Antispam Bee vs Disqus Comment System

Say Goodbye to comment spam on your WordPress blog or website. Antispam Bee blocks spam comments and trackbacks effectively, without captchas and without sending personal information to third party services. It is free of charge, ad-free and 100% GDPR compliant. Feature/Settings Overview Trust approved commenters. Trust commenters with a Gravatar. Consider the comment time. Allow comments only in a certain language. Block or allow commenters from certain countries. Treat BBCode links as spam. Use regular expressions. Search local spam database for commenters previously marked as spammers. Notify admins by e-mail about incoming spam. Delete existing spam after n days. Limit approval to comments/pings (will delete other comment types). Select spam indicators to send comments to deletion directly. Optionally exclude trackbacks and pingbacks from spam detection. Optionally spam-check comment forms on archive pages. Display spam statistics on the dashboard, including daily updates of spam detection rate and a total of blocked spam comments. Support Community support via the support forums on wordpress.org Read the documentation We don’t handle support via e-mail, Twitter, GitHub issues etc. Contribute Active development of this plugin is handled on GitHub. Pull requests for documented bugs are highly appreciated. If you think you’ve found a bug (e.g. you’re experiencing unexpected behavior), please post at the support forums first. If you want to help us translate this plugin you can do so on WordPress Translate. Credits Author: Sergej Müller Maintainers: pluginkollektiv

Disqus is the web’s most popular commenting system trusted by millions of publishers to increase reader engagement, grow audience and traffic, and monetize content. Disqus helps publishers of all sizes engage directly with their audiences to build loyalty, retain readers, and foster thriving communities. The Disqus for WordPress plugin lets site owners and developers easily add Disqus to their sites, replacing the default WordPress comment system. Disqus installs in minutes and automatically imports your existing comments. In addition to our free-to-use, ad-supported Basic plan, we also offer ad-optional subscription plans that come with more advanced features and access to priority support. Please see our pricing page for more details. NEW: Disqus Polls – Engage your audiences with interactive polls, and seamlessly install them on your site. Why Disqus? Simple one-click installation that seamlessly integrates with WordPress without ever needing to edit a single line of code or losing any of your existing comments Keep users engaged on your site longer with a commenting experience readers love Bring users back to your site with web and email notifications and personalized digests Improve SEO ranking with user generated content Keep spam out with our best-in-class anti-spam filter powered by Akismet Single profile for commenting on over 4 million sites including social login support for Facebook, Twitter, and Google accounts Trusted by sites like ABC News, Entertainment Weekly, and Rotten Tomatoes Disqus Features Syncs comments automatically to WordPress for backup and flexibility if you ever decide to switch to a different platform Loads asynchronously with advanced caching so that Disqus doesn’t affect your site’s performance Monetization options to grow revenue Export comments to WordPress-compatible XML to backup or migrate to another system Analytics dashboard for measuring overall engagement on your site Mobile responsive design NEW: Disqus Polls – Create and embed interactive polls directly on your site to boost engagement and gather insights from your audience. Engagement Features Realtime comments system with fun discussion interactions: voting, photo and video upload, rich media embed (Youtube, Twitter, Vimeo, and more), spoiler tags, mentions Comment text formatting (e.g. bold, link, italics, quote) using HTML tags as well as code syntax highlighting Threaded comment display (nested 3 levels) with ability to collapse individual threads Sort discussion by oldest, newest, and best comments Flexible login options – Social login with Facebook, Twitter, and Google, SSO, and guest commenting support Instant activity notifications, email notifications, and digests pull readers back in User profiles that show you recent comment history and frequented communities Recommendations widget that shows where active discussions are happening elsewhere on your site Moderation Features Automatic anti-spam filter powered by Akismet Automated pre-moderation controls to flag comments based on links, user reputation Moderate directly in the discussion, via email, or moderation panel Email notifications for newly posted comments, replies Moderation Panel that lets you search, filter, sort, and manage your comments Self-moderation tools like user blocking, comment flagging Support Search our Knowledge Base for solutions to common troubleshooting questions Check out our support community, Discuss Disqus, to see if your question has been answered Talk to our Support team at disqus.com/support Visit our Getting Started page to learn the basics of Disqus