Clean up comment spam by URL pattern, schedule auto-cleanups, block bots with a honeypot, and auto-score comment quality — all in one panel.
Alternatives to Gmail Comment Approval
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Add a new comment moderator user role to your site.
Allow your users to edit their comments for a period of time. Adjust the comment timer and save some admin headaches.
Don't disable comments — fix them. AI-assisted moderation, zero spam, ad-free — syncs back to your WordPress database. The Disqus alternative.
Disable comments globally on all posts or certain post types. Delete all comments at once, by post type or comment status. Manage links in comments.
Moderate WordPress comments, filter spam, and publish helpful AI-assisted replies with CommentMind.
A modern discussion layer for WordPress. Your comments stay native WordPress comments — always.
A fast, privacy-first Disqus alternative for WordPress: threaded comments, reactions, and ML spam filtering. No ads, no tracking, no data resale.
Choose who gets WordPress comment emails: send moderation and new comment notifications to your own list of addresses and the post author.
Route WordPress comment moderation notification emails to a different address for each language on your WPML multilingual site.