@TomJNowell Ill look at that. Have some further ideas. I do enjoy coming up with ideas and learning more about WP that way but the documentation really needs an overhaul.
@gmazzap I'm using wp_new_comment()and the pre_comment_approved filter to approve my custom_comment comment_type. But user that has no permission moderate_comments, the custom_comment is not getting approved. (Reference)
How can I assign temporary permission to such user so that the comment can pass?
I think somehow the $data['type'] is not set at: return isset($data['type']) && $data['type'] === 'custom_comment' ? 1 : $approved;
