WordPress Comments Roundup
@dpknauss recently posted a round-up of Comment suggestions, and alternatives to WordPress default comments
There are a number of good points in there, that really deserve more space.
I’ll start with the one I disagree with: 3. Disable nested comments. I think comment nesting can be useful for signifying who is being replied to.
4. Enable private comments, this is something I experimented with using activitypub. Currently received activitypub replies/comments without a public scope are dropped. I played around with the inbox hook to allow incoming DM’s, these too have since been announced as part of the 2025 roadmap.
5-7 basically all touch on moderation, and this is one of the points I’m excited about, since the latest plugin release has brought user account level control over blocking, muting
Anyhow, lots to chew on!
