diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..194af720c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/CommentSettings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
+import translations from '../../translations.json';
+import styles from './Configure.css';
+import {
+  List,
+  ListItem,
+  ListItemContent,
+  ListItemAction,
+  Textfield,
+  Checkbox
+} from 'react-mdl';
+
+const updateModeration = (updateSettings, mod) => () => {
+  const moderation = mod === 'pre' ? 'post' : 'pre';
+  updateSettings({moderation});
+};
+
+const updateInfoBoxEnable = (updateSettings, infoBox) => () => {
+  const infoBoxEnable = !infoBox;
+  updateSettings({infoBoxEnable});
+};
+
+const updateInfoBoxContent = (updateSettings) => (event) => {
+  const infoBoxContent =  event.target.value;
+  updateSettings({infoBoxContent});
+};
+
+const updateClosedMessage = (updateSettings) => (event) => {
+  const closedMessage = event.target.value;
+  updateSettings({closedMessage});
+};
+
+const CommentSettings = (props) => <List>
+  <ListItem className={styles.configSetting}>
+    <ListItemAction>
+      <Checkbox
+        onClick={updateModeration(props.updateSettings, props.settings.moderation)}
+        checked={props.settings.moderation === 'pre'} />
+    </ListItemAction>
+    {lang.t('configure.enable-pre-moderation')}
+  </ListItem>
+  <ListItem threeLine className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
+    <ListItemAction>
+      <Checkbox
+        onClick={updateInfoBoxEnable(props.updateSettings, props.settings.infoBoxEnable)}
+        checked={props.settings.infoBoxEnable} />
+    </ListItemAction>
+    <ListItemContent>
+      {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream')}
+      <p>
+        {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream-desc')}
+      </p>
+    </ListItemContent>
+  </ListItem>
+  <ListItem className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${props.settings.infoBoxEnable ? null : styles.hidden}`} >
+    <ListItemContent>
+      <Textfield
+        onChange={updateInfoBoxContent(props.updateSettings)}
+        value={props.settings.infoBoxContent}
+        label={lang.t('configure.include-text')}
+        rows={3}/>
+    </ListItemContent>
+  </ListItem>
+  <ListItem className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
+    <ListItemContent>
+      {lang.t('configure.closed-comments-desc')}
+      <Textfield
+        onChange={updateClosedMessage(props.updateSettings)}
+        value={props.settings.closedMessage}
+        label={lang.t('configure.closed-comments-label')}
+        rows={3}/>
+    </ListItemContent>
+  </ListItem>
+</List>;
+
+export default CommentSettings;
+
+const lang = new I18n(translations);
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.css b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.css
index 8d1fc49a2..388813a64 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.css
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.css
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
   display: block;
 }
 
+.changedSave {
+  background-color:#4caf50;
+}
+
 .copiedText {
   color: #008000;
   float: right;
@@ -69,6 +73,19 @@
   letter-spacing: 0.03em;
 }
 
+#bannedWordlist {
+    width: 100%;
+    padding: 10px;
+}
+
+.bannedWordHeader {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-size:18px;
+  margin-bottom:3px;
+}
+
+
+
 .hidden {
   display: none;
 }
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
index e171fc27d..db3bf6f20 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
@@ -5,142 +5,94 @@ import {
   List,
   ListItem,
   ListItemContent,
-  ListItemAction,
-  Textfield,
-  Checkbox,
   Button,
   Icon
 } from 'react-mdl';
 import styles from './Configure.css';
 import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
 import translations from '../../translations.json';
+import EmbedLink from './EmbedLink';
+import CommentSettings from './CommentSettings';
+import Wordlist from './Wordlist';
 
 class Configure extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
     super(props);
 
-    this.state = {activeSection: 'comments', copied: false};
-
-    this.copyToClipBoard = this.copyToClipBoard.bind(this);
-
-    // Update settings
-    this.updateModeration = this.updateModeration.bind(this);
-    // InfoBox has two settings. Enable or not and the content of it if it is enable.
-    this.updateInfoBoxEnable = this.updateInfoBoxEnable.bind(this);
-    this.updateInfoBoxContent = this.updateInfoBoxContent.bind(this);
-    this.updateClosedMessage = this.updateClosedMessage.bind(this);
-
-    this.saveSettings = this.saveSettings.bind(this);
+    this.state = {
+      activeSection: 'comments',
+      wordlist: [],
+      changed: false
+    };
   }
 
