js solution to… Commentor can only post one comment BUT can reply to their comment tree unlimited [duplicate]

Just with JS there is no way, because the visitor can reload the page or close window and reopen and reset everything.

You can create a table in your wordpress database where the user’s name will be saved with 0 (if no comments was done) and the id of the post (if commented). So in one more column, you create the replies number, starting with 0 and go increasing up to 3.

With JS you can access the database via AJAX requisitions, and add one more count of replies and when it’s 3, return a negative message.

This is the “JS way” that I see.

I Hope to help you.