Comment Edit Lite and Pro have been updated to support permanent comment deletion for comments.
This feature came as a result of a feature request by a Comment Edit Pro user.
Please can you add a feature to enable users to permanently delete comments instead of just adding comments to trash.
In order to make this feature a reality, I updated the base Comment Edit Lite plugin to allow an override when someone deletes their comment. This allows someone to modify this behavior programmatically using a WordPress filter.
On the Comment Edit Pro side, I’ve added three new options:
Skip the trash for user-deleted comments
You can already delete your own comments with Comment Edit Lite, but now you can have them permanently removed when deleted.
In WordPress, when you delete a comment, it goes into the trash column. With this new option from Comment Edit Pro, you can have these items go straight into oblivion.
Skip the trash for comments deleted by moderators
Comment Moderators can remove comments from the frontend and skip the trash when frontend editing.
Spam & delete comments
You can also enable the option that will mark a comment as spam and then immediately remove it.
With Spam and Delete, you can make sure the comment is marked as spam appropriately and then, when done, is permanently removed.
What’s next for Comment Edit Pro?
I’d like to add in some bulk tools into the next major version. Perhaps sneak permissions in as well. Thanks for reading.
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Ronald Huereca founded DLX Plugins in 2022 with the goal of providing deluxe plugins available for download. Find out more about DLX Plugins, check out some tutorials, and check out our plugins.