wpDiscuz vs Comment Experience by Progress Planner (formerly Yoast Comment Hacks)
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| Feature | wpDiscuz v7.6.73 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 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 | 60,000+ | 500+ |
| Last updated | October 25, 2026 | November 10, 2025 |
| Editions | wpDiscuz · wpDiscuz add-ons ($) | Comment Experience |
| Pros | Comments stored in the site's own WordPress database; AJAX comments, threaded replies, voting and ratings; Social login and reCAPTCHA in the free core | Free, GPL licence; Cleaner comment notification emails; Optional comment policy that commenters must accept; Minimum and maximum comment length |
| Cons | Some options appear as locked previews until a paid add-on is bought; Some features depend on third-party provider settings; Admin add-on screens and paid teasers add to the settings screens | Changes core comment behaviour, so test it on a staging copy first; Does not add spam filtering or storage; Notification email links point at an IP lookup service |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | AJAX comment posting and live comment area, Comment voting and post ratings, Email subscriptions to posts and comment threads, Social login with a dozen or more providers, Google reCAPTCHA on the comment form, Comments shortcode for any page, Paid add-ons managed from the wpDiscuz admin ($) | 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 | ||
| Social | Facebook Graph API, Google sign-in, LinkedIn API, Instagram API, Disqus | — |
| Plugins | — | Progress Planner |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.x.com, graph.qq.com, openapi.baidu.com, www.google.com, graph.facebook.com, api.instagram.com, api.linkedin.com, oauth2.googleapis.com, api.weibo.com, id.vk.ru, oauth.yandex.ru, api.weixin.qq.com, disqus.com, public-api.wordpress.com | — |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 3 | — |