Commentify 4.0

Comments without an account.

Drop the same Livewire component on any Eloquent model. Authenticated users keep the full thread. Flip one config flag and visitors can comment with a name and email, Tailwind or Bootstrap, Laravel 12/13, Livewire 4.

Guest commenting
Off by default. Turn it on in config/commentify.php

'allow_guests' => true,
'guest' => [
    'require_email' => true,
    'show_gravatar' => true,
],

What you get:

• Name + email on the composer (email can be optional)
• Gravatar when an email is present
• Guest badge in the thread
• IP and user agent stored with the comment
• Guests cannot edit or delete
• Works with require_approval, hold guest comments for review
• Same markdown composer, emoji picker, replies, likes, and reporting
• Translation strings
• Your Blade still looks like this:

<livewire:comments :model="$article"/>

Upgrade from 3.x

composer require usamamuneerchaudhary/commentify:^4.0
php artisan migrate: required (user_id becomes nullable)

• Merge new keys into config/commentify.php (allow_guests, guest)

If you published views, republish guest field partials:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="commentify-tailwind-views"

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="commentify-bootstrap-views"

If you overrode CommentPolicy, create() now accepts ?Authenticatable $user = null

Breaking

• user_id is nullable. Custom queries that assume every comment has a user need authorName() / isGuest(), or an explicit whereNotNull('user_id').
• Published views without the new partials will not show the guest composer.
• Policy signature change if you copied CommentPolicy into your app.
• Guest commenting stays off until you set allow_guests to true. Existing authenticated threads behave as before.