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Quickly disable comments and set the comment field defaults.
With the advanced settings, you can configure Comment Edit Pro to do some basic protection.
You're also able to set the various comment HTML settings.
If you're under attack by a spammer or you just need to disable comments for a while, you can use this option.
If you wish to hide all comments on your site, you can select this option.
Not recommended: Please don't disable this on a production site as it will expose you to spam.
If you need to disable spam protection for any reason, you can check this option.
Some of the integrations require knowledge of the HTML structure of your comment section. This section allows you to let Comment Edit Pro know about the comment structure.
If you need any help with this, please contact support.
Setting a license is required if you choose to want support and plugin updates.
Simply enter your license key and you'll receive feedback if the license is valid.
After a successful license, you'll see your subscription and license status.
You can also opt-in to beta releases.
If you have any issues setting your license, please .
Log into your WordPress admin (i.e., your dashboard)
Go to Plugins->Add New
Go to Upload New
Find the plugin zip (from your downloads section)
Activate the plugin
After activation, you will be taken to the plugin's settings screen.
Download the plugin zip file from your account section.
Unzip the plugin zip in a place you can remember for the next steps
Log into your FTP program of choice for your website
Upload the unzipped folder into wp-content/plugins
Log into your admin dashboard
Head to the plugins screen
Search for Comment Edit Pro
Activate the plugin
After activation, you will be taken to the plugin's settings screen.
Comment Edit Pro is easy to configure
Comment Edit Pro comes with a variety of features, with the major ones showcased on the home screen.
Scroll to view a brief description of each of the features.
Here is a brief description of the available admin tabs.
The home tab displays the license status and has a card view of the major features of Comment Edit Pro. Each card has a shortcut to the admin panel setting.
The Avatars tab allows you to configure Comment Avatars and Gravatar Privacy Protection.
Comment Character Control enables a horizontal character meter below your comment form. It notifies the user of a comment that's too short or too long.
The Comment Editing options allow you to adjust how comment editing works for your users. You can enable Frontend editing, unlimited editing for logged-in users, set up email alerts, and even modify the translations.
The Integrations tab contains a few integrations such as Mailchimp and Slack integration.
With Mailchimp, you can get subscribers when users leave comments. For Slack, you can receive an alert for new comments.
The License screen allows you to input your Comment Edit Pro license so you can receive updates and support.
@ Mentions allows you to configure mentions in your comments section. Users can interact with other commenters, and commenters can opt-in to be alerted when they are mentioned.
Spam Protection currently supports three services:
Akismet
Cloudflare Turnstile
Google reCAPTCHA 3
These are all optional services and you should be fine if you have your own spam protection mechanisms.
Webhooks allow you to ping third-party services when comments are posted. If you would like an automatic workflow for comments, then connecting to a third-party service via a webhook is a perfect way to manage your comments.
Comment Edit Pro is a premium Add-on. Please check out Comment Edit Pro.
Comment editing is enabled by installing alongside .
Please see the links below for the various comment editing features that enables.
Enabling comment editing is a great way for users to fix their own mistakes when leaving a comment.
Frontend Editing is by far the most favorite feature of Comment Edit Pro.
It's easy to enable. Just toggle the frontend editing option in the admin settings, save, and you're good to go.
Most themes display an "Edit" link when you are logged in and viewing a comment on the frontend.
The default behavior is to take you to the backend comments section.
Comment Edit Pro overrides this behavior and launches a modal where you can edit the comment without having to visit the admin.
If you are logged in and the author of the post or an Editor/Admin, you can simple click the "Edit" link for the individual comment.
Frontend editing depends on having an "Edit" button in the individual comment. If your theme does not provide this button, frontend editing will not work.
Here's a quick demo of frontend editing in action.
When the modal launches, you can edit just about every aspect of the comment.
The following features are available in the popup modal:
Edit the commenters name, email address, and URL
Edit the comment
Change the comment status (approved, pending, spam)
Delete the comment
A shortcut to the comment in the admin
The frontend moderation menu is a small meatball icon on the frontend of a comment.
