RSComments! Changelog
20 Oct 2025
Version 1.14.3
- Added - 'Store User ID' option when 'Anonymous comments' is set to 'Yes'.
- Fixed - In some cases a PHP Deprecated message could appear when adding a comment.
10 Oct 2025
Version 1.14.2
- Added - Joomla! 6.x compatibility.
25 Oct 2023
Version 1.14.1
- Fixed - An error was thrown on Joomla 5 when the "Load Bootstrap" option was set to yes.
24 Oct 2023
Version 1.14.0
- Added - Native support for Joomla! 5.
- Added - Comment draft.
- Added - Integration with Giphy.
- Added - New bbcode option: spoiler.
- Added - Automation: unpublish comments based on reports limit or downvotes limit.
- Fixed - Miscellaneous code improvements.
19 Jan 2022
Version 1.13.24
- Fixed - Comments originating from IPs in IPv6 format could not be saved to the database.
19 Oct 2021
Version 1.13.23
- Fixed - Structured data are now in the JSON format.
14 Jun 2021
Version 1.13.22
- Added - hCaptcha support.
26 Nov 2020
Version 1.13.21
- Added - Comments listing (backend) - show the title of the article where the comment was posted.
- Added - Option to enable content plugins on comments.
06 Aug 2020
Version 1.13.20
- Added - Joomla! 4 compatibility.
- Added - Invisible reCaptcha.
- Fixed - Miscellaneous code improvements.
05 May 2020
Version 1.13.19
- Fixed - The comment vote was not visible for users who haven't voted yet.
- Updated - All RSComments! tabels are utf8mb4.
10 Feb 2020
Version 1.13.18
- Added - Preview comment before submitting the form.
- Added - Added a new placeholder to the notification email: {author}.
- Updated - Activation of the moderated comment.
12 Sep 2019
Version 1.13.17
- Fixed - Email subscriptions were not sent from the backend and from the approval link.
19 Apr 2019
Version 1.13.16
- Fixed - Some comments were not showing for some users.
29 Mar 2019
Version 1.13.15
- Fixed - The algorithm for showing comments was improved.
20 Nov 2018
Version 1.13.14
- Updated - Select the default frontend modal.
16 Oct 2018
Version 1.13.13
- Updated - Now you can use multiple instances of RSComments! on the same page.
- Fixed - Remove old reCaptcha.
26 Jun 2018
Version 1.13.12
- Fixed - Code optimizations.
24 May 2018
Version 1.13.11
- Added - Option to store users IP address.
- Added - Option to get user consent.
- Added - Anonymous commenting.
- Added - View all your comments.
7 Mar 2018
Version 1.13.10
- Added - Global message.
- Updated - Moved scripts to media folder.
- Updated - Code optimizations.
7 Feb 2018
Version 1.13.9
- Fixed - Some comments were not shown after form submission.
15 Jan 2018
Version 1.13.8
- Fixed - BBCode was not displaying correctly.
28 Jun 2017
Version 1.13.7
- Added - Google Maps API Key.
- Fixed - Some errors were showing when using the content plugin.
- Updated - Use of the bootstrap modal instead of the old MooTools modal.
6 Mar 2017
Version 1.13.6
- Added - EasyDiscuss avatar selection.
- Added - Agree the terms and conditions straight from the modal.
24 May 2016
Version 1.13.5
- Fixed - RSComments! was throwing Deprecated messages on PHP 7.
23 Mar 2016
Version 1.13.4
- Fixed - XSS vulnerability in the components backend dashboard.
27 Jan 2016
Version 1.13.3
- Added - Font Awesome icons.
- Added - Block IP's from commenting.
- Added - Add your location from where you posted the comment.
- Added - Show / Hide form labels.
- Added - Added {approve} and {delete} placeholders in the notification email.
- Fixed - Subscription emails were sent event if the comment needed moderation.
03 Dec 2015
Version 1.13.2
- Added - Joomla! Updates Integration.
15 Jul 2015
Version 1.13.1
- Fix - The comments box was still visible on articles that had their category blacklisted in the RSComments! configuration area.
28 May 2015
Version 1.13.0
- Added - New Joomla! 3.x design.
- Added - Rich snippets on comments.
- Added - Display the comment form above or below the comments list.
- Added - Comments statistics in the dashboard view.
- Added - New reCAPTCHA.
- Updated - MooTools scripts converted to jQuery.
