zingming

Hide unwanted comments without deleting them. Edit the comment and wrap the offending text in [shush][/shush]. Example: [shush]FIRST!!![/shush] or [shush reason=”Boring”]FIRST!!![/shush]
Readers can choose to read the buried comment by clicking on the “Show” link.
(Bonus: You can also use this shortcode in your posts as a “Spoiler” hider.)

ShushThatNoise – Ignorant Comment Hider

Hide unwanted comments without deleting them. Readers can click on the "Show" link to read the buried comment.

Mindvalley

It is a pain when WordPress needs the ‘edit_posts’ role when you JUST need the Comments SubPanel. Which makes it hard if you want to assign somebody as a simple Comments Moderator.
This plugin will create a special user role called “Comments Moderator” that you can use to create any user account with. They will have access to the Comments SubPanel and all its functions, but nothing else 🙂

Mindvalley Comments Moderator

Create a custom role that enables only Comment Moderation actions and pages.

ShushThatNoise – Ignorant Comment Hider vs Mindvalley Comments Moderator