by Matt Biscay 3.5 (2 reviews)

Better Comments

Name: Better Comments
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Matt Biscay

Make your WordPress comments feel native to your design.

Better Comments ranks #29,351 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #1,193 of 2,624 in the Contact Forms category, a 3.5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Aug 11, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 11 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,193 of 2,624 in Contact Forms Top 50% by installs

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#29,351

-42 this week

Active Installs

10+

-28.6%

KW Avg Position

4 worse

Downloads

2.6K

+3 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

70%

Review 3.5 out of 5

3.5 (2 reviews)

Next Milestone 20

Total Progress 50%

10+ 20+

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8,000,000

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Aug 11, 2026
Requires WP: 5.2+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: Matt Biscay

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.5
Reviews: 2
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Better Comments

Better Comments targets WordPress’s native comment markup and common wrappers such as #comments, .comments-area, .comment-respond, and form.comment-form. A theme with completely custom comment markup may need a small CSS adjustment.

No. Better Comments styles WordPress’s native comments. It does not replace them with Disqus, Facebook Comments, or another service.

Better Comments is designed to stay lightweight. Frontend assets load only on singular pages with open comments, generated settings CSS is cached, and avatar replacements are cached per request. Performance still depends on your theme, plugins, hosting, and cache configuration.

The plugin uses WordPress sanitization, escaping, capability checks, and prepared queries. Keep WordPress, PHP, Carbon Fields, and the Freemius SDK updated, and review custom quicktags before publishing them.

Yes. The plugin uses the better-comments text domain. Development translation sources are kept in /dev.

Free users can use the WordPress.org support forum. Pro users receive priority support.