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:
- A Reddit account
- Reddit API credentials (Client ID and Client Secret)
- 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
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/radle-lite directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress.
- Go to the Radle settings page to configure your Reddit API credentials.
- Follow the setup wizard to complete the configuration.
2.0.3
Radle Lite is now simply "Radle," plus important security hardening (comment XSS, server-side hidden-comment enforcement, per-post publish permission, and client-secret masking). Recommended update. Your settings and Reddit connection are preserved.
2.0.2
Refreshed translations for all 15 languages and minor settings-page polish.
2.0.1
Radle Pro is now free. This release merges every Pro feature into Radle Lite — deeper comment threading, search, advanced sorting, caching, author badges, per-post destination overrides, SEO meta tokens, and more — with no license or sponsor check. Your existing settings are preserved.
1.0.1
Initial release of Radle Lite plugin.