Daily Workflow

This is the default. Every reply is a draft until you publish it.

Suggestion mode (recommended)

This is the default. Every reply is a draft until you publish it.

What happens automatically

  1. A visitor leaves a comment on a post.
  2. The comment is approved (either auto-approved or manually moderated).
  3. The plugin schedules a background job (wp_schedule_single_event).
  4. Within ~10 seconds, the AI generates the reply text.
  5. The reply is saved as a draft in comment meta _replymind_pending_reply. Nothing is posted yet.
  6. The Comments list shows the comment with a Draft Ready badge and an inline preview of the AI text.

What you do

  1. Go to Comments in your admin.
  2. Find a comment with the Draft Ready badge in the AI Reply column.
  3. Three row actions are available:
Action What it does
Edit & Publish Opens the inline modal pre-filled with the AI text. Edit, click Publish Reply.
Publish As-Is Publishes the existing draft without opening the modal. One-click.
Generate AI Reply Re-generates the draft. Useful if the first attempt was off.

Quick review filter

To see only the comments with pending drafts, append ?replymind_filter=drafts to the comments URL — or use the link in the success notice after a batch run. A "Show all comments" link is shown at the top of the filtered list.

Auto mode

Every approved comment gets a reply posted automatically — no review step.

When to use it

  • High-volume sites where review isn't practical.
  • After you've validated reply quality on your specific content for at least a few days in suggestion mode.
  • Sites where the editorial cost of an occasional weird reply is acceptable.

What happens automatically

  1. Comment approved.
  2. Background job runs.
  3. AI generates the reply.
  4. Reply is posted as a child comment, attributed to the post author. Visitors see it immediately on the next page load.
  5. The Comments list shows a Published badge.

Switching back

If a reply goes wrong in auto mode, you can:

  • Trash the AI reply comment normally (it's a regular WordPress comment).
  • Switch to suggestion mode going forward (Settings → ReplyMind).
  • Use the replymind_send_comment_data filter to exclude specific comments from being processed.

Status badges

The AI Reply column on the Comments screen shows one of:

Badge Meaning
— Comment hasn't been processed yet
Draft Ready (yellow) A draft exists, ready for review (suggestion mode)
Published (green) An AI reply has been posted
Error message (red) Generation or post failed — hover for full text, retry via Generate AI Reply

When the AI doesn't get processed

The plugin skips comments that are:

  • Not approved (in moderation, spam, trash).
  • Not of type comment (trackbacks and pingbacks are ignored).
  • Already replied to by the plugin (_replymind_reply_generated set).
  • Already processed unsuccessfully (an error is set; manually retry via Generate AI Reply).
  • Excluded by a custom replymind_send_comment_data filter.

If the daily rate limit (default 100/day) has been reached, the comment is logged but no reply is generated. The next day's quota allows it through.

Editing an existing AI reply

AI replies are regular WordPress comments. To edit one:

  1. Find the AI reply in the Comments list (it's a child of the original commenter's comment).
  2. Click Edit.
  3. Make your changes and Update.

To delete it:

  • Quick Edit → Move to trash, or just hover and click Trash.

The plugin doesn't track edits or deletions of AI replies after they're posted — they're entirely yours.

Native "Reply" link in suggestion mode

When you click WordPress's built-in Reply link on an unprocessed comment, the plugin redirects you to the Generate URL instead so the AI draft is created first. After generation, the Edit & Publish modal opens automatically.

This only happens in suggestion mode. In auto mode the native Reply link works normally (since AI replies are already posted).

Next step

→ Batch processing — for catching up on existing comments.