-  componentWillMount () {
+  componentWillMount = () => {
     this.props.dispatch(fetchSettings());
   }
 
-  updateModeration () {
-    const moderation = this.props.settings.moderation === 'pre' ? 'post' : 'pre';
-    this.props.dispatch(updateSettings({moderation}));
-  }
-
-  updateInfoBoxEnable () {
-    const infoBoxEnable = !this.props.settings.infoBoxEnable;
-    this.props.dispatch(updateSettings({infoBoxEnable}));
-  }
-
-  updateInfoBoxContent (event) {
-    const infoBoxContent =  event.target.value;
-    this.props.dispatch(updateSettings({infoBoxContent}));
-  }
-
-  updateClosedMessage (event) {
-    const closedMessage = event.target.value;
-    this.props.dispatch(updateSettings({closedMessage}));
-  }
-
-  saveSettings () {
-    this.props.dispatch(saveSettingsToServer());
-  }
-
-  getCommentSettings () {
-    return <List>
-      <ListItem className={styles.configSetting}>
-        <ListItemAction>
-          <Checkbox
-            onClick={this.updateModeration}
-            checked={this.props.settings.moderation === 'pre'} />
-        </ListItemAction>
-        {lang.t('configure.enable-pre-moderation')}
-      </ListItem>
-      <ListItem threeLine className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
-        <ListItemAction>
-          <Checkbox
-            onClick={this.updateInfoBoxEnable}
-            checked={this.props.settings.infoBoxEnable} />
-        </ListItemAction>
-        <ListItemContent>
-          {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream')}
-          <p>
-            {lang.t('configure.include-comment-stream-desc')}
-          </p>
-        </ListItemContent>
-      </ListItem>
-      <ListItem className={styles.configSettingInfoBox}>
-        <ListItemContent>
-          {lang.t('configure.closed-comments-desc')}
-          <Textfield
-            onChange={this.updateClosedMessage}
-            value={this.props.settings.closedMessage}
-            label={lang.t('configure.closed-comments-label')}
-            rows={3}/>
-        </ListItemContent>
-      </ListItem>
-      <ListItem className={`${styles.configSettingInfoBox} ${this.props.settings.infoBoxEnable ? null : styles.hidden}`} >
-        <ListItemContent>
-          <Textfield
-            onChange={this.updateInfoBoxContent}
-            value={this.props.settings.infoBoxContent}
-            label={lang.t('configure.include-text')}
-            rows={3}/>
-        </ListItemContent>
-      </ListItem>
-    </List>;
-  }
-
-  copyToClipBoard () {
-    const copyTextarea = document.querySelector(`.${  styles.embedInput}`);
-    copyTextarea.select();
-
-    try {
-      document.execCommand('copy');
-      this.setState({copied: true});
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error('Unable to copy', err);
+  componentWillUpdate = (newProps) => {
+    if ((!this.props.settings
+      || !this.props.settings.wordlist)
+      && newProps.settings.wordlist
+      && newProps.settings.wordlist.length !== 0 ) {
+      this.setState({wordlist: newProps.settings.wordlist.join(', ')});
     }
   }
 
-  getEmbed () {
-    const embedText = `<div id='coralStreamEmbed'></div><script type='text/javascript' src='${window.location.protocol}//pym.nprapps.org/pym.v1.min.js'></script><script>var pymParent = new pym.Parent('coralStreamEmbed', '${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/embed/stream', {title: 'Comments'});</script>`;
-
-    return <List>
-      <ListItem className={styles.configSettingEmbed}>
-        <p>{lang.t('configure.copy-and-paste')}</p>
-        <textarea rows={5} type='text' className={styles.embedInput} value={embedText} readOnly={true}/>
-        <Button raised colored className={styles.copyButton} onClick={this.copyToClipBoard}>
-          {lang.t('embedlink.copy')}
-        </Button>
-        <div className={styles.copiedText}>{this.state.copied && 'Copied!'}</div>
-      </ListItem>
-    </List>;
+  saveSettings = () => {
+    this.props.dispatch(saveSettingsToServer());
+    this.setState({changed: false});
   }
 
-  changeSection (activeSection) {
+  changeSection = (activeSection) => () => {
     this.setState({activeSection});
   }
 
