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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 4.0.38

bSocial comments

Featured, faved, and flaged comments.

Active installs<10New
Downloads · 30d23▲ +53.3% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score21/100At risk
All-time downloads1.4KSince Nov 2014
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.0PHP any
Downloads · 7d7▼ -12.5% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

bSocial comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. Was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (<10 active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 11 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 4.0 (latest is 7.1)

Daily downloads

012Jul 2Aug 15Sep 29
Yesterday0
Daily average (1y)1
Peak day11May 15, 2026
Last 12 months290

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where bSocial comments stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
bSocial #2 2 Best bSocial plugins →
bSuite #7 9 Best bSuite plugins →
comments >100 8,810 Best comments plugins →
featured comments >100 1,056 Best featured comments plugins →
flags >100 3,006 Best flags plugins →

About bSocial comments

From the official readme · v1.0

Description

  1. This section needs development.
  2. Adds featured comments selected by editors
  3. Adds ability for users to flag comments
  4. Adds ability for users to fave comments
  5. Adds support for registering new comment types and statuses, similar to WP core’s register_post_type(), see the section on registering custom comment types

History

Featured comments were originally introduced in bSocial (plugin repo, github), but have moved here. New bSocial commenting features will be developed in this plugin.

In the WordPress.org plugin repo

Eventually here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bsocial-comments/

Fork me!

This plugin is on Github: https://github.com/misterbisson/bsocial-comments

Build status

Master build status at Travis-CI:

Registering custom comment types

Custom comment types

`php

$args = array(
‘labels’ => array(
‘name’ => ‘Faves’,
‘singular_name’ => ‘Fave’,
‘edit_item’ => ‘Edit Fave’,
‘update_item’ => ‘Update Fave’,
‘view_item’ => ‘View Fave’,
‘all_items’ => ‘All Faves’,
),
‘description’ => ‘Comment faves’,
‘public’ => TRUE,
‘show_ui’ => TRUE,
‘admin_actions’ => array( ‘trash’, ‘untrash’, ‘delete’ ),
‘statuses’ => array(
‘feedback’,
‘trash’,
),
);

bsocial_comments()->register()->comment_type( ‘fave’, $args );
`

Custom comment statuses

`php

$args = array(
‘label’ => ‘Feedback’,
‘label_count’ => _n_noop( ‘Feedback (%s)’, ‘Feedback (%s)’ ),
‘status_links_show’ => TRUE,
‘include_in_all’ => FALSE,
);

bsocial_comments()->register()->comment_status( ‘feedback’, $args );
`

Installation

  1. Place the plugin folder in your wp-content/plugins/ directory and activate it.
  2. Use the default options, or filter go_config to return the options you want (when the second arg = bsocial-comments).
  3. Have fun, feature some comments!

For developers

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FAQ

bSocial comments: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026

Is bSocial comments free?

Yes. bSocial comments is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is bSocial comments safe to use in 2026?

bSocial comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. Was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 21/100 on our health check.

How many websites use bSocial comments?

bSocial comments is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,356 times since it launched in November 2014. It was downloaded 23 times in the last 30 days.

Does bSocial comments work with WordPress 7.1?

bSocial comments is officially tested up to WordPress 4.0.38, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was bSocial comments last updated?

The latest version, 1.0, was released on November 4, 2014 (12 years ago).

Who makes bSocial comments?

bSocial comments is developed and maintained by Casey Bisson.

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