Rehan Adil

<p>MoodModerator is a powerful WordPress plugin that uses artificial intelligence to analyze the sentiment of comments on your website. It automatically detects the tone of comments (Friendly, Toxic, Sarcastic, Questioning, Angry, Neutral, etc.) and can automatically hold negative comments for moderation.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>AI-Powered Sentiment Analysis</strong> – Uses OpenAI’s GPT-4o-mini for accurate tone detection</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Moderation</strong> – Hold negative comments for review based on configurable strictness levels</li>
<li><strong>Hybrid Tone Approach</strong> – Combines predefined tones with AI-suggested new tones</li>
<li><strong>Comprehensive Analytics</strong> – View sentiment breakdown by post and overall statistics</li>
<li><strong>Dashboard Widget</strong> – 30-day sentiment summary right on your WordPress dashboard</li>
<li><strong>Comments Table Integration</strong> – See tone badges directly in your Comments admin table</li>
<li><strong>Posts Table Integration</strong> – View average sentiment for each post at a glance</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Caching</strong> – Minimizes API costs by caching sentiment results</li>
<li><strong>Detailed Logging</strong> – Track all API calls, errors, and moderation decisions</li>
<li><strong>Configurable Strictness Levels</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong>Low</strong> – Only hold Toxic and Angry comments</li>
<li><strong>Medium</strong> – Hold Toxic, Angry, and Sarcastic comments (Recommended)</li>
<li><strong>High</strong> – Hold all except Friendly, Questioning, and Neutral</li>
<li><strong>Custom</strong> – Choose specific tones to auto-hold</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ol>
<li>When a comment is submitted, MoodModerator sends it to OpenAI for analysis</li>
<li>The AI returns a tone classification and confidence score</li>
<li>Based on your strictness settings, the plugin decides whether to hold the comment</li>
<li>Sentiment data is saved and displayed throughout the WordPress admin</li>
<li>You can review held comments and make final moderation decisions</li>
</ol>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
<li>OpenAI API key (<a href="https://platform.openai.com/api-keys" rel="nofollow ugc">Get one here</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to OpenAI to analyze comment sentiment.</p>
<p>Service: OpenAI API<br />
– Purpose: Analyze comment tone and return a sentiment classification.<br />
– Data sent: Comment text and (optionally) the post title for context.<br />
– When sent: On comment submission or when comments are re-analyzed.<br />
– Service URL: https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions<br />
– Terms of Service: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use<br />
– Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>MoodModerator sends comment text to OpenAI’s API for sentiment analysis. Please review <a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">OpenAI’s privacy policy</a> to understand how they handle data. Comment text is only sent for analysis purposes and is not stored by OpenAI beyond their standard retention policies.</p>
<p>The plugin does not collect any user data beyond what’s necessary for comment analysis (comment text and optional post title for context). Site owners should disclose this third-party processing in their privacy policy.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/moodmoderator/" rel="ugc">plugin support forum</a> or https://rehanadil.dev.</p>


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Automatically detect and moderate negative comments using AI. Keep your WordPress community positive with intelligent comment moderation.

Andrew Nacin

<p>Comment Probation allows you to put a comment author on “probation.”</p>
<p>If you allow comments to automatically appear from authors who already have an approved comment,<br />
this plugin gives you a bit more control. It lets you approve a comment but place the author<br />
under probation, meaning that any future comments from that author will need to be moderated again.</p>
<p>When approving a comment, you’re given the option to “Approve” the comment, or “Approve with Probation.”<br />
If a comment ended up in moderation because the author is on probation, “approving” the comment will<br />
remove the author from the probation list.</p>


Comment Probation

Comment Probation allows you to require moderation for a future comment by a comment author, rather than having the comment be automatically approved.

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