Social Login vs Comment Experience by Progress Planner (formerly Yoast Comment Hacks)
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| Feature | Social Login v5.10.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details | Comment Experience by Progress Planner (formerly Yoast Comment Hacks) v2.1.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5,000+ | 500+ |
| Last updated | December 2, 2024 | November 10, 2025 |
| Editions | Social Login · Social Login Premium ($) | Comment Experience |
| Pros | Sign-in buttons for login, registration and comment forms; Users can link several social accounts to one profile; Works with BuddyPress and WooCommerce forms | Free, GPL licence; Cleaner comment notification emails; Optional comment policy that commenters must accept; Minimum and maximum comment length |
| Cons | Every sign-in goes through the OneAll API service; Some features need the premium version enabled in a OneAll account; Site depends on a third-party service for login | Changes core comment behaviour, so test it on a staging copy first; Does not add spam filtering or storage; Notification email links point at an IP lookup service |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Social sign-in buttons on login and registration screens, Social login on comment forms, Link social networks to an existing account, Social profile avatars, Social login widget | Comment policy that commenters must accept, Minimum and maximum comment length, Cleaner comment notification emails, Filtered comment notification recipients, Mailto link on comment rows, Redirect after posting a comment, Comment Experience settings page |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | BuddyPress, Profile Builder | Progress Planner |
| Other | OneAll API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 5.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.oneall.com | — |
| Shortcodes | 3 | — |