to complete the process.
IntenseDebate Comments enhance and encourage conversation on your blog or website. Custom integration with your WordPress admin panel makes moderation a piece of cake. Comment threading, reply-by-email, user accounts and reputations, comment voting, along with Twitter and friendfeed integrations enrich your readers’ experience and make more of the internet aware of your blog and comments which drives traffic to you!
This plugin allow your visitors to attach images or other file to their comments as easily as possible.
This plugin adds a tiny link that says “Quote” on each comment on your posts. Click it, and the contents of the comment is copied to the comment area, wrapped in blockquote tags. It’s even compatible with MCEComments plugin.
For each user comment plugin will create a new dynamic page on the blog, holding the actual comment information. This page will not actually exist in WordPress database, but we will create it dynamically using a WordPress plugin.
What we instantly get in this way is big jump in site’s index visible to search engines. This is possible because blog comments are crawl-able, index-able and most importantly rank-able content. Also meaning you will start to get search engine traffic for the context of the comment.
Smileys in comments is also supported, and may be inserted using the standard emotion shorthand or through the CTI interface introduced in TSE 2.0.1b.
Mask all external links to internal! In your own posts, comments pages, authors page… It does not change anything or write to base – just processes output.
This plugin numbers your comments sequentially and hierarchically, with full support for the new comment features available in WordPress 2.7 and later — including threading, paging, and your choice of ascending or descending date order.
An extremely powerful WordPress anti-spam plugin that eliminates blog comment spam, including trackback and pingback spam. Finally, you can enjoy a spam-free WordPress blog! Includes spam-free contact form feature as well.
Live Comment Preview is the simplest way to get live comment previews on your site. Simply activate the plugin -That’s it! This plugin uses only client-side Javascript to format a preview, it does not make any Ajax requests to the server. This provides a smooth live preview as you type.
AWP’s basic features include inline paginated posts, inline comments, threaded comments, the ability to submit comments with AJAX, pagination of your homepage, live comment preview and much more, but it does not, however, force you to use any feature, and it also allows all aspects of the plugin to be easily customized through a single Administration panel. It also has special features that will ensure compatibility with many other plugins.
There are many comment-related plugins in WordPress plugin directory. However, if you’d like to find just a simple comment-posting Ajax plugin, you won’t find any. That’s why I developed a simple and small (5kB) yet functional Ajax Comment Posting (ACP) plugin. Not only will it post your comment without refreshing the page, but it will also make sure that you’ve filled all the form fields correctly.
Riffly is a free service that easily plugs into your site allowing visitors to create video and audio comments.
Absolute Comments is a comment manager plugin that lets you instantly reply to comments, either from the original Manage Comments administration page, or from the email notification, without the hassle of visiting the post first.
This WordPress plugin remove the “nofollow” attribute from your wordpress blog’s comments (precisely from the author’s links) and/or from the comments text links and it inserts (if you want) an image band at the top of your pages with the phrase: “NOFOLLOW FRE” to encourage your users to submit comments. The last release includes new options to replace the nofollow only when the author posted X comments before and put back the nofollow when some blacklisted words are matched. The replacement of the nofollow is also based on the users type (registered and visitor users). Every option can be customized by the options page “NOFF”.
Subscribe to Comments is a robust plugin that enables commenters to sign up for e-mail notification of subsequent entries. The plugin includes a full-featured subscription manager that your commenters can use to unsubscribe to certain posts, block all notifications, or even change their notification e-mail address!
Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry, with Double-Opt-In Feature. Based on version 2 of “Subscribe to Comments” from Mark Jaquith
WP Comment Remix adds a plethora of new options and features to WordPress. From Reply and Quote links for commenters, to a full upgrade to the edit comments pages in the admin panel, WPCR will save you time and effort when running your blog.
WordPress doesn’t automatically notify the author of a post about waiting comments. Instead all comment moderation requests go to the admins. This plugin will notify the author of the post as well as the admin. This will allow the author to moderate the comments too.
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Dainis Graveris is 23 years old blogger and designer, founder of 1stWebDesigner, now more silently managing everything behind the scenes. He usually hangs out in Twitter tweeting design related links and chatting with people. If you have any questions or feedback that's the best place to start! Cheers!
Monday, July 5th, 2010 02:16
I like Disqus more over IntenseDebate. I don’t know. The thought of just signing in to comment turns me off. It’s too much work for just a simple comment.
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 06:06
Great plug in for sharing , i am so interested with your website
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 14:03
I want to thank you for yet another terrific article. I am always searching for original WordPress tips to recommend to my readers. Thanks for creating this post. It’s just what I was trying to find. Truly great post.
Saturday, June 26th, 2010 11:39
Great post!
I own a photoblog and I’d like to have separate comments for every image in my blog posts. Is it possible?
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 10:52
Hi, what a great list of plugins just for the comments section. Thanks for posting them up! :)
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 05:43
I’ve written a post about moving WordPress comment’s Reply button. By default the Reply button is placed on the first comment for every thread. My post provides a trick on how to move this at the end of the thread.