It expands to reveal editing options:
Editing a comment
Approving a comment
Marking a comment as pending (moderated)
Marking a comment as spam
Deleting a comment
The moderation menu is designed for quick actions, but hidden in a way that isn't so obtrusive.
There are three themes available:
By default, users have 5 minutes to edit their comment. You can adjust this value to make the timer shorter or longer.
Be careful of long edit times. Comment editing is cookie based, so having a reasonable time is recommended.
When you adjust the timer, new comments will be able to edit for the number of minutes you have set.
Unlimited Editing and Anonymous Users: Unlimited editing is not possible for anonymous (non-logged-in users). Since anonymous users do not have an account, comment editing is cookie based, which limits the editing experience to the user's current session.
Another popular feature is you can enable unlimited editing for logged-in users.
With Unlimited Editing enabled, users are shown a "Click to Edit" button with no timer present.
Users will be able to edit their comment as long as unlimited editing is enabled.
Enable email notifications and comment logging to keep track of edits.
One requested feature was for allowing the timer to be canceled when a user is done editing.
If the timer is available, a "Cancel Timer" button will be shown.
Clicking "Cancel Timer" will stop editing for the comment.
Comment Logging is taking an extra precaution when users edit their comments. If you have a long timer or unlimited editing enabled, logging will store all edits of a comment.
The edited comment is stored on the individual comment in the admin, and you can easily revert back to the original comment.
With Comment Logging and Stats enabled, when a user leaves a comment, it is stored for reference so you can keep track of edits for a particular comment.
You can check out the edits for the comment, and even restore a previous edit.
Here's a quick demo of reverting a comment.
Sometimes comments are left in haste or in the moment, and the user would simply like to remove the comment rather than edit it. Allowing users to delete their comments is a nice way of self-policing their comments.
Comment deletion is enabled by default
When a user edits a comment, they will see a button allowing them to delete their own comment.
When a user chooses to delete their own comment, a confirmation is shown.
The "Delete Only" option is designed to only show the Delete option when editing a comment. The Edit button isn't visible, but a Delete option instead.
When editing their comment, the Delete button is shown.
By default, a confirmation is shown to the user to prevent accidental clicks.
You can disable or enable this confirmation by toggling the setting.
Here is the behavior of a user deleting a comment.
As you can see, when a user deletes a comment, a status update shows and the comment is removed from view.
If you enable email notifications, you will receive an email with a before and after of the comment edit.
Within this section you can:
Enable email notifications
Set an email address to send the comments to
Set an email address for the "From" field in the email.
Set the subject of the email
Sending Emails: Comment Edit Pro is not an email or SMTP plugin. If you have set up email successfully on your site, Comment Edit Pro will use that mechanism.
Here is a sample of the emails you will receive.
As you can see, the email contains the original comment and the edited one.
With logs enabled, you can also see a history of all the edits a commenter makes.
You can modify how Comment Edit Pro looks on the frontend through the appearance settings.
Within the Appearance tab, you can:
Show or hide the timer
Set the timer to Words or Compact
Change the button theme
Change the loading image
By default, the timer is shown. However, if you don't want to display a timer at all, you can uncheck this option.
By default, the timer is shown as words.
You can also choose compact to appear more like a countdown.
By default, there are no frontend styles applied to the editing buttons. You can change this by selecting a button theme.
If you select any of the button themes, you'll be asked if you'd like to enable icons.
Enabling icons is recommended to give your buttons a nice boost in appearance with contextual icons.
By default, the editing interface and buttons has no styles.
However, there are three themes you can take advantage of to spruce up the editing interface.
Turning on Icons: If you choose a button theme, it is highly recommended to enable icons.
You can modify any text string that is shown to the end user in the translations section.
Comment Editing Requires Comment Edit Lite. is a free plugin on the WordPress Plugin Directory.
As of Comment Edit Pro 3.0, there is no longer a requirement to have Comment Edit Lite installed. However, if you want comment editing, must be activated.
Recommended SMTP (Email) Plugin: .
Unlimited Editing is a great reward for logged-in commenters
Another popular feature is you can enable unlimited editing for logged-in users.
Unlimited Editing and Anonymous Users: Unlimited editing is not possible for anonymous (non-logged-in users). Since anonymous users do not have an account, comment editing is cookie based, which limits the editing experience to the user's current session.
