gossiped

Gossiped Comments replaces the default WordPress commenting system with a powerful, universal commenting platform that works across multiple websites.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Cross-Site Profiles – Users maintain one profile across all sites using Gossiped</li>
<li>Reputation System – Build reputation through quality comments and engagement</li>
<li>Real-Time Analytics – Track comment activity, user engagement, and site performance</li>
<li>Spam Protection – Built-in spam filtering and moderation tools</li>
<li>Modern Interface – Clean, responsive design with light/dark themes</li>
<li>Nested Replies – Unlimited reply depth with threaded conversations</li>
<li>Upvote/Downvote – Community-driven content rating</li>
<li>Live Activity Tracking – See who’s viewing and commenting in real-time</li>
<li>Email Notifications – Notify users of replies and new comments</li>
<li>Per-Post Control – Enable/disable comments on individual posts</li>
<li>Easy Moderation – Powerful admin tools to moderate, ban, and suspend users</li>
</ul>
Why Gossiped?
Traditional WordPress comments are isolated to each site. With Gossiped, your commenters build a reputation across the web, encouraging quality discussions and reducing spam.
How It Works:
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Create a free account at <a href="https://gossiped.com/register" rel="nofollow ugc">Gossiped.com</a></li>
<li>Add your site and get your API key</li>
<li>Enter the API key in WordPress settings</li>
<li>Comments automatically appear on your posts</li>
</ol>
Privacy & Data:
<ul>
<li>Comments are stored on Gossiped’s secure servers</li>
<li>Full GDPR compliance</li>
<li>Users control their own data and profiles</li>
<li>No tracking scripts or cookies without consent</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
Gossiped Comments connects to the Gossiped API (gossiped.com) to store and retrieve comments. When users comment, the following data is sent to Gossiped:
<ul>
<li>User’s name and email (if provided)</li>
<li>Comment content</li>
<li>Page URL and title</li>
<li>IP address (for spam protection)</li>
<li>User agent string</li>
</ul>
This data is stored on Gossiped’s secure servers. Users can delete their data at any time through their Gossiped account.
For full privacy details, see: https://gossiped.com/privacy
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, please visit: 
* Support Forum: https://gossiped.com/support 
* Documentation: https://gossiped.com/docs 
* Email: support@gossiped.com

Gossiped Comments

Universal commenting system with cross-site profiles, reputation scores, and real-time analytics.

Scott Reilly

This plugin enables a user with the administrator role the ability to comment on any post or page, even if the comments for that post or page are closed. When the plugin is active, this behavior is automatically enabled.
Administrators can be explicitly prevented from commenting on specific posts via two approaches:
<ul>
<li>When creating or editing a post, in the “Prevent Admin Comments” metabox (in the block editor) or the “Discussion” metabox (in the classic editor) there is a checkbox labeled “Prevent administrators from commenting” that only administrators can access. Checking the checkbox will prevent administrators from commenting on the post even though this plugin is active. (If the metabox isn’t visible for you when using the classic editor, then expand the “Screen Options” slide-down panel on the upper-right of the page.)</li>
<li>Programmatically, via the use of the ‘c2c_admin_can_always_comment_disable’ filter. This can be used be provide more fine-grained access control and contextual handling. See the “Hooks” section for documentation on the filter’s use.</li>
</ul>
Links: <a href="https://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/always-allow-admin-comments/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/always-allow-admin-comments/" rel="ugc">Plugin Directory Page</a> | <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/always-allow-admin-comments/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> | <a href="https://coffee2code.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Homepage</a>
<h3>Developer Documentation</h3>
Developer documentation can be found in <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/always-allow-admin-comments/blob/master/DEVELOPER-DOCS.md" rel="nofollow ugc">DEVELOPER-DOCS.md</a>. That documentation covers the hooks provided by the plugin.
As an overview, these are the hooks provided by the plugin:
<ul>
<li><code>c2c_always_allow_admin_comments_disable</code> : Customizes if comments should actually be disabled for a particular admin user.</li>
<li><code>c2c_always_allow_admin_comments_post_types</code>: Customizes which post types are supported by the plugin.</li>
</ul>

Always Allow Admin Comments

Allow an admin user (when logged in) to always be able to comment on a post, even if comments are closed for the post.

Gossiped Comments vs Always Allow Admin Comments