#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
- Better way to Avoid brute force attacks. or 1000s of Spam comments.
- Not only comments but auto social sharing, Social icons much more
- These days free wordpress analytics not providing analytics so jetpack do
Cons:
- All In one Plugin high memory usage(Comments, stats,Social share, Security, lot of features as modules)
- 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//Remove Your email address will not be published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.
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';
What is Replytocom & How to Disable it
?replytocom
Indexes in google searches, it tells wordpress/post and wordpress/post?replytocom
as different to google.
so google its treats as duplicate as penalize until google inteligently knows as single page.
TO avoid this
add replytocom to robots.txt
for better code any string starts with ? query string has to block by robots.txt
So here is latest robots txt rules for wordpress
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.