With Unlimited Editing enabled, users are shown a "Click to Edit" button with no timer present.
Users will be able to edit their comment as long as unlimited editing is enabled.
Enable email notifications and comment logging to keep track of edits.
Enabling comment editing is a great way for users to fix their own mistakes when leaving a comment.
Comment Editing Requires Comment Edit Lite. Comment Edit Lite is a free plugin on the WordPress Plugin Directory.
As of Comment Edit Pro 3.0, there is no longer a requirement to have Comment Edit Lite installed. However, if you want comment editing, Comment Edit Lite must be activated.
By default, users have 5 minutes to edit their comment. You can adjust this value to make the timer shorter or longer.
Be careful of long edit times. Comment editing is cookie based, so having a reasonable time is recommended.
When you adjust the timer, new comments will be able to edit for the number of minutes you have set.
One requested feature was for allowing the timer to be canceled when a user is done editing.
If the timer is available, a "Cancel Timer" button will be shown.
Clicking "Cancel Timer" will stop editing for the comment.
Comment Logging is taking an extra precaution when users edit their comments. If you have a long timer or unlimited editing enabled, logging will store all edits of a comment.
The edited comment is stored on the individual comment in the admin, and you can easily revert back to the original comment.
With Comment Logging and Stats enabled, when a user leaves a comment, it is stored for reference so you can keep track of edits for a particular comment.
You can check out the edits for the comment, and even restore a previous edit.
Here's a quick demo of reverting a comment.
Manage comments on the frontend of your site
Frontend Editing is by far the most favorite feature of Comment Edit Pro.
It's easy to enable. Just toggle the frontend editing option in the admin settings, save, and you're good to go.
Most themes display an "Edit" link when you are logged in and viewing a comment on the frontend.
The default behavior is to take you to the backend comments section.
Comment Edit Pro overrides this behavior and launches a modal where you can edit the comment without having to visit the admin.
If you are logged in and the author of the post or an Editor/Admin, you can simple click the "Edit" link for the individual comment.
Frontend editing depends on having an "Edit" button in the individual comment. If your theme does not provide this button, frontend editing will not work.
Here's a quick demo of frontend editing in action.
When the modal launches, you can edit just about every aspect of the comment.
The following features are available in the popup modal:
Edit the commenters name, email address, and URL
Edit the comment
Change the comment status (approved, pending, spam)
Delete the comment
A shortcut to the comment in the admin
The frontend moderation menu is a small meatball icon on the frontend of a comment.
It expands to reveal editing options:
Editing a comment
Approving a comment
Marking a comment as pending (moderated)
Marking a comment as spam
Deleting a comment
The moderation menu is designed for quick actions, but hidden in a way that isn't so obtrusive.
There are three themes available:
Enable custom avatars to add some fun to your comment section
Enabling comment avatars is simple. By default, the comment system uses a service called Gravatars. Not everyone has a Gravatar, so this functionality will allow all users to have their own avatars.
Gravatars and Privacy: Gravatars can potentially leak privacy information if your Gravatar is public and you attempt to leave an anonymous comment using your regular email address. Custom avatars hopes to solve this issue.
You can disable/enable avatars for Logged-in users and Anonymous users.
Further options allow you to customize the avatar size, and change the label that prompts the user to change their avatar.
When leaving a comment, you and your users can select an avatar to associate with your comment.
Logged-in Users: Setting/editing an Avatar will change your avatar everywhere.
User selected avatars will show up in the comments section.
Logged-in users can edit their avatars at any time by clicking on their avatar in the comments section.
Editing Avatars: at this time there is no option in the user profile section to change avatars for logged-in users.
An admin or someone who can moderate comments can also change a commenter's avatar in the comments section in the admin.
You can modify how Comment Edit Pro looks on the frontend through the appearance settings.
Within the Appearance tab, you can:
Show or hide the timer
Set the timer to Words or Compact
Change the button theme
Change the loading image
By default, the timer is shown. However, if you don't want to display a timer at all, you can uncheck this option.
By default, the timer is shown as words.
