Radle – A Reddit Comments Engine

Radle is a service integration plugin that connects your WordPress site with Reddit’s platform. It enables two-way communication between WordPress and Reddit’s servers, allowing you to publish posts to Reddit and display Reddit’s comment threads directly on your WordPress posts.

Account Requirements

To use this plugin, you need: 1. A Reddit account 2. Reddit API credentials (Client ID and Client Secret) 3. Authorization via Reddit’s OAuth system

The plugin guides you through obtaining these credentials during setup.

Key Features

As of version 2.0.0, every feature that was previously part of Radle Pro is now built into Radle — free, with no license, no account gate, and no upsell.

• Quick publishing to a subreddit or your Reddit user profile
• Per-post destination override (publish individual posts to a different subreddit or your profile)
• Reddit comments integration with configurable thread depth (up to 10 levels) and expanded replies (up to 30 per level)
• Real-time comment search
• Seven comment sort modes: Newest, Most Popular, Oldest, Least Popular, Most Engaged, Most Balanced, and Q&A
• Author badges for Original Poster, Moderator, and Pinned comments
• Pinned (stickied) comments surfaced at the top of the thread
• Configurable comment caching (5 minutes to 24 hours) with automatic cache clearing
• Customizable publishing templates with SEO meta tokens for Yoast SEO and Rank Math
• Per-post comment system override
• Option to hide the legacy WordPress comments menu
• Rate limit monitoring
• Comprehensive settings management
• User-friendly setup wizard
• Available in 15 languages (machine-assisted; community improvements welcome)

Data Exchange

The plugin communicates with Reddit’s servers to: * Fetch and display comment threads * Retrieve user profile information (including avatars) * Submit posts to Reddit * Monitor API usage and rate limits

All Reddit data is served directly from Reddit’s infrastructure, ensuring real-time updates and compliance with Reddit’s platform requirements.

Installation

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/radle-lite directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
3. Go to the Radle settings page to configure your Reddit API credentials.
4. Follow the setup wizard to complete the configuration.

Join the GBTI Network

Radle is built and maintained by the GBTI Network, a professional community and co-op for WordPress developers, builders, and site owners.

Membership is about people, not paywalls. As a member you get:

• A private Discord community of working professionals
• Direct input into Radle’s roadmap and other GBTI open-source projects
• Early access to tools, betas, and member-built resources
• A collaborative, co-op model where members share work, knowledge, and opportunities

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Service Integration

This plugin connects to one external service:

Reddit API Service

• Service Provider: Reddit
• Purpose: Fetch comments and publish content (text, links, images, galleries)
• Endpoints Used:
  • https://oauth.reddit.com/r/subreddit/about/moderators (Moderator info)
  • https://oauth.reddit.com/subreddits/mine/moderator (Moderated subreddits)
  • https://oauth.reddit.com/subreddits/mine/subscriber (Subscribed subreddits)
  • https://oauth.reddit.com/api/submit (Submit posts – text, link, image)
  • https://oauth.reddit.com/api/submit_gallery_post.json (Submit multi-image gallery posts)
  • https://oauth.reddit.com/api/media/asset.json (Request image upload credentials)
  • https://reddit-uploaded-media.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/ (Upload images to Reddit CDN)
  • wss://reddit.com/… (WebSocket connections for real-time post processing status)
  • https://www.redditstatic.com/avatars/defaults/v2/avatar_default_1.png (Default avatar)
• Data Transmitted:
  • Post content (title, text, links) when publishing to Reddit
  • Images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF) when publishing image/gallery posts
  • OAuth credentials for authentication
  • API requests for fetching comments and user data
  • User profile information for displaying comments
• When Data is Sent:
  • During initial OAuth authentication
  • When publishing posts to Reddit (text, link, image, or gallery)
  • When uploading images to Reddit’s CDN
  • When monitoring post processing status via WebSocket
  • When loading Reddit comments on posts
  • When fetching user profile information
• Terms of Service: Reddit Terms
• Privacy Policy: Reddit Privacy Policy

Translations

Radle ships with translations for 15 languages (Arabic, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish), generated automatically and refreshed with each release.

These are intended as a helpful starting point. If you notice a translation that could be more natural, improvements are very welcome through the WordPress.org translation platform at https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/radle-lite/.

Privacy Policy

Radle connects to the Reddit API and stores the following data:

• Reddit API credentials (encrypted)
• Rate limit usage statistics
• Comment display preferences

For more information, visit our privacy policy.