First Comment Redirect is a simple plugin that lets you to redirect commenter who just made their very first comment on your site to any pages or custom links you prefer. So what’s the point for redirecting commenter to any other page or link? Well you can redirect them to a simple Thank you page, thanking them for visiting your site and for their wonderful comments. Also you can ask them to subscribe to your blog or like them on facebook or follow your blog/site on Twitter. This is just a simple examples on how you can use this plugin. It all depends on you on how creatively you can use this plugin. The plugin has simple setting page that you can use to set up the redirect page or link. Also you can choose whether to only redirect first commenter on your site or all the commenter. First Comment Redirect Settings Page
Redirect Commenter to any page within your site?
- Create a page called Thankyou and write some thankyou messages as your wish and save this page.
- Go to your Dashboard and look for First Comment Redirect admin menu.
- Click on the menu and you will see settings page as shown in the picture above
- Now click on Redirect to dropdown and select the Page.
- Now from the Page dropdown select Thankyou page
- If you want to redirect only the very first commentor on your site then uncheck Redirect All Comment box but if you want to redirect all the commenter on your site then check the Redirect All Comment.
- Click Save Changes
Redirect the commenter to any custom URL
- Go to your Dashboard and look for First Comment Redirect admin menu.
- Click on the menu and you will see settings page as shown in the picture above
- Now click on Redirect to dropdown and select the Custom Link.
- Now on the Custom Link box put the url where you would like the user to redirect.
- If you want to redirect only the very first commentor on your site then uncheck Redirect All Comment box but if you want to redirect all the commenter on your site then check the Redirect All Comment.
- Click Save Changes
You can download the plugin here First Comment Redirect If you have any query regarding this plugin feel free to comment below.
