Hide Commenter IP Addresses From Non-Administrators
Hides commenters' IP addresses in the Comments screens for editors, moderators and authors, so only administrators can see this personal data.
Snippet Library
WordPress code snippets, ready to use
3,040 free snippets from the WPIDE team and the community. Copy the code, or add any snippet to your site in one click with WPIDE.
Hide Comments in the Admin From Users Who Cannot Moderate
Removes the Comments menu, admin bar bubble and screen for users without moderation rights, such as authors and contributors.
Hide Email Addresses From Spam Bots
Encodes every email address and mailto link in posts, widgets and comments so people see them normally but simple harvesting bots cannot read them.
Hide Pingbacks From the Recent Comments Widget
Leaves pingbacks and trackbacks out of the Recent Comments widget and the Latest Comments block, so they show only real conversations.
Hide Staff Replies in the Recent Comments Widget
Leaves comments written by authors, editors and administrators out of the Recent Comments widget, so it highlights what readers are saying.
Hide the "Logged in as" Line Above Comments
Removes the "Logged in as … Edit your profile. Log out?" line from the top of the comment form for a cleaner look on member sites.
Highlight Comments by the Post Author
Gives replies written by the author of the post a colored left border so readers can spot them in long threads.
Hold Comments Written in All Capitals
Sends comments that are mostly in capital letters to the moderation queue instead of publishing them straight away.
Honeypot Field for Comment Spam
Adds a hidden field to the comment form that people never see but many bots fill in. Comments that fill it are rejected before reaching the database.
Include Custom Comment Fields in Privacy Exports and Erasures
Adds extra comment fields stored as comment meta (such as a phone number or rating) to personal data exports, and removes them during erasure requests.
JavaScript Check Against Comment Spam Bots
Adds a hidden field to the comment form that only a real browser running JavaScript fills in; comments without it go to the spam queue instead of moderation.
Jump-to-Comments Link in the Middle of Posts
Adds a small "Join the discussion" link with the comment count halfway through posts, so engaged readers find the comments faster.
Keep Akismet Spam Longer Before Deleting
Changes how long Akismet keeps caught spam before deleting it (15 days by default), giving you more time to rescue legitimate comments marked as spam.
Keep Mixed-Direction Names Readable
Wraps comment author names and post author names in a bidi-isolate element so a Hebrew or Arabic name does not scramble the punctuation around it on a left-to-right page (and vice versa).
Last 7 Days Compared Widget
Adds a dashboard widget comparing new posts, comments and user registrations from the last seven days with the seven days before, with up and down arrows.
Latest Comment Teaser Inside Long Posts
Shows a short quote from the most recent approved comment two thirds of the way through a post, with a link to the discussion.
LearnDash: Turn Off Comments on Lessons and Quizzes
Closes comments on LearnDash lessons, topics and quizzes, and hides existing ones, while leaving comments on courses and blog posts alone.
Let Visitors Report Inappropriate Comments
Adds a "Report" link to each comment; moderators get an email on the first report and the comment is held for review after three reports.
LifterLMS: Turn Off Comments on Lessons and Quizzes
Closes and hides comments on LifterLMS lessons and quizzes without affecting comments on your blog posts.
Load comment-reply.js Only When Needed
Stops the threaded comments script from loading on pages that have no open comments or where threading is turned off.
Mark Each Block in the Page Source for Administrators
Wraps every rendered block in HTML comments with its name, such as core/group or a plugin's block, when an administrator views a page with ?wpide_blocks=1, to see which block produced which markup.
Member Dashboard Shortcode
Adds a [wpide_account] shortcode that greets the logged-in member and shows their avatar, membership details, recent posts and comments, and account links.
Minimum and Maximum Comment Length
Rejects comments shorter than 15 characters or longer than 5,000 characters. Moderators are not limited.
Modern Comment List Styles
Restyles the comment list as soft cards with round avatars, a highlighted post author and thin lines that show reply threads.