Silk AJAX Comments WordPress Plugin
The default wordpress comments system is awful when it comes to handling errors, this fixes this issue with some simple AJAX.
Instead of taking you to a different page (wp-comments-post.php) which does not redirect this script just ads some quick text above your form to let your users know if there was an error or if the comment was posted successfully (if successful it then clears the form).
There are a few plugins that do a simliar thing to this already but unfortunately most of the current AJAX commenting solutions I found in the plugin directory havent been updated in years or just didn't work, so following on from many "how to AJAX'ify your wordpress comments" blog posts I thought i'd make a simple plugin instead (which means no coding knowledge required).
The script chooses the #commentform div/form as this is default.
Ill update this plugin when needed but I do not offer any warranty or support for it.
2012
AJAX
callum
comment
comments
error
fix
form
handling
issue
new
silcock
simple
update
wordpress
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Usage of Silk AJAX Comments over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 21 to 10 — down 11 (-52.4%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 10 | -2 |
| June 2024 | 12 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 12 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 12 | -1 |
| March 2024 | 13 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 13 | -1 |
| January 2024 | 14 | +0 |
| December 2023 | 14 | -1 |
| November 2023 | 15 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 15 | -2 |
| September 2023 | 17 | -4 |
| August 2023 | 21 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 21 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 21 | — |
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