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"Make comments management easier by applying some of the simple hacks the Yoast team uses. Make comments management easier by applying some of the simple hacks the Yoast team uses. This plugin adds some small hacks around core WordPress comments to make them more bearable: Cleaner comment notification emails. The option to disallow comments below a certain length. The option to redirect first time commenters to a thank you page. An input field on the comment edit screen to change the comment parent ID. Links in the admin comments section to email individual commenters. A button in the WP toolbar to email all the commenters on a post. See the screenshots to get an even better idea of the plugins functionality."

"Comments Evolved ( formerly Google+ Comments for WordPress ) makes the comment section tabbed seamlessly adding tabs for Comments & More Comments Evolved ( formerly Google+ Comments for WordPress ) makes the comment section tabbed seamlessly adding tabs for G+ Comments, Facebook, Disqus, WordPress Comments, and Trackbacks"

"The Disqus comment system replaces your WordPress comment system with your comments hosted and powered by Disqus. Disqus, pronounced "discuss", is a service and tool for web comments and discussions. Disqus makes commenting easier and more interactive, while connecting websites and commenters across a thriving discussion community. The Disqus for WordPress plugin seamlessly integrates using the Disqus API and by syncing with WordPress comments."

"Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to post type. Multisite friendly. This plugin allows administrators to globally disable comments on any post type (posts, pages, attachments, etc.) so that these settings cannot be overridden for individual posts. It also removes all comment-related fields from edit and quick-edit screens. On multisite installations, it can be used to disable comments on the entire network."

"Subscribe to Comments Reloaded allows commenters to sign up for e-mail notifications of subsequent replies. Subscribe to Comments Reloaded is a robust plugin that enables commenters to sign up for e-mail notification of subsequent entries. The plugin includes a full-featured subscription manager that your commenters can use to unsubscribe to certain posts or suspend all notifications. It solves most of the issues that affect Mark Jaquith's version, using the latest WordPress features and functionality. Plus, allows administrators to enable a double opt-in mechanism, requiring users to confirm their subscription clicking on a link they will receive via email."

This Wordpress plugin allows you to add additional fields for users to complete when submitting a comment. The extra data will be saved in the wp database and can be retrieved when showing a post's list of comments. The extra comment variables will show up in the list of comments in your Wordpress admin and are editable through the standard admin comment edit page.

"Based on the well known Subscribe-to-Comments PlugIn, but now with double-opt-in feature to prevent spam. Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry, with double-opt-in Feature. First, the user will get an e-mail with a confirmation link, after the user has confirmed the subscription, he or she will be noticed about new comments. Plugin based on Mark Jaquith "Subscribe to Comments"."

"Postmatic lets your readers subscribe by email when they leave a comment. Subsequent comments and replies will land in their inbox, just like with Mailpoet, Jetpack or Subscribe to Comments. Except now with Postmatic, they can comment back and keep the conversation going just by hitting reply. They never have to leave their inbox."

Yoast Comment Hacks combine 5 modules that once existed as separate plugins. There is no need to use outdated, and separate plugins to manage your comments.

This plugin adds an extra required field in the comment form. This is actually a checkbox with a link to your comment policy page. The visitor must accept the provided comment policy in order to submit a comment.

"Accessible AJAX Comments This is a plug-in derived from the Accessible AJAX comments library built for the WordPress Theme Accessibility Pattern Library (https://github.com/wpaccessibility/a11ythemepatterns/tree/master/comment-form-with-js-aria) Please make pull requests or raise issues in the WP Accessibility pattern library, unless the issues are specific to the plug-in implementation. "

Fighting Comment Spam on a WordPress blog is a never ending battle. Since I provide DoFollow options and use 2 plugins that reward commenters even more: CommentLuv and KeywrodLuv - I get a LOT of comment spam.

Subscribe to Comments Reloaded allows commenters to sign up for e-mail notifications of subsequent replies.

"Subscribe to Comments Reloaded allows commenters to sign up for e-mail notifications of subsequent replies."

"Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to post type. "

"The Rating-Widget Ratings plugin allows you to create and manage ratings from within your WordPress dashboard. You can embed ratings into your posts, pages or comments. PLUS, you can embed ratings into your BuddyPress activity updates and comments. In extra, the rating support BP's bbPress forum posts ratings. All Rating-Widget ratings are fully customizable, cross-browser, support multi-language, CSS3 compliant and hosted by Rating-Widget.com. You can create unlimited ratings and collect unlimited votes. The rating editor allows you to fully customize your ratings and its placement on your blog's layout. You can also avail of the the 'Top Rated' widget that will allow you to place the widget in your sidebar. This widget will show you the top rated posts, pages and comments."

Welcome to the Challenge plugin documentation page. Challenge is a WordPress plugin based on and improved over Steve Herod's "Did you pass math?" plugin, Challenge restricts comment spam by throwing the commenter a challenge. The default challenge is an addition and multiplication math question. The challenge and the answer can also be user-defined. They can be of anything including PHP-evaluatable expressions. The positions of the challenge and the answer are also customizable via the plugin's own 'Options' page in the Wordpress Admin page. This plugin can also be used to ensure the commenter's basic intelligence before he/she/it leaves a comment.

Redirect commenters who just made their first comment to a page of your choice.

WP-Optimize is a wordpress 2.7+ database cleanup and optimization tool. It doesn't require PhpMyAdmin to optimize your database tables. It allows you to remove post revisions, comments in the spam queue, un-approved comments within few clicks.

WP-Optimize is a wordpress 2.7+ database cleanup and optimization tool. It doesn't require PhpMyAdmin to optimize your database tables. It allows you to remove post revisions, comments in the spam queue, un-approved comments within few clicks.

"P2 is a theme for WordPress that transforms a mild-mannered blog into a super-blog with features like inline comments on the homepage, a posting form right on the homepage, inline editing of posts and comments, real-time updates so new posts and comments come in without reloading, and much more."

Recommending the former option, I would like to share with you 7 of the amazing techniques that can be used for reducing WordPress comment spam. So, let's get started with these methods.