Replytocom Controller
Replytocom Controller lets remove "?replytocom" from comment reply urls and redirect bots who try to use it anyway.
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Replytocom Controller shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (70+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 9 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.5 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Replytocom Controller stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| bandwidth saving | >100 |
| bots | >100 |
| duplicate content | >100 |
| replytocom | #11 |
| seo | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
About Replytocom Controller
From the official readme · v1.2Description
Hate duplicate content? Hate wasting server resources?
Replytocom Controller gives you the option to remove “?replytocom” from comment urls and optionally redirect visitors & bots who try to use it anyway to a destination of your choice.
For those concerned about duplicate content for SEO purposes, the benefits should be obvious.
If you want to speed up your WordPress server, the redirection will let you stop wasting resources serving up the same page over and over again to a crawler bot. Even worse, pages with a question mark in the url aren’t typically cached by caching plugins like WP Super Cache. That means that those bot crawls are eating up way more resources then a normal url would. Now you can send them to a cached copy of that page, a less resource intensive page, or any other url.
Of course, the cost of all this is that visitors can’t have JavaScript turned off if they want to leave replies in threaded comments.
Borrows code from:
* https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
* https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/replytocom-redirector/
Installation
- Upload the plugin to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Settings->Replytocom Controller if you want to override default settings
Changelog
2016/12/11 – 1.2
- Fixed parse error php < 5.4
2016/12/10 – 1.1
- Brought code up to date
2013/03/20 – 1.0
- Initial release
For developers
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FAQ
Replytocom Controller: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 1, 2026
Is Replytocom Controller free?
Yes. Replytocom Controller is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Replytocom Controller safe to use in 2026?
Replytocom Controller shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 70+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Replytocom Controller?
Replytocom Controller is active on 70+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 6,112 times since it launched in March 2013. It was downloaded 51 times in the last 30 days.
Does Replytocom Controller work with WordPress 7.1?
Replytocom Controller is officially tested up to WordPress 3.5.2, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Replytocom Controller last updated?
The latest version, 1.2, was released on December 11, 2016 (10 years ago).
Who makes Replytocom Controller?
Replytocom Controller is developed and maintained by ClaytonL.
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