You can also choose compact to appear more like a countdown.
By default, there are no frontend styles applied to the editing buttons. You can change this by selecting a button theme.
If you select any of the button themes, you'll be asked if you'd like to enable icons.
Enabling icons is recommended to give your buttons a nice boost in appearance with contextual icons.
By default, the editing interface and buttons has no styles.
However, there are three themes you can take advantage of to spruce up the editing interface.
Turning on Icons: If you choose a button theme, it is highly recommended to enable icons.
You can modify any text string that is shown to the end user in the translations section.
If you enable email notifications, you will receive an email with a before and after of the comment edit.
Within this section you can:
Enable email notifications
Set an email address to send the comments to
Set an email address for the "From" field in the email.
Set the subject of the email
Recommended SMTP (Email) Plugin: WP Mail SMTP.
Sending Emails: Comment Edit Pro is not an email or SMTP plugin. If you have set up email successfully on your site, Comment Edit Pro will use that mechanism.
Here is a sample of the emails you will receive.
As you can see, the email contains the original comment and the edited one.
With logs enabled, you can also see a history of all the edits a commenter makes.
Comment Character Control (CCC) will display a progress bar to indicate that the user has the right length for their comment when leaving a comment.
Your Comment Section: With Comment Character Control (CCC) enabled, this will modify your comment textarea and will enforce a minimum and maximum character count.
Here's what the user will see when they are leaving a fresh comment on your site:
Enabling Comment Character Control (CCC): You must set a minimum and maximum length for CCC to work.
Please see below for how Comment Character Control works.
Sometimes comments are left in haste or in the moment, and the user would simply like to remove the comment rather than edit it. Allowing users to delete their comments is a nice way of self-policing their comments.
Comment deletion is enabled by default
When a user edits a comment, they will see a button allowing them to delete their own comment.
When a user chooses to delete their own comment, a confirmation is shown.
The "Delete Only" option is designed to only show the Delete option when editing a comment. The Edit button isn't visible, but a Delete option instead.
When editing their comment, the Delete button is shown.
By default, a confirmation is shown to the user to prevent accidental clicks.
You can disable or enable this confirmation by toggling the setting.
Here is the behavior of a user deleting a comment.
As you can see, when a user deletes a comment, a status update shows and the comment is removed from view.
Protect your user's privacy by hiding their avatar
By default, WordPress will show a comment avatar next to a comment based on a user's email address.
These avatars are powered by Gravatar.
Comment Avatars: if Comment Avatars are enabled, the Gravatar Privacy Protection options are not applicable
With Gravatar Privacy Protection enabled, a commenter can choose not to display their avatar when their comment is loaded.
After a user checks the opt-in box, the avatar will be hidden.
Allow commenters to mention other users in their comments
Enabling @ Mentions in the comment section allows others to mention people in their comments.
@ Mentions is in Beta: This feature has a lot of moving parts and it was decided to release the feature while it is still working out the finer details.
In addition, people who leave comments can opt-in to receiving notifications if someone has mentioned them in a comment.
Opt-in is Site-wide: When a user opts-in, they are sent an email to confirm their subscription. This enables comment mentions for the user site-wide.
Get Subscribers From Your Comment Section
Mailchimp is by far the largest provider for newsletters. Adding Mailchimp to your comment section is a no-brainer and is an easy way to get more subscribers through comments.
With Mailchimp enabled in Comment Edit Pro, you'll see a checkbox just above the submit button.
You'll find Mailchimp in the Integrations tab in Comment Edit Pro. If you're setting it up for the first time, you'll see an enable toggle switch.
Once Mailchimp is enabled, you can enter your Mailchimp API key.
Mailchimp API Key: Please view the Mailchimp documentation on retrieving your API key.
Once you have entered your API key, you will need to save the options so that you can select a list.
Once a list is selected, you can configure and save the options.
You can customize:
The sign-up label: this will show above the comment submit button.
The checked state: you can check or uncheck the sign-up option.
Checked by default: having the box checked may affect spam protection in some countries.
With Mailchimp set up, you will now see a checkbox above the submit button for subscribing to a list.
