Moderate Wordpress Blog Comments from Desktop

Moderator is a WordPress Plugin and associated desktop application, built using Adobe AIR, that allows you to view and moderate comments from your desktop.

Moderator currently requires version 2.6+ of WordPress be installed. Also, you will need Adobe AIR 1.1, which runs on Mac, Windows, and is currently in beta on Linux.

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# Moderator : WordPress Plugin+Desktop App. to Manage Comments

Some of the features of this early release of the application include:

• Viewing unmoderated comments.
• Dock and system tray notifications of the number of unmoderated comments.
• Accept, delete, and spam comments from within the desktop client.
• Close application window, or minimize it to the system tray while running.
• Shows the Gravatar icons for the user who posted the comment.

Installation

1. Download the current plugin bundle from here. (moderator_plugin.zip | 72KB)
2. Unzip and place them in your Wordpress install directory under {wordpress install}/wp-content/plugins. You should now have a directory called ‘moderator’ in the plugins folder.
3. Login to your administration panel, and go to the Plugins page. Activate the Moderator plugin by clicking on the ‘Activate’ link in the entry for this plugin.
4. Now that the plugin is activated, go to the Settings tab and select the Moderator admin page. Follow the instructions on that page to install the desktop client.

Source : Danieldura.com

Not a bad one… but it requires Adobe Air and we can’t reply to comments…

Hence, I am still using the process below …

# Windows Live Writer for Moderating Wordpress Comments

To install the Wordpress Comments Plugin in Live Writer, download the WordpressPlugin.dll to your desktop and then copy it to the plug-ins folder in your Live Writer installation directory

C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\Plugins

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