No Comment Links
When activated, disables automatic parsing and creation of clickable links in comments, including http, ftp, and e-mail links.
The facts
- Rating
- 3★ from 2
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 8 Dec 2016
- Added
- Feb 2010
- Requires WP
- 1.5
- Tested up to
- WP 4.8.30
- Downloads
- 11,288
Our analysis
AI-assistedNo Comment Links is a WordPress plugin that disables the automatic parsing of links in comments on your blog. This means that when users type URLs or email addresses, they will not be converted into clickable links. However, users can still include HTML tags in their comments if your settings allow it, which will create links as needed.
This plugin is suitable for site administrators who want to control how links are displayed in comments, particularly to prevent spam or unwanted links. It is a straightforward solution for managing comment link behaviour on your blog.
Best for: Site administrators looking to manage comment link behaviour.
What it does well
- ✓Disables automatic link parsing in comments
- ✓Allows HTML links if permitted in comments
- ✓Administrators can bypass link restrictions
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in December 2016
- •Limited user ratings and active installs
- •Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.30
Verdict
No Comment Links offers a basic function for controlling links in comments, but its outdated status may limit its effectiveness on newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
aaron44126's own description of No Comment Links, lightly tidied.
This simple plugin disables the automatic parsing of links in comments on your
blog. Ordinarily, if a user types something like http://www.google.com/, it
will automatically be turned into a clickable link when it is displayed. This
plugin disables this behavior for http, ftp, and e-mail links.
Note that comments can include the HTML tags necessary to create links, if you
allow HTML in comments, and these links will not be removed. This also allows
you as the administrator to get around the “no comments in links” rule enforced
by this plugin, since administrators (and editors) by default can post comments
with unfiltered HTML.