Title: Comment Validation Author: joern.zaefferer Published: November 15, 2008 Last modified: April 25, 2010 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/comment-validation.svg) # Comment Validation By [joern.zaefferer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joernzaefferer/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/comment-validation.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-validation/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-validation/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-validation/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-validation/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/) ## Description 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](http://jquery.com) and the [jQuery Validation plugin](http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/) with a few customizations to make it fit into the standard WordPress theme. **Is it compatible with other plugins?** The plugin is tested with the [Draw Comments](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/draw-comments/) plugin and works, though the performance is slightly degraded. Other plugins haven’t yet been tested. ## Screenshots * [[ * A form submit without filling out any fields * [[ * A form submit with valid name and comment, but invalid format for email (, instead of . in domain) and url (one slash is missing). Clicking on the message gives focus to the related input field. ## Installation 1. Upload the `comment-validation` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Comment Validation” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ joern.zaefferer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joernzaefferer/) [Translate “Comment Validation” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-validation) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comment-validation/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/comment-validation/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-validation/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-validation/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **0.4** * Last updated **16 years ago** * Active installations **700+** * WordPress version ** 2.0.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **2.9.2** * Tags * [client side](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/client-side/)[comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/) [validation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/validation/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-validation/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ joern.zaefferer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joernzaefferer/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-validation/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://bassistance.de/wordpress-plugins/)