The default wordpress comments system is awful when it comes to handling errors, this fixes this issue with some simple AJAX.
As of April 2026, Silk AJAX Comments is a WordPress fix plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Image Rotation Repair.
Instead of taking you to a different page (wp-comments-post.php) which does not redirect this script just ads some quick text above your form to let your users know if there was an error or if the comment was posted successfully (if successful it then clears the form).
There are a few plugins that do a simliar thing to this already but unfortunately most of the current AJAX commenting solutions I found in the plugin directory havent been updated in years or just didn’t work, so following on from many “how to AJAX’ify your wordpress comments” blog posts I thought i’d make a simple plugin instead (which means no coding knowledge required).
The script chooses the #commentform div/form as this is default.
Ill update this plugin when needed but I do not offer any…
| WordPress | 3+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
First release
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