If this feature proves popular and users request it, there is a plan to allow a Mailchimp list per post setting.
Check out the integrations to third-party services
You can find existing integrations by visiting the Integrations tab in Comment Edit pro.
You'll find two available services:
ConvertKit
Mailchimp
Slack
Get Flodesk Subscribers From Your Comment Section
Flodesk customers filter their subscribers into segments and have a robust custom-field solution.
Visit the Flodesk settings in the Integrations tab. Click on "Enable Flodesk." You'll be prompted to enter your Flodesk API key
Log into your Flodesk account and hover over your profile section. From there, head to Integrations.
Click on the API Keys tab to create a new API key.
When creating a new API key, you'll be presented with a modal, where you can copy your key.
Input your API Key and click on "Connect to Flodesk."
If your credentials are correct, you'll be able to select between adding subscribers to a segment.
You'll want to select at least one Segment to assign subscribers to.
Adding Custom Fields is straightforward. Just map each custom field to a comment field.
You can also add your own custom fields.
You can also set the sign-up label, and whether double-opt-in is enabled.
The user will see a Subscribe checkbox, and if they subscribe, the user will be sent an email for an opt-in request.
Receive a Slack Notification for New and Edited Comments
Slack integration is now available for Comment Edit Pro. You can receive a Slack notification for new comments, and even edited comments.
To retrieve your Webhook URL for Slack, please follow the first 3 steps in the guide below.
Once your Slack webhook is set up and configured, you can now receive notifications each time a new comment is posted.
You can also choose to have comments in moderation sent, and also allow notifications upon an edited comment.
Get ConvertKit Subscribers From Your Comment Section
Several of our customers have requested a ConvertKit integration as it's cheaper than Mailchimp, and a bit more focused on ease-of-use and striking designs.
Visit the ConvertKit settings in the Integrations tab. Click on "Enable ConvertKit." You'll be prompted to enter your ConvertKit API key and secret key.
Log in to your ConvertKit account and go to the settings screen, which you can get to by clicking on your avatar on the top right.
Once on the settings page, scroll down until you see the Advanced section. Click on the Advanced section to get your API keys.
You will then be presented with your API Key and API Secret. These keys are what you would input into the ConvertKit integration.
Input your API Key and Secret Key into the settings and click on "Connect to ConvertKit."
If your credentials are correct, you'll be able to select between adding subscribers to a form, or add subscribers to just tags.
Using Forms: a current best practice is to create a phantom form and attach your subscribers based on the form name. The benefit of using forms over tags is that tagged subscribers are automatically subscribed with no double-opt-in. If a subscriber is attached to a form, it will ensure double-opt-in so you don't get in trouble with the spam police.
If you are choosing the form route, simply click on the form you'd like the subscribers added to.
Using Tags: if you choose to use Tags instead of forms, please be aware that users will be added without the 2nd opt-in in the double-opt-in workflow.
Additionally, you can add tags to the subscribers. If a tag doesn't exist, you can create a new one.
Adding Custom Fields to subscribers allows you to pass on extra information about that user to ConvertKit.
When you view a user's profile, these custom fields will be present.
You can also use custom values for the custom field. Just select "Custom Value" from the dropdown and you'll be presented with a text box. Click the "X" button to go back to the dropdown.
The last options allow you to set what the user sees on the frontend. You can set the opt-in checkbox text, and also whether the checkbox is enabled by default. To comply with spam rules, it is highly recommended to have this unchecked. Most countries require double-opt-in.
The users see a subscribe checkbox above the comment submit button.
Once the comment is posted, the commenter is sent a subscribe email.
If all is well, the subscriber is added to ConvertKit with the custom fields and tags associated with the subscriber.
Get MailerLite Subscribers From Your Comment Section
If you want to add MailerLite to your comment form but have yet to migrate to the newer version, you can use the Classic option to connect to MailerLite.
Visit the MailerLite settings in the Integrations tab.
Click on "Enable MailerLite." You'll be prompted to whether to enable MailerLite Classic.
You'll want to enable to Toggle for "Enable MailerLite Classic."
Log into your MailerLite account and hover over your profile and find the Integrations section.
Find the section for API and click the "Use" button.