For anyone who may interested in implementing the trick, the trick can be read in the following link:
http://suhanto.net/moving-reply-button-end-wordpress-comment-thread/
Friday, May 14th, 2010 00:14
Thanks for sharing this I love your blog
Monday, April 26th, 2010 00:08
Those boat look great, I love to go to the sea in a boat thanks for the article.
Sunday, May 15th, 2011 22:53
I agree on that man!
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 13:32
Excellent collection here, I particular like some of the SEO plugins you mentioned.
many thanks
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 13:20
wow , bunch of information at same place , even though i know most of them , when i saw all in one place , just bookmarked it
Appreciations to the contributor
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 16:28
Thanks for sharing.Nice post.
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 04:55
thanks for the list, but I think CAPTCHA is bad for your visitor
Friday, January 22nd, 2010 15:56
What a Workdpresse Plugins collection! of wordpress plugins. Thank you very much for sharing, this an absolute link to bookmark :)
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 17:47
whooooaaa,m gonna go nuts-Now i got something to play with this weekend(gonna love it)
thnx a lot for such a nice listof plugins.
Niffy wordpress webcam site is on the other tab.
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 11:22
Just when I thought I had enough Plugins, here are 33 more. Actually I already had a few of them installed. Nice work.
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 20:57
Some of my readers said that the captha plugin discouage them from leaving comments on my blog, so I had to remove that plugin.
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 07:09
Thanks for the links to the plugins, very useful, I have just started my new blog and find this a bit too exciting and new.
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jeni
Sunday, April 8th, 2012 01:01
Almost everyday I received spam comments in my blogs and I hate it. Thanks for sharing. I will
add SI CAPTCHA to my list of my plugins in addition to akismet. Your post is quite helpful..
Devraj
Monday, February 27th, 2012 07:09
Thanks for really outstanding collection of these plugins. Using many plugins slow down your wordpress,but you gave a lot of choice to your readers,they can select and read about any plugin they like.Thanks.
Tynan
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 17:09
disquss and open id is the best among the plugins that i have used.
Quin
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 03:06
I am using Ajax Comment Posting for many of my clients websites.
its the best one, I think. Thank you for great article.
Jason Ford
Sunday, January 29th, 2012 11:24
Hey I like the plugins and I like wordpress I’m just starting to useit.
Dene
Sunday, January 29th, 2012 01:53
Great ideas for getting better comment response. Thanks for the article.
Akash
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 01:52
I was looking for a comment plugin which can block the submit button if any link is posted in the comment box. I need that to prevent spamming.
pradeepf
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 22:15
I have one question about SEO super comments,will the dynamically generated page cause duplicate content issue?
Dariya
Friday, February 17th, 2012 15:03
Thanks for great list of plugin…
Rod
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 18:40
Thanks for great list of plugin…I will pick up one of those plugins…Cheers
Manoj
Friday, February 10th, 2012 11:42
what is page redirection and how we can do in wordpress plz can anybody help me……
Cariin
Sunday, February 5th, 2012 01:46
Thanks for these, I appreciate it!
Richard
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 11:39
I originally didn’t allow comments but I am going to rethink that now after reading this.
Aaron
Saturday, August 6th, 2011 12:03
Thank you for such a fantastic blog. Where else could anyone get that kind of info written in such a perfect way? I have a presentation that I am presently working on, and I have been on the look out for such information
Regards
Sabin
Saturday, July 30th, 2011 15:09
Yes !! Great list, I am going to have to get some of these added to my website and see how they work thanks for the article
Thank Admin
Jordan
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 07:53
What plugin are you using to do the reply buttons on this website?
sneha trivedi
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 19:49
thanks ds detective for helping me. if you want any help about your persnol matter than call ds detective, is the best detective agency in world
suresh
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 15:03
super article. Great website. carry on.
Arosha Taglia
Saturday, August 27th, 2011 16:02
Very useful article! thanks a lot – I’m gonna try disqus now
Jean Luc
Thursday, August 18th, 2011 21:22
I’m using commentluv and it’s great
but i can’t find a plugin with the checkbox to opt in your aweber list
anyone knows?
Alice Marsden
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 11:30
Hey. Love the list.. you can forget some important stuff if you’re not paying attention. Can I make another suggestion? Sticky Comments. The plugin basically allows the admin to set comments as sticky from the comment edit page.
Daniel
Monday, July 25th, 2011 14:03
I saw this new plugin for feedback.
Mathie
Thursday, July 21st, 2011 14:18
Hi,
What the comment plugin do you use for your site?
Thanks
Cate
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 20:48
Hey Dainis, you forgot to mention the pop-up plugin you have here on your site. What is it called?
Rean John Uehara
Thursday, June 9th, 2011 04:56
Hi Cate, I’ll answer this. :D It’s called Popup Domination.
Gavin
Saturday, June 18th, 2011 03:24
Great resource. This will really help me to decide the best WordPress plugins to use when designing websites. Good descriptions