Avi Ezra

Comments Press Zone transforms your WordPress comments into a modern, engaging discussion platform. Built for performance and accessibility, it seamlessly replaces the default comment system while preserving all your existing comments.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
Engagement Tools
<ul>
<li>Upvote and downvote comments</li>
<li>Social sharing (Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn)</li>
<li>Threaded replies with configurable nesting depth</li>
<li>Confetti celebration on new comments</li>
<li>Post-comment sharing prompts</li>
</ul>
Design Customization
<ul>
<li>Three color modes: Light, Dark, and Theme Inherit</li>
<li>Styling options: Square, Rounded, or Pill borders</li>
<li>Adjustable padding: Wide, Standard, or Minimal</li>
<li>Configurable border thickness</li>
<li>Live preview in admin panel</li>
<li>Fully responsive for all devices</li>
</ul>
Powerful Moderation
<ul>
<li>Ban users permanently or temporarily</li>
<li>Mute users for specified periods</li>
<li>Issue warnings with custom messages</li>
<li>Full moderation audit log</li>
<li>User infraction history</li>
<li>Report system for community moderation</li>
<li>Comment editing and deletion</li>
</ul>
Security & Spam Protection
<ul>
<li>Google reCAPTCHA v3 integration</li>
<li>Comment rate limiting (throttling)</li>
<li>Banned words filter</li>
<li>External link blocking option</li>
</ul>
Performance
<ul>
<li>Optimized database queries</li>
<li>Optional Redis caching support</li>
<li>Optional Memcached support</li>
<li>Minimal frontend footprint</li>
</ul>
Accessibility
<ul>
<li>WCAG 2.1 AA compliant</li>
<li>Full keyboard navigation</li>
<li>Screen reader optimized</li>
<li>Focus indicators on all interactive elements</li>
<li>Respects prefers-reduced-motion</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Community websites requiring robust moderation tools</li>
<li>Publications wanting engagement metrics and voting</li>
<li>Blogs needing customizable comment appearance</li>
<li>Sites requiring spam protection beyond Akismet</li>
<li>Developers building extensible comment systems</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
<li>MySQL 5.7 or higher</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to external services under specific conditions:
Google reCAPTCHA v3 (Optional – Admin Configuration Required)
<ul>
<li>What it is: Google’s invisible spam protection service that analyzes user behavior to detect bots</li>
<li>When used: Only when reCAPTCHA is explicitly enabled by the site administrator in plugin settings (Settings > Spam & Moderation > Enable reCAPTCHA) AND a user submits a comment</li>
<li>Data sent:
<ul>
<li>Comment form token generated by reCAPTCHA JavaScript</li>
<li>User’s IP address for verification</li>
<li>reCAPTCHA response token</li>
<li>Browser/device information collected by Google’s reCAPTCHA script</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Purpose: Spam protection and bot detection to prevent automated comment spam</li>
<li>User control: Site administrators can completely disable this feature in plugin settings. When disabled, no data is sent to Google.</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms</li>
<li>Additional info: https://developers.google.com/recaptcha</li>
</ul>
Social Media Sharing Links (User-Initiated Only – No Automatic Data Transmission)
The plugin generates share links for social media platforms. Important: No data is sent automatically. The plugin only creates clickable links. Data is only transmitted when a user voluntarily clicks a share button.
<ul>
<li>
Facebook Sharing
<ul>
<li>What it is: Direct link to Facebook’s share dialog</li>
<li>When used: Only when a user voluntarily clicks the Facebook share button on a comment</li>
<li>Data sent: Post/comment URL (via URL parameter: <code>?u=</code>)</li>
<li>Purpose: Allow users to share comments on their Facebook timeline</li>
<li>User control: Users must explicitly click the share button. No data is sent otherwise. Administrators can disable Facebook sharing in plugin settings.</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/</li>
<li>Terms: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php</li>
<li>Note: The plugin does not embed Facebook tracking pixels or the Facebook SDK. It only provides a standard share link.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Twitter/X Sharing
<ul>
<li>What it is: Direct link to Twitter’s tweet intent interface</li>
<li>When used: Only when a user voluntarily clicks the Twitter/X share button on a comment</li>
<li>Data sent: Post/comment URL (via URL parameter: <code>?url=</code>)</li>
<li>Purpose: Allow users to share comments on Twitter/X</li>
