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One Click Close Comments
Conveniently close or open comments for a post or page with one click from the admin listing of posts.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.9★ from 10
- Active installs
- 5k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 17 Apr 2025
- Added
- Jun 2009
- Requires WP
- 4.7
- Tested up to
- WP 6.8.8
- Downloads
- 161,290
Our analysis
AI-assistedOne Click Close Comments is a WordPress plugin that allows users to easily manage comment settings for posts and pages from the admin listing. Users with sufficient privileges, such as admins and post authors, can open or close comments with a simple click, using an AJAX-powered interface that provides instant visual feedback through colour coding.
The plugin is designed for those who need a straightforward way to control comment functionality without navigating away from the post or page listing. It is particularly useful for site administrators and content creators who want to quickly manage comments on multiple posts.
Best for: This plugin suits WordPress site administrators and content creators who need to manage comments efficiently.
What it does well
- ✓Allows quick toggling of comment status from the admin listing
- ✓AJAX-powered for background updates without page reloads
- ✓Colour-coded indicators provide instant feedback on comment status
- ✓User-friendly for admins and post authors
Where it falls short
- •Only functions for administrative users with JavaScript enabled
- •Limited to managing comments without additional features
Verdict
One Click Close Comments offers a simple solution for managing comment settings directly from the post listing, though its functionality is limited to specific user roles and requires JavaScript.
From the developer
Scott Reilly's own description of One Click Close Comments, lightly tidied.
From the admin listing of posts (‘Edit Posts’) and pages (‘Edit Pages’), a user can close or open comments to any posts to which they have sufficient privileges to make such changes (essentially admins and post authors for their own posts). This is done via an AJAX-powered color-coded indicator. The color-coding gives instant feedback on the current status of the post for comments: green means the post/page is open to comments, red means the post/page is closed to comments. Being AJAX-powered means that the change is submitted in the background after being clicked without requiring a page reload.
This plugin will only function for administrative users in the admin who have JavaScript enabled.
Links: Plugin Homepage | Plugin Directory Page | GitHub | Author Homepage
Developer Documentation
Developer documentation can be found in DEVELOPER-DOCS.md. That documentation covers the hooks provided by the plugin.
As an overview, these are the hooks provided by the plugin:
c2c_one_click_close_comments_click_char: Filter to customize the character, string, or markup used as the indicator used to toggle a post’s comment status.
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