18 May 2015
Version 1.12.6
- Fix - Downloading comment attachments did not work when SEF was turned on.
3 Mar 2015
Version 1.12.5
- Fix - The backend sidebar on Joomla! 3.4 was not showing correctly.
13 Nov 2014
Version 1.12.4
- Fix - There was a problem when editing the comment in the back-end with UTF-8 characters.
24 Sep 2014
Version 1.12.3
- Fix - The subscription emails were sent even when the comment was edited.
19 Sep 2014
Version 1.12.2
- Fix - Permissions tab was missing from the configuration.
04 Aug 2014
Version 1.12.1
- Fix - Fixed an issue with the commenting form breaking the page on some installations.
24 Jul 2014
Version 1.12.0
- New - Add your custom emoticons.
- New - You can reset the number of votes a comment received.
- New - Report comments.
- New - If a comment accumulates a specific number of bad votes , then the comment text will be hidden.
- Fix - Tooltip problem with Joomla! 3.3
- Fix - The "Component" filter from the list comments was not showing all components.
27 Feb 2013
Version 1.1.0 Rev 11
Please update your modules and plugins as well!- Added - Joomla 3.0 compatibility
- Added - Create new designs trough template overrides
- Added - Import comments from Komento
- Added - Option to show last modified time
- Updated - Refactored code to use less resources
18 Jun 2012
Version 1.1 Rev 10
- Updated - Backend design and usability
- Updated - Backend comments filtering now searches for the title of the comment as well
- Updated - Improved design of the default template with W3c validation and support for overridden images (theme/images)
- Updated - Subscription form in the modal box
- Updated - Some language file labels and descriptions
- Updated - Configuration handling functions
- Updated - Submitting the commenting form is now disabled while waiting for the AJAX request
- Updated - "Load more comments" instead of numeric pagination
- Added - Community Builder Tab: Showing latest comments of the user
- Added - Import subscriptions during comments import
- Added - Auto-subscribe for groups
- Added - Open/Close thread for groups
- Added - Reply to comment feature
- Added - Reply permission for groups
- Added - CSS classes for comments and replies
- Added - Ability to show or hide the subscribe checkbox in the commenting form
- Added - Two new templates
- Added - Unsubscribe from receiving comment notifications using the email placeholder {unsubscribelink}
- Added - Ability to add rel="nofollow" for website links
- Added - Multilingual "Terms and Conditions"
- Added - Import comments from JA Comment and UDJA Comments
- Added - "Show User Social Link" - show profile link from Community Builder or JomSocial
- Fixed - Show Subscribe and RSS buttons from comments listing when there is no comment displayed
- Fixed - Error message for import plugin if source component does not exist
- Fixed - Tooltip for all frontend buttons
- Fixed - Replacing uploaded files while editing the comment in front-end
15 Sep 2011
Rev 9
- Updated - The comments pagination.
- Updated - Fixed width of the avatar, when imported from third party locations
- Added - Show/Hide "No comments" link
- Added - Start with the comment form closed or opened when using the Accordion option
- Added - RSComments! latest comments module for front-end
- Fixed - Upload was denied when the file extension was uppercase
27 Apr 2011
Rev 8
- Added - Enable/disable "Terms and Conditions" option
- Added - Ability to attach a file to the comment message
- Added - K2 comments filter in backend
- Added - Flexicontent comments filter in backend
- Fixed - rev 7 bugs
10 Mar 2011
Rev 7
- Fixed - minor bugs for Joomla! 1.6 article modules
- Added - You can show the comment form on blocked articles
- Added - EasyBlog avatar
27 Jan 2011
Rev 6
- Added - Joomla! 1.6 support
- Added - Maximum word length
- Added - {message} placeholder in the "Notification message"
- Added - Ability to set the nofollow attribute to the comment links
18 Nov 2010
Rev 5
- Added - Enable/Disable comments subscriptions
- Added - E-mail placeholder ({email}) in notification e-mail
- Added - RSBlog! comments filter in backend
- Added - Ajax pagination
- Added - Latest comments administrator module
03 Aug 2010
Rev 4
- Added - Enable/disable characters left
- Added - Set bbcodes for groups
- Added - Ordering options in backend for comments
- Added - Enable accordion style to the comment form
- Added - Minimum comment length
- Added - Block users
- Added - Flood interval between posts
21 Jun 2010
Rev 3
- Fixed - XSS security issues
21 May 2010
Rev 2
- Fixed - XSS security issues
