Cool WordPress Plugins for Comments
Last week on Twitter I asked everyone about their favorite WordPress Plugins, specifically for the Comments section.
There were some great responses, so I thought I would share those here for you to check out as well…
PPCmom (Jen) asked How do you “nest” comments on your blog, Lynn? I like how comments and replies are threaded.
My reply: Good question – I outsourced that, but I’ll ask 
@PaulShort: “Threaded comments are built in to WordPress, but your theme or design has to be set to display it that way. There are options in WP that allow you to do that.”
Paul Short has done most of the custom design and added features that you see here at ClickNewz. If you need ANY WordPress help, including installing any of the plugins below, check out his page at http://wp-guy.com
What Are Your Favorite WordPress Plugins for Comments?
@BobtheTeacher comment relish is awesome; sends an email to someone first time they comment.
Comment relish is a Wordpress plugin developed to send an e-mail message to users who comment on your website who have never commented before. It allows you to send out a genuine thank-you style / relishing message that informs your readers of what else is going on. Details
@CreativeAgentVA Take a look at @Disqus http://disqus.com/comments/
@Marcglon I’m testing Disqus right now for the social integration – all good so far. It’s pretty sexy
Disqus Comments is a comment system and moderation tool for your site. This service lets you add next-gen community management and social web integrations to any site on any platform. Details
@ShannonCole CommentLuv is pretty good. http://bit.ly/14fx4l
@BigGirlBlue I like “comment luv”.
@JanetBarclay Another #wordpress comment plugin suggestion: Comment Luv
CommentLuv will visit the site of the comment author while they type their comment and retrieve a selection of their last blog posts, tweets or digg submissions which they can choose one from to include at the bottom of their comment when they click submit. Details
@kiwichamp latest comment luv has clean RSS so even better – also my vote is “tweet this”
TweetThis Adds a “Tweet This Post” link to every post and page. Shortens URLs. Can automatically tweet new and scheduled blog posts. Customizable. Details
@bradmarolf I’ve found the Action Comments plugin useful for helping build my list- http://bit.ly/1gfzrj
Action Comments ($17) “SNATCHES your visitors’ information from your blog comment forms… and adds them to your mailing list.” Details
@sweatyshop I also use keyword luv
KeywordLuv is a WordPress plugin, which rewards your commentators by separating their name from their keywords in the link to their website in the comments. (Cool) Details
@AndyBeard Lucia’s Linky Love, Ajax Edit Comments
Lucia’s Linky Love: Are you tired of human comment spammers leaving insipid, irrelevant comments just to get link-juice? Lucia’s Linky Love is the dofollow plugin for you! Details
@BradStCroix Here’s one Lynn http://bit.ly/pcv4N – great for product review blogs. Users rate – conversions skyrocket
GD Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating and review system for posts, pages and comments in your blog. You can set many options for displaying the rating stars, and also add widgets into the sidebars for displaying top ratings and other statistics. Details
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What a great collection of wp comment plugins. I really like the idea of the KeywordLuv plugin (used in combination with a dofollow plugin). In the internet & affiliate marketing sphere that could really motivate readers to leave comments on a regular basis. Going to install this on my blog and give it a try.
That was my favorite too, Susanne – and I’m also considering Comment Relish. I’m not a big fan of CommentLuv, but the KeywordLuv seems like a good fit for me.
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I just installed it on AffiliateTreasureChest.com.
Just curious, how do you feel about people including their keywords in the name field when they are leaving a comment. Seems like some bloggers have no problem with it while others prefer to only see your name.
Example – Susanne Myers vs. Susanne the Affiliate Marketing Girl
I prefer a name of course, as that makes it easier to reply and address the reader personally. And if they use a keyword phrase only in the name field, it has to be a pretty good contribution to the discussion or a legitimate question for me to approve it.
This plugin would be a good remedy for that – the best of both worlds. I do use dofollow here on ClickNewz, so it would be beneficial for everyone for me to use it.
I just tested it by commenting on your post (trackback below). You’ll probably have to fish it out of the mod queue or spam bucket though – for some reason my comments get flagged
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Honestly I prefer names over keywords. Keywords in the name field makes it feel more like spam then comment.
I have quite a few of these plugins on my Wordpress blog and they have really helped with the overall asthetics of my blog. My favourite ones have to be the Maxblogpress ping optimiser and the All in One SEO pack. I think these are great for boosting your blog visitor numbers.
What do you dislike about the CommentLuv plugin? I’ve been considering adding it. I’ve loved seeing my posts pop up in the comments I leave on people’s blogs, so I thought my readers would like it, too.
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First, I find it to be a bit buggy on some of the blogs I comment on. It hangs up, doesn’t work, or makes the submission super slow.
Aside from that, it adds a lot of off topic outgoing links to your page. I prefer relevancy to improve Link Reputation, and the KeywordLuv plugin seems like a better option for that. It allows your readers to choose what to link to, and what anchor text to use, without looking “spammy”.
See the example in Susanne’s comments at this post:
http://www.affiliatetreasurechest.com/289/leave-a-comment-gain-a-keyword-rich-link/
I love it!
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That is very cool! I like it! And you’re right about the bugginess of CommentLuv, I forgot about that. If you do use it here, it will be interesting to see how people respond to it and how it works out. I mean, I would hope there isn’t a way for people to abuse it.
Oh, but, if you stop commenting with your name linked – aren’t you going to lose rankings/traction for your name?
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Ok, totally never mind on that last comment. I just need more coffee – I was thinking that you only write in the name of your blog.
Pouring coffee now…
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LOL – having a cup myself
Right, you have the option to just use your name, or use the @ symbol to use a keyword phrase beside your name. I like it!
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Lynn, what do you think about the ethics of Action Comments? I’m not sure I’m OK with being added to someone’s mailing list just because I commented on their site. Isn’t a double opt-in better for building trust?
I don’t like the idea…
As you can tell, I use a double opt-in option here at ClickNewz via Aweber which is my preference & recommendation.
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I use quite a few of these plugins. I especially like Keywordluv, commentluv and Top Commenter. You’re right in that there is some risk of spamming with respect to these plugins, but my blogs aren’t overly popular in terms of comments, so it’s still reasonable for me to screen all of the comments before they appear.
Thanks for the list.
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I LOVE the way keyword luv looks. I have already made my personal blog do-follow and added comment luv, but the keyword luv needs to go up next.
Thanks!
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I prefer KeywordLuv over CommentLuv. It gives the reader much more control over the link and anchor text. CommentLuv is just kind of random, pulling the last post with no control to make it something relevant to the post you’re commenting on – know what I mean? If it were me, I would swap them out instead of running them both
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