One on the APIs screen, you'll find your API key. You may need to create one if it doesn't exist yet.
Input your API Key and click on "Connect to MailerLite."
Groups are like tags, and if you have any, they'll be listed in this section.
You can also add your own Groups (tags) and refresh them if they are updated elsewhere.
With Custom Fields, you can map all of your MailerLite fields to the various comment fields available.
You're also able to refresh your Fields and add in new ones. If you need to delete any fields, I recommend doing so in the MailerLite interface.
All Fields created using this integration will have the type of 'text.'
You can also set the sign-up label, whether to enable double-optin, and to have the signup checkbox enabled or disabled by default.
The user will see a Subscribe checkbox. If they subscribe, they will receive an email with an opt-in request.
A successful subscriber adds the user to the correct groups and data mapped.
Get MailerLite Subscribers From Your Comment Section
MailerLite is a more polished and fully featured newsletter solution designed for marketers. It's also much easier to use than most newsletter solutions.
This guide works for the newer version of MailerLite. Please see the MailerLite Classic documentation on how to connect MailerLite Classic to your comment section.
Visit the MailerLite settings in the Integrations tab. Click on "Enable MailerLite." You'll be prompted to enter your MailerLite API key.
Log into your MailerLite account and find the Integrations tab on the left.
Find the section for API and click the "Use" button.
One on the APIs screen, click the button for "Generate New Token."
Name the token something memorable and create the token.
Once you've clicked on "Create Token", you're presented with your token (API key). Save this somewhere you can access it later such as in a password manager. You'll use this token in the Comment Edit Pro MailerLite integration settings.
Input your API Key and click on "Connect to MailerLite."
Groups are like tags, and if you have any, they'll be listed in this section.
You can also add your own Groups (tags) and refresh them if they are updated elsewhere.
With Custom Fields, you can map all of your MailerLite fields to the various comment fields available.
You're also able to refresh your Fields and add in new ones. If you need to delete any fields, I recommend doing so in the MailerLite interface.
All Fields created using this integration will have the type of 'text.'
You can also set the sign-up label, whether to enable double-optin, and to have the signup checkbox enabled or disabled by default.
The user will see a Subscribe checkbox; if they subscribe, they will be sent an email for an opt-in request.
If the user subscribes, you will be able to view the subscriber and see all of the mapped custom fields and groups.
It'll also have an opt-in date should you choose to disable double opt-in.
Tools help make your commenting life much better.
There are several tools in Comment Edit Pro, with more to come. Currently there are two tools available, which allow you to set a comment expiration based on post activity, and the ability to enable/disable comments site-wide per post type.
Comment Edit Pro supports Akismet, reCAPTCHA 3, and Cloudflare Turnstile for spam protection.
Akismet is an anti-spam measure
is a great way to protect your comment section from spam.
If you have a personal or non-commercial site, you can get .
Akismet Settings: With the Akismet plugin installed, you can find the Akismet settings under Settings->Akismet or with Jetpack, Jetpack->Akismet.
Some users use Akismet for purposes other than comments. If you don't want Akismet protection for comments, you can disable this.
If you want to skip Akismet protection for logged-in users, you can disable this option.
With comment editing, each edited comment is checked for spam when Akismet is enabled.
You can disable this option if you want Akismet protection turned off for edited comments.
You can disable Akismet from checking any new pingbacks or trackbacks.
Expire your comments when posts are inactive, not just after several days.
The default behavior of WordPress is to expire a post after 14 days. This feature changes that up.
You can now set up expiration based on post activity. If a post gets updated, or a new comment is posted, the clock resets.
Since expiration goes off of last activity, the number of days will be the amount without any activity.
You can choose to enable this feature for some post types or all post types.
By enabling per-post overrides, each post, page, or post type will have a sidebar option so that you can set the expiration at the post label.
reCAPTCHA 3 is an invisible captcha for your comment form
You can find reCAPTCHA in the Integrations tab for Comment Edit Pro.
Visit the documentation above on how to create your reCAPTCHA 3 keys. The interface will look like this:
If you don't want to show reCAPTCHA 3 for your logged-in users, you can check this option.
