Comment Validation WordPress Plugin
This plugin adds client-side validation to the WordPress comment form, using the jQuery validation plugin.
Ever got annoyed when submitting a comment on a wordpress blog and just getting a blank page with a error message like "please fill out required fields" and nothing else? This plugin aims to help by adding validation to the comment form. When a user submits the form and something is missing, an appropiate message is displayed and individual fields are highlighted. When the email or url is in an incorrect format, a message is displayed accordingly.
Why should you install it? Because you care for comments and want to help users reduce mistakes that hold them off from commenting at all.
Whats the technology used? jQuery and the jQuery Validation plugin with a few customizations to make it fit into the
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Usage of Comment Validation over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 491 to 327 — down 164 (-33.4%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 327 | -25 |
| June 2024 | 352 | -4 |
| May 2024 | 356 | +1 |
| April 2024 | 355 | -1 |
| March 2024 | 356 | -17 |
| February 2024 | 373 | -12 |
| January 2024 | 385 | -21 |
| December 2023 | 406 | -14 |
| November 2023 | 420 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 420 | -20 |
| September 2023 | 440 | -26 |
| August 2023 | 466 | -12 |
| July 2023 | 478 | -13 |
| June 2023 | 491 | — |
Themes used with Comment Validation
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zdravi |
| 2 | Wp_custom |
| 3 | Twentythirteen |
| 4 | Twentyeleven |
| 5 | Twentyten |
| 6 | Divi |
| 7 | Twentytwelve |
| 8 | Thematic |
| 9 | Bloggingnews |
| 10 | Genesis |
| 11 | 911washington |
| 12 | X |
| 13 | Twentyfourteen |
| 14 | Transition |
| 15 | Organic_news |
| 16 | Dt-the7 |
| 17 | Ireckon-2014 |
| 18 | Porcelain |
| 19 | Webalive |
| 20 | Adapt |
Sites running Comment Validation
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