Simple Comment Editing vs Comment Experience by Progress Planner (formerly Yoast Comment Hacks)
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| Feature | Simple Comment Editing v3.4.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 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 | 2,000+ | 500+ |
| Last updated | September 11, 2026 | November 10, 2025 |
| Editions | Simple Comment Editing | Comment Experience |
| Pros | Commenters can fix typos for a short window; Optional WooCommerce review rating field; Optional Mailchimp subscribe checkbox | Free, GPL licence; Cleaner comment notification emails; Optional comment policy that commenters must accept; Minimum and maximum comment length |
| Cons | Edit window is short, five minutes for anonymous users; Mailchimp option needs an API key; Advanced changes need filters | 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 | Edit own comments for a time window, Settings page, WooCommerce review rating fields, Mailchimp subscribe checkbox on comment form | 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 | ||
| Mailchimp | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | Progress Planner |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | No | No |