Sean Hayes

Comments On is a plugin that adds a column to the “All Posts” or “All Pages” view in the Admin dashboard. The column will display one of three options for the related post/page: “open”, “closed” or “registered_only”.
Now, quickly and easily, without having to click “Quick Edit” or “Edit” for each post you can find out which posts/pages can accept comments and which can’t.
It is an ideal companion for the Comment count column alerting you to content that hasn’t any comments. Or it can highlight any posts/pages that might not be enabled for comments.

Comments On

Comments On adds a column to the "All Posts"/"All Pages" view in the Admin dashboard showing the status of comments.

Comment blacklisting works well, but what if you actually want to stop someone from even reading your blog? This plugin will take care of that for you.
It uses .htaccess file modifications to deny access to your blog from particular IP addresses (Deny from) and then follows up with an ErrorDocument 403 redirect to a URL of your choice. It doesn’t hook into WordPress, which makes it a lot faster due to no database or PHP calls.

WP-BlockYou

A plugin that can be used to block or "ban" users via their IP address from viewing your blog, and then redirecting them to a URL of your ch …

Comments On vs WP-BlockYou