<li>User control: Users must explicitly click the share button. No data is sent otherwise. Administrators can disable Twitter sharing in plugin settings.</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy</li>
<li>Terms: https://twitter.com/en/tos</li>
<li>Note: The plugin does not embed Twitter tracking scripts. It only provides a standard tweet intent link.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
LinkedIn Sharing
<ul>
<li>What it is: Direct link to LinkedIn’s share article interface</li>
<li>When used: Only when a user voluntarily clicks the LinkedIn share button on a comment</li>
<li>Data sent: Post/comment URL (via URL parameter: <code>?url=</code>)</li>
<li>Purpose: Allow users to share comments on their LinkedIn profile</li>
<li>User control: Users must explicitly click the share button. No data is sent otherwise. Administrators can disable LinkedIn sharing in plugin settings.</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy</li>
<li>Terms: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement</li>
<li>Note: The plugin does not embed LinkedIn tracking pixels. It only provides a standard share link.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Important Clarifications:
<ol>
<li>
No Automatic Tracking: The plugin does NOT automatically send data to social media platforms. It only generates share URLs. When a user clicks a share button, they are redirected to the respective platform’s website, which is outside the plugin’s control.
</li>
<li>
Administrator Control: Site administrators can disable any or all social sharing options in Settings > Comments Display > Social Sharing.
</li>
<li>
No External Scripts: The plugin does not load Facebook SDK, Twitter widgets, or LinkedIn tracking scripts on your site. All sharing is done via standard URL parameters.
</li>
<li>
Data Privacy: The plugin does not store or log sharing activity. All sharing happens directly between the user’s browser and the social media platform.
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
Comments Press Zone stores the following data in your WordPress database:
Comment Data (Standard WordPress) 
* Comment content, author name, email, and IP address 
* Comment timestamps and parent relationships
Engagement Data 
* Votes (upvotes/downvotes) linked to user ID or IP for guests 
* User reputation scores
Moderation Data 
* User bans, mutes, and warnings with timestamps 
* Moderation audit log entries 
* User reports
No External Data Sharing
All data is stored locally in your WordPress database. External connections only occur when:
<ul>
<li>reCAPTCHA (if enabled): Interaction data sent to Google for spam verification</li>
<li>Social Sharing: When users click share buttons, they are redirected to social platforms</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
Comments Press Zone is actively developed. Report issues or contribute:
<ul>
<li>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/avi-ezra/comments-press-zone" rel="nofollow ugc">github.com/avi-ezra/comments-press-zone</a></li>
<li>Website: <a href="https://press.zone" rel="nofollow ugc">press.zone</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Source Code</h4>
This plugin contains compiled/minified JavaScript and CSS files. The full source code is available in the plugin directory and on GitHub:
Compiled Files and Their Sources:
<ul>
<li>
admin/build/admin.js (minified) – Source in <code>admin/src-vanilla/</code> directory
<ul>
<li>Individual module files: main.js, state/*, components/*, utils/*</li>
<li>Build command: <code>cd admin && npm install && npm run build</code></li>
<li>Build tool: Webpack 5 with Babel</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Frontend JavaScript – Source in <code>assets/js/</code> directory
<ul>
<li>All frontend JS files are uncompressed and included as-is</li>
<li>Files: frontend.js, components/*.js</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Stylesheets – Source in <code>assets/scss/</code> directory
<ul>
<li>SCSS files that compile to <code>assets/css/frontend.css</code></li>
<li>Build command: <code>npm install && npm run build:css</code> (from plugin root)</li>
<li>Build tool: node-sass/sass compiler</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
All source code is included in the plugin download and is available at: https://github.com/avi-ezra/comments-press-zone
<h4>Hooks & Filters</h4>
Developers can extend functionality using WordPress hooks. Documentation available on GitHub.
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed by <a href="https://press.zone" rel="nofollow ugc">Press.zone</a>
<h4>Technologies Used</h4>
<ul>
<li>Vanilla JavaScript (no jQuery dependency)</li>
<li>SCSS for styling</li>
<li>WordPress REST API</li>
<li>WordPress native comment system</li>
</ul>

