Comment Tools Pro

Comment Tools Pro brings comment link settings, moderation rules, and reader participation functions to WordPress discussions. Choose the controls that fit how your website handles comments.

Manage links and submissions

Remove the site field from the comment form, unlink comment authors, prevent URLs from becoming clickable, or remove HTML link tags. URLs remain visible as text when hyperlinking is disabled. You can also open comment links in a new tab and set their rel value to UGC, follow, or nofollow.

Disable comments across the website or hide existing comments. Bulk actions can delete pending comments, all comments, or spam comments. Users with the required privileges can delete comments or mark them as spam from the front end. Other settings can display a post's update date, set a minimum interval between comments from the same visitor, and limit comment length with custom alert messages.

Keyword or phrase rules can mark matching comments as spam or delete them. The bot check includes a stylesheet or image to the page and sets a cookie when a person loads it in a browser. When a comment is submitted, the plugin checks for that cookie; comments without it can be marked as spam.

Give readers more ways to comment

Commenters can record voice messages and attach pictures, videos, audio, files, and other files. Set allowed file types and maximum upload size, require an attachment, select whether files appear embedded or as links, and allow uploads from everyone or logged-in customers only. Attachments can be moderated manually. Options also cover multiple uploads, image sizes and galleries, and embedding links from services such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

Readers can subscribe to newsletters, upvote or downvote comments, mention usernames, and quote other comments. Comment replies can be collapsed. Email options include notices when a comment is approved, notifications and reminders, and alerts about new comments on a post.

Configure AI replies and sentiment utilities

To use automatic replies, add an OpenAI API key in the comment tools settings. The add-on can respond to approved comments, with a setting to reply to top-level comments or child comments as well. Reply settings control length, imagination, and verbosity.

Sentiment and emotion analysis supports English comments. Display sentiment icons, filter comments as positive, negative, or neutral, and set a threshold to moderate comments containing profanity or too many negative words. A warning message can ask the commenter to rephrase before submitting.

Export and organize commenter information

Export commenter email addresses or newsletter subscriber details as CSV files. MailChimp integration can add subscribed addresses to a mailing list, and Zapier can connect the plugin to other mailing platforms. Additional tools include a top commenters widget, pinned or private comments, a shortcode to show comments on one page, and options to email commenters from the dashboard.

Install and configure

1. Install and activate Comment Tools Pro on the WordPress site where comments are enabled.
2. Open the comment tools settings and choose the link, moderation, interaction, and notification options you need.
3. For AI replies, add an OpenAI API key in the settings and choose which approved comments should receive automatic responses.
4. Review the comment area and adjust the settings to fit the site's discussion workflow.