Advanced Comment Form

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1. ★★★★★ inge12

   1.9y ago

   This plugin currently works perfectly with WordPress 6.6.2 I just wanted to remove the “website” field but found that it was much more useful than that: I could add a note at the top of the form to see our Comment Guidelines and a note at the bottom to ask commenters to check that they had input their name and a working email address. I sure hope the developer keeps this up-to-date! P.S. I can’t find a clear path to donate!

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2. ★★★★★ MtnXfreeride

   2.6y ago

   Very easy to use and it worked for my site. Much cleaner looking comment field now. Thanks

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3. ★★★★★ tronkin

   3.1y ago

   This plugin does what it says. Thank you for creating it!

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4. ★★★★★ polina92

   3.9y ago

   <!– wp:paragraph –> <p>Super to reduce spams, and all those just looking after backlinks, which are no more useful nowadays</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by polina92. This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by polina92.

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5. ★★★★★ JJNW

   4.7y ago

   I love this plugin for some reason. Just awesome. Thank you!

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6. ★★★★★ zeuspress

   4.9y ago

   Wanted to remove the website url line and email line from the comment form, plus leave a quick please stay on topic and be nice message, and this plugin allowed me to do it in just a few minutes. Thumbs up and thank you Thomas. This topic was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by zeuspress.

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7. ★★★★★ Beckybob

   5.5y ago

   I’ve spent WEEKS looking for a plug-in that would edit the website field OUT of the comment section for Pods Custom Post Types, this is the ONLY plugin that would do it by using the built-in CSS option! THANK YOU DEVELOPERS!!

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8. ★★★★★ Graham

   5.8y ago

   I was looking for a way to get the comment form displayed in Elementor when using the canvas template. The shortcode worked perfectly and solved my problem. Thanks for a great workaround.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.2.3 Small tweaks 1.2.3
2. — Version 1.2.2 Ignore two-column style on screens below 480px 1.2.2
3. — Version 1.2.1 sanitize the input into text options using wp_kses_post to prevent the usage of scripts and disallowed tags and attributes. 1.2.1
4. — Version 1.2.0 added two columns layout restructured admin area 1.2.0
5. — Version 1.1.0 renamed the plugin to Advanced Comment Form hopefully fixed some issues with the readme file remove website field using css as an alternative method added [comment-form] shortcode to insert comment form into posts and pa 1.1.0
6. — Version 1.0.1 so many plugins written and still not getting the readme.txt right 1.0.1

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.5 Advanced Comment Form <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-09-15 CVE-2022-3220 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.0 Patched in 1.2.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.4

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-03 5K+ → 4K+ down after 277 days in tier
2. 2025-06-30 6K+ → 5K+ down after 400 days in tier
3. 2024-05-26 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-05-25 6K+ → 7K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-05-23 7K+ → 6K+ down after 89 days in tier
6. 2024-02-24 6K+ → 7K+ up

Competes with

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• MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• M MW WP Form 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A

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Advanced Comment Form: 4K+ active installs, 5.0★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/comment-form