Appearance

Comments Filters ​

Comment Data Modification ​

fluent_community/comment/comment_data ​

Modify comment data before a new comment is created.

Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
$dataarrayComment data to be inserted
$requestDataarrayOriginal request data

Input Data Structure:

php
[
    'user_id' => 123,
    'post_id' => 456,
    'parent_id' => null, // or parent comment ID for replies
    'message' => 'Comment text',
    'type' => 'comment',
    'status' => 'published',
    'meta' => []
]

Return Value: Modified array or WP_Error for validation errors

Example Usage:

php
// Validate minimum length
add_filter('fluent_community/comment/comment_data', function($data, $requestData) {
    $message = strip_tags($data['message']);
    
    if (strlen($message) < 10) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'comment_too_short',
            'Comments must be at least 10 characters long',
            ['status' => 400]
        );
    }
    
    return $data;
}, 10, 2);

// Block spam keywords
add_filter('fluent_community/comment/comment_data', function($data, $requestData) {
    $spam_keywords = ['viagra', 'casino', 'lottery'];
    $message = strtolower($data['message']);
    
    foreach ($spam_keywords as $keyword) {
        if (stripos($message, $keyword) !== false) {
            return new WP_Error(
                'spam_detected',
                'Your comment contains prohibited content',
                ['status' => 403]
            );
        }
    }
    
    return $data;
}, 10, 2);

fluent_community/comment/update_comment_data ​

Modify comment data before an existing comment is updated.

Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
$dataarrayUpdate data
$existingCommentComment ObjectCurrent comment
$requestDataarrayRequest data

Return Value: Modified array or WP_Error

API Response Filters ​

fluent_community/comments_query_response ​

Modify comments API response before sending to client.

Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
$commentsarrayArray of comment arrays
$feedFeed ObjectParent feed object

Return Value: Modified comments array

Configuration Filters ​

fluent_community/max_comment_char_length ​

Set maximum comment length in characters.

Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
$maxLengthintMaximum length (default: 5000)

Return Value: Integer

See Also ​

Fluent Community developer documentation

Copyright © 2025 Fluent Community