Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Terrettgnome

   1.8y ago

   Does exactly what it says. Very helpful! Thanks 🙂

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2. ★★★★★ i0n1ca

   2.0y ago

   I have started using this plugin last year, since then everything was fine from my end but users that were not logged in they couldn’t edit their comment. In august I have opened a ticket to DLX Plugin from the menu inside the plugin page, we had different troubleshooting sessions and Ronald found the issue that was fixed with version 3.0.30 I would like to thank for his support and congratulate for this awesome plugin that make us life more easy. I recommend this plugin to everyone! Enjoy. ionică

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3. ★★★★★ Plácido Luna

   2.7y ago

   Simple and very efficient.Just only a question: I edited the .json file of the Spanish translation, but the texts modified there are not reflected when the plugin is run (The delete button, for example, keeps the text “Editar”, instead of “Borrar”).Where’s the mistake? Congratulations for the initiative.Plácido.

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4. ★★★★★ nudeworldorder

   3.0y ago

   I’ve wished there was a simple way for users to edit their comments just about as long as I’ve had a WordPress blog, but all the plug-ins I could find were way over-complicated (like replacing the entire comment system). This one on the other hand is just about perfect. The free version it does require users have accounts and log in, but other than that it does everything I could ask for.

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5. ★★★★★ Rick Hellewell

   3.9y ago

   The plugin works as advertised, but it’s editor shows HTML code, and not easy to edit comments. And support appears almost non-existent. Those are the reasons for this 2-star rating. I’ll be looking for an alternative – or maybe crafting my own.

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6. ★★★★★ Anonymous User

   5.0y ago

   After trying out different commenting plugins, I decided to ditch them all because of how bloated they were. The default WordPress comments are too basic though. However, with Simple Comment Editing, it becomes a little bit more powerful. And for that, kudos to the developer!

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7. ★★★★★ girirajnet

   5.2y ago

   This plugin is working jus like that 🙂 . No confusing settings and options. Perfect! Kudos the creator.

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8. ★★★★★ Tim Reeves

   5.2y ago

   When it works, I’m really happy with what it offers and how it is coded. But it does not work if you have a theme or plugin which anonymizes the IPs of commenters before they are stored. I made a support request, and added to it myself 3 times, but the author never commented – even though I have supplied the one-line solution myself: Insert into simple-comment-editing.php as line 1095 (in plugin version 2.6.0) $comment_author_ip = apply_filters( 'pre_comment_user_ip', $comment_author_ip ); This runs the anonymize filter before using the IP values in the hash function. Then it all works. I provided the fix a couple of weeks before the version 2.6.0 was released, and so now I’m very disappointed and can’t understand why the fix did not make it into the new release. Will be very glad to amend my review if the fix is soon incorporated. Independently of all that, thanks to Ronald for providing and maintaining a great plugin! Update: Ronald fixed this in the version released 2021-07-02 – many thanks! This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Tim Reeves.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.3.0 Released 2026-03-07 Reorganizing admin level settings. Ensuring plugin works with WordPress 7.0. 3.3.0
2. — Version 3.2.0 Released 2025-11-08 Security fix: Resolving Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure report from Wordfence. Removing uneeded get comment function, which could expose comment information. 3.2.0
3. — Version 3.1.0 Released 2025-01-08 Security fix: Resolving SSRF security vulnerability when retrieving Mailchimp data as reported by Patchstack. 3.1.0
4. — Version 3.0.33 Released 2024-12-11 Fixing remaining translation warnings in WP 6.7. 3.0.33
5. — Version 3.0.32 Released 2024-11-28 Fixing translation debug warning in WP 6.7 for loading translations to early. 3.0.32
6. — Version 3.0.31 Released 2024-09-20 Fixing missing event for when there is no timer. Adding max-width to edit textarea for better styling. 3.0.31

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

1. Medium · 5.3 Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing <= 3.1.0 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2025-11-12 CVE-2025-12681 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 3.1.0 Patched in 3.2.0
2. Medium · 5.5 Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing <= 3.0.33 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2025-01-24 CVE-2025-24703 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 3.0.33 Patched in 3.1.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 133 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Plus 109 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-07-22 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2023-07-21 2K+ → 3K+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2023-07-17 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-07-16 2K+ → 3K+ up after 10 days in tier
5. 2023-07-06 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

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• Comments – GraphComment | AI-Moderated Comment System 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B

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