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.
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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
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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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Awesome list Lynn! Thanks so much!
I actually found this particular post by doing a search for “enter your name @ your keywords in the name field” to find what the plugin was after seeing it on your other posts. Ironically I end up here.
From what I’ve seen here on this end, I really like the Keyword Luv plugin and plan to install it on my blogs.
I’m also like you in that it has to be a pretty darn good comment for me to approve any with only keywords used for the name. Personally they tend to frustrate me simply because there’s always this wonder in the back of my mind if it is a legitimate comment or just a sly way to sneak in some keywords. (Spam … Grr!)
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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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Lynn, that’s a valid comment. For now, I think I’m generating some love with both tactics, but I completely see where you’re going with that.
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Nice list of wordpress plugins shared here. Most of it, I haven’t heard of. Will check it out. Thanks for sharing such a list. Now, who says twitter is just a waste of time?
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I just added KeywordLuv,CommentLuv and Top Commenters to my blog. I’m really excited about the possibilities they offer.
First of all, is a nice site you have here. Although l agree that keywordluv is a great plugin, for people like me who is just starting to use, how to do l stop the spammers.
Hey Lynn -
I’m looking for a plugin that I’m almost positive I had seen before somewhere. Sorry, it’s not a comment plugin so this is a bit off topic but I was hoping maybe you or someone else reading along could help.
(That is if you can decifer my probably not-so-great description of this plugin, lol!)
I believe this plugin will automatically link to a previous post when you mention something along the same topic in a new post.
Oh wow – I sure hope someone can understand what I’m trying to say here {blush}.
If I didn’t completely make this up in my mind and someone knows what in the world I’m talking about … I’d greatly appreciate it!
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Sounds like the Related Posts Plugin
Not sure if it’s called that, but a search on Google for those 3 words should get you what you’re looking for!
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Thanks bunches for your quick response Lynn! GREATLY appreciated!
I *hate* to sound like a pest here but I did manage to figure out the “related posts” part so far but I think I forgot to mention one crucial detail in my description.
(The crucial detail that will hopefully save me the hours needed to search through all of the related posts plugins available – and let me say – there are a TON of them …)
The crucial detail being … that this plugin doesn’t simply add a list of related posts to the bottom of your new post but directly in the content.
For example, let’s say I was writing a new post about Red Widgets but in this new post I mention the words Blue Widgets. The plugin will automatically find and link the words Blue Widgets to a previous post I made about Blue Widgets.
Does that help lessen the search area?
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Lynn:
As always, great stuff here. You did a post not too long ago where you talked about how you’re making your blog more “user friendly” for Internet Marketers. In it, you talked about the various plugins you use for this blog. One of the plugins automatically inserted the “follow me on Twitter” tagline to each comment. I’m going to continue to dig through your blog to find it, but can you post the link to it here – or at least let me know what plugin I’m trying to find?
Thanks…and I hope 2010 is going well for you. I’ve been following you on Twitter. I see you’re down in Australia again. Sounds fun!
Travis
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Thanks for compiling this list, I am consdering trying some of these out to encourage my visitors to comment more. I get a fair amount of repeat traffic so I just need a push. You comment system seems to be working well.
Have you had any issues with spammers abusing your comments? I mean, besides me.
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Hi, This is really an amazing collection of WordPress comment plug-ins here. I really like the idea of the KeywordLuv and the commentluv plug ins . I believe in the realm of online & affiliate marketing that could really attract readers to leave comments. I thinks these plug-ins can really enhance my site ranking.
Hi Lynn,
This is an awesome list of useful wordpress plugins to encourage commentary on a blog!:) Personally, I have been using CommentLuv, KeywordLuv and the Dofollow plugin to encourage readers to add value to the discussion. Anyway, I might want to implement Comment Relish on my blog as well.
It looks like a pretty good idea to thank a new reader for contributing to the discussion. Just one question, for the dofollow plugin right, is there a specific one that you would recommend because there seems to be quite a few available for installation? Would love to hear your views on this. 
Thank you.
Kind Regards,
Edmund Yeo
Thanks for using the plugins. These wordpress plugins are awesome. What better way to help commentors on your website than sending them a backlink. Thanks again, and awesome blog.
If you want to get creative there are some great plugins out there for comments. But i like to keep it simple and not confuse my readers, some of them are quite sensitive to this kind of things
Action Comments sounds great but can I make a mailing list just by copying my comment e-mail list? I have all these subscribers in WordPress but don’t understand what they are subscribed to.