TOP 5 Best wordpress comment plugins 2020 (disable pingback, replytocom, customize form)

#1 DIsqus Comment Plugin

Probably its 2nd ranking in 2020. below Wpdiscuz almost top 1.

Disqus Comment system 3rd party comment hosting system.

its syncs existing wordpress comments to their system.

It Avoids:

Load on wp database by spam comments

Fully Controlled COmment system.

Moderation at words.

Disables links upon selecting settings

Cons:

required registration

3rd Party JS script

#2 WPDiscuz

Same Features as Disqus but its self hosted unlike disqus.

an ajax powered natie wordpress comment system just like youtube comments.

Many free & paid features available.

Cons:

High amount of JS in wordpress page.

Freemium to Paid version

#3 Jetpack Comments

1. Better way to Avoid brute force attacks. or 1000s of Spam comments.
2. Not only comments but auto social sharing, Social icons much more
3. These days free wordpress analytics not providing analytics so jetpack do

Cons:

1. All In one Plugin high memory usage(Comments, stats,Social share, Security, lot of features as modules)
2. Connects to wordpress serer in order capture analytics or use it.

# 4 Customized WordPress Native Comment System

Pros:

Lightweight no extra piece of code required.

We can customize comment form

Changing Leave a reply & post a comment

to Custom message like Ask a a question.

Remove powered by wordpress.

Auto commenting system unable to find your websites by footprints.

3. by adding  captcha code system to comment form we can use it efficiently.

Customizing Native wordpress form

Add below code to theme functions.php or create a new custom plugin (i did upload soon)

//change text to leave a reply on comment form
function isa_comment_reform ($arg) {
$arg[‘title_reply’] = __(‘Ask Question:’);
return $arg;}
add_filter(‘comment_form_defaults’,’isa_comment_reform’);
//rename “Post Comment” button
function wpsites_change_comment_form_submit_label($arg) {
$arg[‘label_submit’] = ‘ENTER’;
return $arg;}
add_filter(‘comment_form_defaults’, ‘wpsites_change_comment_form_submit_label’);
//Remove Your email address will not be published
function change_up($fields) {
$fields[‘comment_notes_before’] = ‘<p class=”comment-notes”> </p>’;
return $fields;
}
add_filter(‘comment_form_defaults’,’change_up’);

//Disable HTML tags in Comments
function disable_html_in_comments(){
global $allowedtags;
$allowedtags = array();
}
disable_html_in_comments();

Cons:

No real time Commenting.

Its checks error after requesting to php, so the comment written previously may get loose.

1000s of SPam Comments  per day

Enable google captcha plugin to avoid this.

Premium Comment System

Youtube Like COmment SYstem for WordPress Ajax Powered

Youtube comment system Powered by Ajax, reply to

Disable Comments in WordPress Dashboard

Go WordPress >>Settings>>Discussion

Uncheck The Box Allow users to Posts Comments

or Select Only Registered users can Comment on this blog. Also, make sure to disable registration in case of you installed BuddyPress plugin.

Disable Comments WP Plugin

Active Installs 80,000+ Update 1 month ago

Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to post type. Multisite friendly.

How to Disable Self Pingbacks /trackbacks in WordPress

When you link to an internal page then you will get the pingback from the internal website.

manually disable pingbacks from WordPress dashboard

WordPress >>Settings>>Discussion

Untick Attempt to Notify any blogs Linked from Article.  (But still I am getting this message)

Plugins:

Akismet; Free for personal up to 1-5 websites.

No self Pings; updated 6 years ago, Active installs 40000+

disabler: updated 2 years ago.1000+

delete All WordPress comments from PHPMyAdmin or database

DELETE FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = 'spam';

2nd way to disable replytocom by redirection

Add rules directly in htaccess, or disable reply to comment in wordpress discussion.

So users unable to reply the comments of another commenter. it should be there.

Bestway is blocking robots.txt.

yoast plugins also helps to disable replytocom.