About AnyComment

Description

AnyComment is blazing-fast commenting plugin base on React for WordPress. It stands for simplicity & speed. We value feedback, so if you have any failures or suggestions – please let us know in support forum or GitHub! You can simply switch without any migrations from the following plugins: – Jetpack – wpDiscuz – Disqus – Cackle – Hypercomments – Vuukle....

AnyComment is blazing-fast commenting plugin base on React for WordPress.

It stands for simplicity & speed. We value feedback, so if you have any failures or suggestions – please let us know in support forum or GitHub!

You can simply switch without any migrations from the following plugins:
– Jetpack
– wpDiscuz
– Disqus
– Cackle
– Hypercomments
– Vuukle

Resources

Official website
All guides
Configure socials
GitHub repository
VK.com group
Telegram group

Demo

Feel free to use this demo page. Every time new version is released, demo plugin will be updated as well, so you always see the latest version.

Get Started

In order to start, you need:

Install plugin
Choose social networks you prefer
Configure social networks you need (we have guides English & Russian to help you with this)
You are good to go!

And good new is AnyComment is free & no dependency on third party services, all comments stored in your database.

Features

All comments stored in your own database. We reuse native comment’s table, so all of the default WordPress functionality comes out of the box.
Social network authorization via Facebook, VK, Twitter, Google, Odnoklassniki, GitHub, Instagram, Twitch or Dribbble
SEO Indexing
Ability to switch to cloud version
Ability to define who can leave comment: guests only, with social authorization or both
Ability to upload files (define allowed extensions, limit, who can upload, etc)
When user leaves a tweet link in the comment, plugin can embed it as external Twitter widget (can be disabled)
Ability to customize design
Blazing-fast comments based on React & WordPress REST API
Alert notification in comment area when new comment was added
Notifications about new comment reply
Notifications about new comment to administrator
Ability to specify comma-separated list of words to be used to hold comments for moderators
Ability to have bold, italics, underline, quotes, links or clear formatting. Each type can be disabled separately or the whole toolbar together
Image and video URLs as attachment (control via admin)
GDRP compliant, ability to provide Privacy Policy link, so users know how their data processed and used (when not provided, no checkbox will be shown to users)
Social avatars shown globally
Likes (see likes count per comment/user in admin)
Ability to rate (1-5 stars) page in comments (1-5 stars)
Edit/delete comments when you are the owner or have moderate permission(s) directly in client area
Assign default group for users who authorize via social network
See user’s social profile URL in admin
Simple & informative dashboard with graphs to display number of comments over number of users who were engaged in the conversation per certain period & most active users
Get latest plugin update news directly in the dashboard, don’t miss a thing

Integrations

Akismet to fight spam messages
WP Mail SMTP to set-up SMTP server
WP User Avatar to upload global or personal avatar
reCAPTCHA to fight spam messages
BuddyPress when somebody sends comment with “@” sign + username.

TODO features

Option: ability to specify thanks message and/or page when user left his first comment, #88
Option: when user does not have email after registration via social, ask for it somewhere in the comments again
Option: notify moderators about new comments, #77
Option: embed Instagram photos, #115
Option: embed Instafeed, #116
Ability to choose comment to make it sticky at the very top of all comments, #76
Add checkbox to subscribe to new replies, #73 (now it is mandatory)
Option: Ability to ban user or by IP address, #70
Support more languages
Code highlighting
Markdown support
Add more guides on how to set-up certain services, Google SMTP, Amazon SES, etc
Cross sharing of comments, when user posts a comment, duplicate it on their wall
Add Yahoo as authorization option
More widgets to be added on the page (sidebar, custom pages, etc)
Special moderator panel integrated into custom AnyComment pages (for easy comment moderation)
More statistics and analytics…
And a lot more…

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Performance

Memory Usage

Average memory usage is496.14 KB
This is more than53%plugins

Page Speed

Average page loading time is increased by 0.01 s
This is faster than99%plugins

Speed Test Benchmark Learn more how we collect the data

Before plugin activation
After plugin activation

Benchmark

Change

Average Change

+ 0.01s

/(front page)

- 0.07s

/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

- 0s

/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

+ 0.01s

/wp-admin/edit.php

- 0s

/wp-admin/index.php

- 0.1s

/wp-admin/media-new.php

- 0.01s

/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

+ 0.05s

/wp-admin/options-writing.php

- 0.02s

/wp-admin/post-new.php

+ 0.19s

/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

+ 0.04s

/wp-admin/upload.php

- 0.04s

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Memory Usage Benchmark Learn more how we collect the data

Before plugin activation
After plugin activation

Benchmark

Change

Average Change

+ 496.14KB

/ (front page)

+ 33.82KB

/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

+ 67.86KB

/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

+ 67.73KB

/wp-admin/edit.php

+ 59.7KB

/wp-admin/index.php

+ 61.38KB

/wp-admin/media-new.php

+ 68.61KB

/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

+ 60.85KB

/wp-admin/options-writing.php

+ 58.57KB

/wp-admin/post-new.php

+ 67.89KB

/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

+ 67.2KB

/wp-admin/upload.php

+ 68.59KB

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