Comment Image Boost

Comment Image Boost helps publishers, communities, stores, directories, and content sites collect photo comments from real readers. Visitors can upload an image while commenting, preview it before submitting, and site owners can moderate attached images from the comment edit screen.

Free features:

• Single image upload on WordPress comment forms.
• Drag and drop upload support.
• Image preview before submission.
• JPG, JPEG, and PNG validation.
• Maximum upload size up to 2 MB.
• Secure upload processing with WordPress nonces and wp_handle_upload().
• Custom comment-image upload folder.
• Optional Media Library registration with WordPress thumbnails.
• EXIF/GPS metadata removal.
• Frontend display before or after the comment text.
• Configurable display size and preview size.
• Lazy-loaded frontend images.
• Lightbox image viewer.
• Visual “Photo comment” badges.
• Comment edit-screen image moderation.
• Dedicated image moderation screen with filters and bulk actions.
• Orphan image cleanup tool.
• Environment diagnostics in wp-admin.

Pro features powered by Freemius:

• Multiple images per comment.
• Required image comments for campaigns and contests.
• Image captions.
• WebP and AVIF uploads.
• Higher upload limits.
• Horizontal comment image layout.
• Global image gallery shortcodes.
• Gutenberg gallery block.
• Elementor gallery widget.
• Gallery columns and carousel layout with navigation arrows.
• Post type and category targeting.
• Automatic resize and compression.
• Progressive JPEG and interlaced PNG output.