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Always Allow Admin Comments

by Scott Reilly on WordPress.org

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

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A screenshot of the Discussion metabox when creating/editing a post or page that allows you to override the plugin to truly disable admin commenting for the post/page. This is the form field used for versions of WordPress older than 5.0, or for versions later than 5.0 when the block editor is disabled.

A screenshot of the Discussion metabox when creating/editing a post or page that allows you to override the plugin to truly disable admin commenting for the post/page. This is the form field used for versions of WordPress older than 5.0, or for versions later than 5.0 when the block editor is disabled.

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:

  • 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.)
  • 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.

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Developer Documentation

Developer documentation can be found in DEVELOPER-DOCS.md. That documentation covers the hooks provided by the plugin.

As an overview, these are the hooks provided by the plugin:

  • c2c_always_allow_admin_comments_disable : Customizes if comments should actually be disabled for a particular admin user.
  • c2c_always_allow_admin_comments_post_types: Customizes which post types are supported by the plugin.
Active installations20+
Weekly downloads
9-18.18%
Version1.3.2
Last updated10/15/2021
WordPress version4.6
Tested up to5.8.10
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