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360 Orbit Privacy Toolkit
v1.0.15 · by Jörg Liwa
Anonymizes comment IPs automatically, suggests a privacy-policy text block and (Pro) cleans up old spam/trash comments and lists data requests.
About this plugin
Privacy Toolkit closes a gap WordPress leaves open by default: the IP address of every comment author is stored in full.
- New comments are anonymized immediately, before they are stored: for IPv4 the last part of the address is removed (203.0.113.42 becomes 203.0.113.0), for IPv6 everything after the first 48 bits.
- Existing comments are migrated in the background, or immediately via a button.
- A suggested privacy-policy text block, generated from which 360 plugins are actually active on this site — a starting point, not legal advice.
Free vs. Pro
The free version anonymizes comment IPs and generates the policy text.
Privacy Toolkit Pro adds:
- Configurable automatic deletion of old spam/trash comments (never affects approved comments).
- A consolidated, read-only overview of WordPress’ own data export/erasure requests, with direct links to process them.
- Settings export/import as JSON, for agencies setting up several sites identically.