For advanced users, if you have a different comment form ID and/or submit button ID, you can enter those here (without the # sign).
reCAPTCHA ranks submissions on a scale of 0-1, with 1 being the best score.
By default, this is set to 0.5, but you can set this higher or lower depending on your audience.
Turnstile is Cloudflare's non-interactive Captcha and is an alternative to reCAPTCHA 3.
is an alternative to reCAPTCHA 3 and is a non-interactive captcha replacement.
Turnstile can be used even if you do not host your sites with Cloudflare.
It works by sending a "challenge", and if that challenge succeeds, you should be able to complete an action (e.g., submitting a comment).
The challenge is dynamic, so if a particular challenge isn't effective anymore, the Turnstile widget can adapt to a new challenge automatically without having to do anything.
When enabling Turnstile, you can choose to enable it for logged-in users.
You'll also be prompted to retrieve a "Sitekey" and "Secret Key."
Additional options allow you to determine:
The language used (set to Auto for auto-detection)
The widget appearance (light or dark mode)
The widget size (compact or normal)
The final option, the Submit button ID, is so we can add Turnstile to the submit button on your comment form. Since every comment form is unique, you'll have to input the ID for the submit button if it's not a standard comment section.
When a user starts typing into the comment textarea, Turnstile is initiated.
A Turnstile widget is shown and if successful, it'll pass a token back.
Comment Edit Pro takes this token and verifies it when the comment is submitted.
for hosting user avatars. If a user has a valid Gravatar, they can skip the spam check.
can help you retrieve your sitekey and secret key.
Test keys: Test keys are shown in the .
Set the comment status for each post type.
For each post type on the site, you can:
Hide the Comment Section
Enable discussion settings by default (for new items only)
Force comments open, closed, or leave as-is.
Force pingbacks open, closed, or leave as-is.
If you ever want to blanket show or hide comments, the per-post-type settings will prove beneficial.
Extend Comment Edit Pro programatically.
Coming soon.
There are common actions for Comment Edit Pro.
Coming soon.
Enable some shortcuts, which are added to existing menu items unobtrusively.
Comment Shortcuts enable comment-related items that are shown in existing admin menu items.
For example, there is the Comments menu in the left sidebar. With Comment Shortcuts, you can add the main comment tabs in order to save you a few clicks.
You can configure what displays by heading to the Tools menu and clicking on Comment Shortcuts.
From there, you can configure what displays, and even enable or disable the Count Bubbles next to each menu item.
The next option allows you to hide the comments menu bar item in the admin bar.
You can hide the menu item with one click. If you do have the admin bar item enabled, the next section will cover shortcuts within the admin bar item itself.
When in the admin, you can hover over the Comments admin bar menu item and see the available shortcuts, which are very similar to the options shown in the admin sidebar.
In the admin bar in the admin, you can view:
Approved comments
Pending comments
Spam comments
Trash comments
On the frontend, there are several more options if you are viewing a post with comments.
In addition to the shortcuts to the site's comments, there are several Post Shortcuts.
View approved comments for the post
View pending comments for a post
View spam comments for a post
View trashed comments for a post
There are several advanced options as well:
Close or open comments for a post
Hide or show comments for a post
Delete post comments
You can adjust what is shown in the admin bar through the shortcut options.
If you're ever in a situation where you need to remove all of the post's comments, you can do so with the Delete Post Comments shortcut.
It'll pop-up a modal where you can confirm deletion, and even skip the trash for the deleted comments.
The delete option will delete 30 comments at a time in order to not timeout on your server.
Webhooks allow you to talk to third-party services when a comment is posted
When clicking on "Add New Webhook", a modal will display which will have the webhook options.
You'll need to add in a webhook URL, a request method, and request format.
Please refer to your webhook documentation on what the webhook is compatible with.
You're also able to set the Request Headers and Request Body. Your webhook documentation will have the parameters that you should set.
Finally, you can configure what triggers the webhook. By default, Comment Edit Pro will ping the webhook on approved and pending comments.
When editing a comment in the admin, you'll see a Webhooks section and it'll display the status of the webhook request.
Webhooks can be complicated, so if you run into any issues, please contact support.