Comment Experience by Progress Planner (formerly Yoast Comment Hacks)
500+ active installs · Rated 3.5/5 · Updated November 10, 2025
A plugin that adds a set of small improvements to the built-in WordPress comment system. It offers cleaner notification emails, an optional comment policy commenters must accept, minimum and maximum comment lengths, a thank-you redirect for first-time commenters and tools to email commenters directly. It suits blogs that want to tidy up comment handling without replacing it. The plugin is free.
Pros
- Free, GPL licence
- Cleaner comment notification emails
- Optional comment policy that commenters must accept
- Minimum and maximum comment length
Cons
- 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
Topics: Comments plugins
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