How to Edit WooCommerce Reviews with Comment Edit Core

In this How To, I’ll show you how to enable review editing for your WooCommerce customers.

Why edit reviews?Opens in a new window

Sometimes reviews are left in the heat of the moment, or a customer may want to go back and modify their review after receiving good service.

This aids the shop owner, who would like good reviews, and it aids the customer, as they have more control over the review they just left.

How to enable WooCommerce review editingOpens in a new window

This will be a short section. Just install the WordPress plugin Comment Edit Core (it’s free), and your customers will be able to edit their reviews for 5 minutes. Here’s a demo below.

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Comment Edit Core is designed to be a no-click install process, so once installed, you’ll have immediate access to user review editing. You can download the plugin below.

Pin itWebShare Comment Edit Core – Simple Comment Editing Opens in a new window

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Author(s): Ronald Huereca

Current Version: 3.3.0

Last Updated: March 8, 2026

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How to enable unlimited WooCommerce review editingOpens in a new window

This one is more tricky. Anonymous users (i.e., logged-out customers) are cookie-based, and that cookie is only good for one browser session. This means there’s no reliable way to allow these customers to edit indefinitely.

However, more and more sites are leaning towards logged-in users for comments and reviews to control their community better.

Fortunately, there’s Comment Edit Pro, which allows for unlimited review editingOpens in a new window. You need to install it and navigate to the Comment EditingOpens in a new window tab.

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Once you’re there, enable the toggle under Countdown Timer that says, “Unlimited Timer for Logged-in Users.”

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This will allow logged-in users to edit their reviews indefinitely.

I highly recommend turning on comment loggingOpens in a new window and editing notificationsOpens in a new window if you choose to have unlimited editing.

How to edit reviews as an admin on the frontendOpens in a new window

To edit reviews as an admin, I highly recommend you turn on frontend editing and the moderation panelOpens in a new window, a Comment Edit Pro feature.

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Once on the frontend, open the moderation panel and edit the review.

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ConclusionOpens in a new window

In this brief how-to, I demonstrated how to enable review editing for your customers. All you need is Comment Edit Core, but if you would like frontend editing and unlimited editing, I recommend checking out Comment Edit Pro as well.