Comments Press Zone

A modern, high-performance commenting system for WordPress with voting, moderation, and customizable design.

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The Upvote / Downvote plugin for WordPress enables shortcode, post and widget placement of topic banners. You can choose which topic(s) to display, the banner size and position, and display your topics current scores.
No registration or login needed. Anyone can Vote with a Tweet!
Earn money with our advert sharing using Google Adsense.
Create your own topics on <a href="https://upvoting.com" title="Visit Upvoting.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Upvoting.com</a>
For Developer Resources including sample banner sizes and a list of trending topics visit <a href="https://upvoting.net" title="Visit Upvoting.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Upvoting.net</a>
Just add our widget to your sidebar to get going!
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<pre><code>[udvote voteid="123" format="1"]
</code></pre>
The shortcode will be replaced with the image of choice.
<ul>
<li>
The voteid is the number that appears on the voting page (look near the bottom) or in the authverify tweet.
</li>
<li>
The format can be one of these values;
<ul>
<li>1 – Leaderboard, 728 x 90, text display of scores.</li>
<li>2 – Leaderboard, 728 x 90, graphical display of scores.</li>
<li>3 – Large Rectangle, 336 x 280, text display of scores.</li>
<li>4 – Large Square, 250 x 250, text display of scores.</li>
<li>5 – Vertical Rectangle, 240 x 400, text display of scores.</li>
<li>6 – Wide Leaderboard, 1200 x 150, text display of scores.</li>
<li>7 – Wide Leaderboard, 1200 x 150, graphical display of scores.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Simply copy and paste the tag into your post where you want the banner to appear.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Widget</h4>
The widget is installed with the plugin and enables you to add a vote count banner anywhere you can add a widget on your theme. You can assign one or more vote IDs and the widget will display a randomly selected one each time.
<ul>
<li>
Add the widget to your sidebar or other widget area.
</li>
<li>
Add any number of vote IDs separated by commas. e.g. 302,323,380
</li>
<li>
Select the style of banner, square is usually best for the sidebar.
</li>
<li>
Hit “Save”.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Post/Page Form</h4>
<ul>
<li>
On every post page the Upvote / Downvote form will appear.
</li>
<li>
Just type in the topic id and optionally change the format and position.
</li>
<li>
Save/Update the post and the vote results will appear.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode generator</h4>
<ul>
<li>
On every post page the Upvote / Downvote form will appear.
</li>
<li>
Just type in the topic id and optionally change the format. Position is not used.
</li>
<li>
Hit the “Generate Shortcode” button and the snippet will appear below the button.
</li>
<li>
Copy and paste the shortcode into your post where you want the image to appear.
</li>
<li>
Remember to clear the “Topic ID” box if you don’t want the image appearing twice.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Global Settings</h4>
The main settings page allows you to set global parameters that will affect the display of all banners.
Include surrounding <div>
The banner is placed on the page using this generic html snippet:
<blockquote>
<div><a href><img /></a></div>
</blockquote>
Uncheck this box to omit the <div> element from the output, this can also be set on a per-banner basis
Image width type
<ul>
<li>
Percentage : The image width is set to “100%” to fill any container.
</li>
<li>
Fixed width : The width of the image is set to the actual pixel width of the image.
</li>
</ul>
Div width type
Select whether or not the div has no width attribute set (default) or has a “width:123px” style that matches the width of the contained image. Useful if you have inherited “floats”.
<div> custom style
Anything you enter in this box will appear in the style tag of the div. e.g. “padding-bottom:20px;” 
If you exclude the div element then this will have no effect.
<img> custom style
Anything you enter in this box will appear in the style tag of the image. e.g. “padding-bottom:20px;”
<a href> custom style
Anything you enter in this box will appear in the style tag of the link. e.g. “display:block;”
<h4>Widget Settings</h4>
These settings only affect the widget. You can override the global settings here if needed.
Include surrounding <div>
Similar to the global parameter with the same name, you can override the global setting here.
<div> custom style
Anything you enter in this box will appear in the style tag of the div. e.g. “padding-bottom:20px;” 
If you exclude the div element then this will have no effect.
<img> custom style
Anything you enter in this box will appear in the style tag of the image. e.g. “padding-bottom:20px;”
<a href> custom style
Anything you enter in this box will appear in the style tag of the link. e.g. “display:block;”
<h4>Advanced Options</h4>
These allow to adjust how specific sizes of banner are displayed. Each section reflects one of the available banner sizes.
Include surrounding <div>
Similar to the global parameter with the same name, you can override the global setting here.
Alignment
Applies the style “float:xyz;” to outermost element (either the div or the image). The available options are; none/left/right/inherit.
<div> custom style
Anything you enter in this box will appear in the style tag of the div. e.g. “padding-bottom:20px;” 
If you exclude the div element then this will have no effect.
<img> custom style
Anything you enter in this box will appear in the style tag of the image. e.g. “padding-bottom:20px;”

Upvote / Downvote – Vote with a Tweet

Allows users to vote on a topic using Twitter. Display results in standard banner sizes on posts, pages or widget. Optional Adsense Revenue Share.

Comments Press Zone vs Upvote / Downvote – Vote with a Tweet