Best Comment & Discussion Management plugins for WordPress
Plugins that enable, disable, configure, remove, or otherwise manage WordPress comments, discussion settings, pingbacks, and comment-related features across site content.
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Plugins classified here
Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
1.5M
Combined active installs
Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.56
Average rating
Across the 64 here that carry a rating at all
Sub-categories
Also under Communication
The other sub-categories the model built under the same parent.
- General Form Builders 167
- Contact Forms 122
- Email Logging & Delivery 103
- Live Chat & Customer Support 85
- Multi-Channel Chat & Contact Widgets 54
- Social Networks & Online Communities 37
- Polls & Surveys 33
- Forums & Discussion Boards 27
- Transactional Email Templates 26
- WhatsApp Chat 26
- SMS Notifications & Messaging 16
- Helpdesk & Ticketing 15
The plugins
Plugins in Comment & Discussion Management
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#1
Disable Comments
disable-comments #2Disable Comments
disable-comments-rb #2Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy
gravatar-enhanced #4Customer Reviews for WooCommerce
customer-reviews-woocommerce #5Comments – wpDiscuz
wpdiscuz #6Disqus Comment System
disqus-comment-system #7WP Comment Cleaner – Delete All Comments, Disable Comments, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments
delete-all-comments-of-website #8No Self Ping
no-self-ping #8No Page Comment
no-page-comment #8Subscribe to Comments
subscribe-to-comments #11Disable Comments & Delete All Comments
comments-plus #11Disable Comments
wpsimpletools-disable-comments #13Delete Pending Comments
delete-pending-comments #13Simply Disable Comments
simply-disable-comments #15Social comments by WpDevArt
comments-from-facebook #16One Click Close Comments
one-click-close-comments #16Bulk Delete Comments
bulk-delete-comments #16DCO Comment Attachment
dco-comment-attachment #16SureFeedback Client Site
projecthuddle-child-site #20Comments Like Dislike
comments-like-dislike #20Advanced Comment Form
comment-form #22Disqus Conditional Load
disqus-conditional-load #22Comment Reply Email Notification
comment-reply-email-notification #22Ajaxify Comments – Ajax and Lazy Loading Comments
wp-ajaxify-comments #25Simple Comment Editing
simple-comment-editing #25Better Recent Comments
better-recent-comments #27Daisy Comments — Disable Comments & Stop Spam
daisy-comments #27Simple No Comments
simple-no-comments #27Batch Comment Spam Deletion
batch-comment-spam-deletion #27Page Comments Off Please
page-comments-off-please #27cbnet Multi Author Comment Notification
cbnet-multi-author-comment-notification #27No Comments On Pages
no-comments-on-pages #27Hide Comment Author Link
hide-wp-comment-author-link #27Tako Movable Comments
tako-movable-comments #27Hide Comments Feature
hide-comments-feature #27Turn Comments Off
turn-comments-off #27DoFollow Case by Case
dofollow-case-by-case #27Comment Image
comment-image #27Decent Comments
decent-comments #27Comment Moderation/Notification Recipients
comment-moderation-e-mail-to-post-author #27Lightweight Subscribe To Comments
comment-notifier-no-spammers #42Lazy Social Comments
lazy-facebook-comments #42Webmention
webmention #44MM Comment Manager — Disable Comment Box, Hide Existing Comments and Stop Spam
turn-off-comments #44Stop Media Comment Spamming
stop-media-comment-spamming #46FluentComments – AJAX Comments, Anti-Spam & Comment Email Notifications
fluent-comments #47Comment Form WP – Customize Default Comment Form
comment-form-wp #48Comment Experience by Progress Planner
yoast-comment-hacks #48Really Simple Disable Comments
really-simple-disable-comments #48Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT
wp-comment-fields #48Comment Approved Notifier Extended
comment-approved-notifier-extended #52Comments – GraphComment | AI-Moderated Comment System
graphcomment-comment-system #52Comment Notifier
comment-notifier #54Remoji – Post/Comment Reaction and Enhancement
remoji #54Hide Trackbacks
hide-trackbacks #56Zeno Report Comments
zeno-report-comments #56Disable Comments by click5
disable-comments-by-click5 #56Vuukle – Comments, Reactions, Quizzes, Share Bar & Ad Revenue
free-comments-for-wordpress-vuukle #56Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
autoclose #56Hypothesis
hypothesis #56pipDisqus – Lightweight Disqus Comments
pipdisqus #62Uncomment – Disable Comments
uncomment #62Disable Comment Author Links
disable-comment-author-links #62Subscribe To Comments Checkbox
comments-subscribe-checkbox #62Comment Mention
comment-mention #62WP Telegram Comments
wptelegram-comments #62Comment Emojis for WP
comment-emojis-for-wp #62Safe Report Comments
safe-report-comments #69Hyvor Talk – Comments, Newsletters, Memberships
hyvor-talkThis grouping does not exist anywhere else
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