Native, privacy-first comments for Joomla 5 & 6 articles. Imports your CComment or JComments comments and fights spam without outside services.
Why JR Comments
Joomla has no comments of its own, and the old favourites are gone. CComment's developer has closed his extensions business, and JComments has not kept up with Joomla 5 and 6. JR Comments is a new comment system built for Joomla 5 & 6. It keeps every comment in your own database, fights spam without outside services, and brings your old comments with it.
No third-party scripts. No tracking. No monthly fee per site.
Bring your old comments
The built-in importer reads your CComment or JComments tables directly, even when the old extension is no longer installed after a Joomla 3 migration.
- Dry run first: see how many comments will come across, what is skipped and why, and converted examples. Nothing is written.
- Safe to run again: a second run never creates duplicates, and an interrupted import just continues.
- Clean conversion: HTML and BBCode become plain text, dates are converted from the old time zone, confirmed reply subscriptions are kept.
Everything a comment section needs
- Threads under your articles: switch them on for all categories, chosen categories, or per article. Close old threads after N days.
- Guests and members: the form works without JavaScript and posts in the background when JavaScript is on. Optional privacy consent and any Joomla captcha.
- Threaded replies with a depth limit, "Load more", avatars (initials, Gravatar or a profile field), author and moderator badges, and permalinks.
- Comment counts in blog and featured views, with one database query per page.
- Edit your own comment for 15 minutes after posting.
- Styled by your template: Bootstrap 5 classes, right-to-left support, keyboard and screen-reader friendly, and template overrides for every part of the thread.
Moderation and spam control
- Trust that grows: guests and new members wait for approval; members are published at once after N approved comments.
- Moderate from the admin or the site: filters, search and batch actions in the Comments screen, plus Approve / Spam / Trash buttons right in the thread.
- Local spam scoring: honeypot, time trap, rate limits, link checks, banned words, duplicate detection and learning from your spam decisions. You see the score and the reasons for every comment.
- Bans by email, whole email domain, IP address or user, with an optional end date.
- Email alerts through Joomla Mail Templates: moderator alerts, and reply notifications with double opt-in and one-click unsubscribe.
- Every moderation action goes to the User Actions Log.
Privacy built in
- Emails are never shown. IP addresses are cleared after 30 days by a scheduled task, and bans use a keyed hash, not the address.
- Works with Joomla's privacy requests: export a person's comments, or anonymise them on removal.
- No outbound calls, unless you turn on Gravatar.
Pro features
- Voting: up/down or like-only, with an optional "best first" order.
- Light formatting: bold, italic, code, quotes, lists and code blocks, through a safe whitelist.
- Pinned comments: keep the most useful answer at the top.
- User reports: visitors flag a comment with a reason; after N reports it goes back to moderation.
- Latest Comments module: latest comments, most discussed articles or top commenters, by category and language.
Lite vs Pro
Start free. Upgrade when you want voting, formatting, pinning, reports and the module.
| Lite (free) | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Threaded comments for guests and members | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import from CComment and JComments | ✓ | ✓ |
| Moderation (admin and on the site) · bans | ✓ | ✓ |
| Local anti-spam scoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email notifications · Mail Templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Privacy requests · automatic IP clean-up | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comment counts in blog views | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voting · "best first" order | — | ✓ |
| Light formatting | — | ✓ |
| Pinned comments | — | ✓ |
| User reports | — | ✓ |
| Latest Comments module | — | ✓ |
| Priority support & updates | — | ✓ |
Go Pro: $29/yr launch price Get Lite: Free
FAQ
Does JR Comments work on Joomla 5 and 6?
Yes. It needs Joomla 5.2+ or 6.x and PHP 8.1+ (Joomla 6 needs PHP 8.3+).
Can I move my comments from CComment or JComments?
Yes, in both Lite and Pro. Run a dry run first, then import. The old extension does not need to be installed.
Is Lite really free?
Yes. JR Comments Lite is free and GPL, with no time limit. You create a free JoomReem account to download it, and it updates itself from the Joomla update screen with no key.
Does it send data to other servers?
No. Spam checks run on your server. The only outbound call is Gravatar, and only if you turn it on.
Can I upgrade from Lite to Pro later?
Yes. Install the Pro package over Lite. All comments and settings stay.
How do Pro updates work?
Enter your Download ID once under System → Update Sites, and Joomla installs updates through our update server.
Pricing
JR Comments Pro: $39 / year, now $29 / year at launch. Buy at the launch price and keep it for as long as you renew. Use it on every site you build, no per-site limits. Includes 12 months of updates and priority support. The extension keeps working either way (it's GPL); renew to keep getting both.
- ✓ Unlimited sites
- ✓ Voting, formatting, pinned comments, reports and the Latest Comments module
- ✓ Priority support · 12 months of updates
- ✓ 30-day money-back guarantee
Buy JR Comments Pro: $29/yr Get Lite: Free
Read the JR Comments documentation.