Title: Comment Author Role Badge
Author: Sparanoid
Published: <strong>January 4, 2017</strong>
Last modified: August 11, 2021

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Comment Author Role Badge

 By [Sparanoid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sparanoid/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/comment-author-role-badge.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-author-role-badge/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-author-role-badge/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-author-role-badge/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-author-role-badge/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/)

## Description

Displays a user badge next to the comment author name based on author’s role.

 * No database writes, no configurations, install, activate and go.
 * Easy styles customization via Jetpack Custom CSS or built-in Custom CSS (WordPress
   version 4.7 or higher required).
 * Works with [Current Theme Body Class](https://wordpress.org/plugins/current-theme-body-class/)
   plugin.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Plugin enabled with WordPress official theme Twenty Twelve

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install the
    plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

## FAQ

### Does this plugin change the content of my comments?

No. No database read/write for this plugin.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/42671dfa029a5b8a4ff1e9bff47a1e4b8b340ea3589485b06629a9b1512ce6c0?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Love it](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/love-it-3859/)󠁿

 [Mike Zielonka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikezielonka/) September 15, 2022

Lightweight and works great!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c130f8fc3f5a4464ca22cb710627273007e34d075fda64e04b110ae62fe0eba3?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works and is also working on my language: Italian!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-and-is-also-working-on-my-language-italian/)󠁿

 [peopleinside](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peopleinside/) May 10, 2022

This plugin is very useful if the theme doesn’t give a badge to the author or to
the administrator. With this plugin staff can have a badge on post comments. Thank
you, wonderful!

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Comment Author Role Badge” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Sparanoid ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sparanoid/)

[Translate “Comment Author Role Badge” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-author-role-badge)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comment-author-role-badge/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/comment-author-role-badge/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-author-role-badge/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-author-role-badge/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Feature: add CSS variables support
 * Compatibility check for 5.0

#### 1.0.0

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **5 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.8.13**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-author-role-badge/)
 * Tags
 * [author](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[badge](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/badge/)
   [badges](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/badges/)[comment](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comment/)
   [comments](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/comment-author-role-badge/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Sparanoid ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sparanoid/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-author-role-badge/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://sparanoid.com/donate/)