Featured Comments
Lets the admin add “featured” or “buried” css class to selected comments. Handy to highlight comments that add value to your post.
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Featured Comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (30+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 9 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.7 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Featured Comments stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| comments | >100 |
| feature comments | >100 |
| featured comments | >100 |
| Pippin's Plugins | #1 |
| pippinsplugins | #2 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
About Featured Comments
From the official readme · v1.2.6Description
Lets the admin add “featured” or “buried” css class to selected comments. Handy to highlight comments that add value to your post.
This plugin makes use of the meta_query option added in WordPress 3.5 to the WP_Comment_Query class, so it is no longer compatible with earlier versions of WordPress.
Please report bugs and suggestions on Github.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
- Upload ‘feature-comments’ directory to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
All the options will be automatically added to the edit comments table, and single comment edit screen
Changelog
Re-added Buried checkbox to the edit comment screen Added a file-modified-time version number to the JS to ensure file is not cached between updates Added a div.feature-burry-comments wrapper to the Feature | Bury links added to comments
1.2.6
- Fixed a bug that caused the Feature / Bury links to not work on pages where comments were loaded through ajax
- Updated add_comment_meta() to update_comment_meta() to ensure we are not adding duplicate values
1.2.5
- Fixed a minor security vulnerability that could allow someone to trick an admin into featuring or burying a comment
1.2.4
- Fixed a bug with the Featured Comments widget and not being able to properly set the number of comments to show
1.2.3
- Fixed a fatal error in the Featured Comments widget
- Fixed an undefined index error in the Featured Comments widget
- Fixed a missing comment ID parameter to the get_comment_author_link()
1.2.2
- Improved capability check when processing ajax requests
1.2.1
- Re-added Buried checkbox to the edit comment screen
- Added a file-modified-time version number to the JS to ensure file is not cached between updates
- Added a div.feature-burry-comments wrapper to the Feature | Bury links added to comments
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FAQ
Featured Comments: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 1, 2026
Is Featured Comments free?
Yes. Featured Comments is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Featured Comments safe to use in 2026?
Featured Comments shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Featured Comments?
Featured Comments is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 9,251 times since it launched in January 2010. It was downloaded 76 times in the last 30 days.
Does Featured Comments work with WordPress 7.1?
Featured Comments is officially tested up to WordPress 4.7.37, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Featured Comments last updated?
The latest version, 1.2.6, was released on October 10, 2016 (10 years ago).
Who makes Featured Comments?
Featured Comments is developed and maintained by Syed Balkhi.
What are the best alternatives to Featured Comments?
The most popular alternatives to Featured Comments are Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Pro… (5M+ installs), Disable Comments (1M+ installs) and Antispam Bee (700K+ installs).
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