Editing a Comment in WordPress With Comment Edit Core
One of the more common complaints of admins and commenters alike is that WordPress doesn’t allow comment editing out of the box. Fortunately, there is a free and easy plugin that’ll do it for you: Comment Edit Core (or formerly known as Simple Comment Editing).
This “How To” will show you how to edit comments by installing the Comment Edit Core plugin and showing you how to configure it.
Step 1: Install Comment Edit Core
Comment Edit Core is easy to install. Go to your admin dashboard, find Plugins->Add New, and search for “Comment Edit Core.”
Installing Comment Edit Core via The Admin Dashboard
The admin options are entirely optional, but you can head to Settings->Comment Edit Core to adjust the comment time, and even add a Mailchimp newsletter to your comment form.
Comment Edit Core Admin Settings
Step 3: Leave a test comment
As a logged-out user, find a post with comments open, and leave a test comment.
Editing a Comment With Comment Edit Core
Conclusion
In this short “How To”, I demonstrated how to edit comments using WordPress. For additional comment features, such as unlimited editing for logged-in users, please consider upgrading to Comment Edit Pro.
