One of the best parts about Facebook groups is that it allows users to report inapt remarks. This allows administrators and moderators to easily delete objectionable, rude, and harmful remarks from the group. Wouldn’t it be great if WordPress had a solution that allowed users to report inappropriate remarks? This article will show how to allow users to report inappropriate remarks in WordPress.
Why allow users to report inapt remarks in WordPress?
Despite having tools to combat spam in WordPress, trolls often find ways to post negative remarks on posts. The offensive, rude, and harmful words appearing on website may damage the brand image and negatively affect business. If a site receives many remarks, then admin must read each remark to ensure that negative remarks are not missed. If you don’t have the resources, this will be very difficult. By allowing users to report inappropriate remarks, admin can crowdsource this task to readers, similar to the number of Facebook groups.
Let sit visitor catch and report inappropriate remarks for you to view and delete. If visitors are allowed to report / tag remarks, then the admin will be able to respond quickly by deleting erroneous remarks. This allows site owners to easily capture negative remarks and provide users with a sense of community and new ways to participate on the website.
Let’s see how to easily allow users to report remarks in WordPress:
Allow users to report inappropriate remarks in WordPress
The first thing to do is install and activate the Zeno Report Remarks plugin.
After initiation, go to the Settings »Discussion page in the WordPress management area and then navigate to the” Allow remark tags “option.
Next, crisscross the box “Allow visitors to mark remarks as inappropriate” option.
When done, “Save” the settings.
After saving your settings, additional options under the “Allow remark tags” option be seen.
First, the “Flagging threshold” option. This basically allows setting up of multiple reports before the remark is marked for manual review. The recommended setting is to set this number to 1, but it can be set as high as possible.
Second, there is an “Administrator notifications” option that allows to choose whether to receive emails when sending remarks for manual review.
The third option allows to enable or disable “Administrator notifications”. If you want WordPress to send an email to the administrator every time a report remark is inappropriate, select the checkbox next to it.
Depending on the number of remarks on a site, these notifications may become irresistible. The simpler solution is to disable email notifications and only view remarks every day.
After completing the configuration, be sure to click the “Save” button. To preview how the remark option is displayed on the blog, simply open the blog post on the website. The “Report Remark” link will begin to appear below each remark on the site. Users can click this link to report negative remarks.
When users report remarks, the plugin will display quick AJAX feedback. When the report count of the remark reaches the mark threshold, it will be pushed back to the review queue for review by the site administrator or editor. Then choose to delete or re-approve it.