+  onChangeWordlist = (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const newlist = event.target.value;
+    this.setState({wordlist: newlist.toLowerCase(), changed: true});
+    this.props.dispatch(updateSettings({
+      wordlist: newlist.toLowerCase()
+        .split(',')
+        .map((word) => word.trim())
+    }));
+  }
+
+  onSettingUpdate = (setting) => {
+    this.setState({changed: true});
+    this.props.dispatch(updateSettings(setting));
+  }
+
+  getSection = (section) => {
+    switch(section){
+    case 'comments':
+      return <CommentSettings
+        settings={this.props.settings}
+        updateSettings={this.onSettingUpdate}/>;
+    case 'embed':
+      return <EmbedLink/>;
+    case 'wordlist':
+      return <Wordlist
+        wordlist={this.state.wordlist}
+        onChangeWordlist={this.onChangeWordlist}/>;
+    }
+  }
+
+  getPageTitle = (section) => {
+    switch(section) {
+    case 'comments':
+      return lang.t('configure.comment-settings');
+    case 'embed':
+      return lang.t('configure.embed-comment-stream');
+    case 'wordlist':
+      return lang.t('configure.wordlist');
+    }
+  }
+
   render () {
-    let pageTitle = this.state.activeSection === 'comments'
-      ? lang.t('configure.comment-settings')
-      : lang.t('configure.embed-comment-stream');
+    let pageTitle = this.getPageTitle(this.state.activeSection);
+    const section = this.getSection(this.state.activeSection);
 
     if (this.props.fetchingSettings) {
       pageTitle += ' - Loading...';
@@ -152,28 +104,41 @@ class Configure extends React.Component {
             <List>
               <ListItem className={styles.settingOption}>
                 <ListItemContent
-                  onClick={this.changeSection.bind(this, 'comments')}
+                  onClick={this.changeSection('comments')}
                   icon='settings'>{lang.t('configure.comment-settings')}</ListItemContent>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem className={styles.settingOption}>
                 <ListItemContent
-                  onClick={this.changeSection.bind(this, 'embed')}
+                  onClick={this.changeSection('embed')}
                   icon='code'>{lang.t('configure.embed-comment-stream')}</ListItemContent>
               </ListItem>
+              <ListItem className={styles.settingOption}>
+                <ListItemContent
+                  onClick={this.changeSection('wordlist')}
+                  icon='settings'>{lang.t('configure.wordlist')}</ListItemContent>
+              </ListItem>
             </List>
-            <Button raised colored onClick={this.saveSettings}>
-              <Icon name='save' /> {lang.t('configure.save-changes')}
+            {
+              this.state.changed ?
+              <Button
+                raised
+                onClick={this.saveSettings}
+                className={styles.changedSave}>
+                <Icon name='check' /> {lang.t('configure.save-changes')}
+              </Button>
+              : <Button
+              raised
+              disabled>
+              {lang.t('configure.save-changes')}
             </Button>
+            }
+
           </div>
           <div className={styles.mainContent}>
             <h1>{pageTitle}</h1>
             { this.props.saveFetchingError }
             { this.props.fetchSettingsError }
-            {
-              this.state.activeSection === 'comments'
-              ? this.getCommentSettings()
-              : this.getEmbed()
-            }
+            { section }
           </div>
         </div>
     );
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/EmbedLink.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/EmbedLink.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c5c3da99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/EmbedLink.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import React, {Component} from 'react';
+import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
+import translations from '../../translations.json';
+import styles from './Configure.css';
+import {
+  List,
+  ListItem,
+  Button
+} from 'react-mdl';
+
+class EmbedLink extends Component {
+
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {copied: false};
+  }
+
+  copyToClipBoard = () => {
+    const copyTextarea = document.querySelector(`.${styles.embedInput}`);
+    copyTextarea.select();
+
+    try {
+      document.execCommand('copy');
+      this.setState({copied: true});
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Unable to copy', err);
+    }
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    const embedText = `<div id='coralStreamEmbed'></div><script type='text/javascript' src='${window.location.protocol}//pym.nprapps.org/pym.v1.min.js'></script><script>var pymParent = new pym.Parent('coralStreamEmbed', '${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/embed/stream', {title: 'Comments'});</script>`;
+
+    return <List>
+      <ListItem className={styles.configSettingEmbed}>
+        <p>{lang.t('configure.copy-and-paste')}</p>
+        <textarea rows={5} type='text' className={styles.embedInput} value={embedText} readOnly={true}/>
+        <Button raised colored className={styles.copyButton} onClick={this.copyToClipBoard}>
+          {lang.t('embedlink.copy')}
+        </Button>
+        <div className={styles.copiedText}>{this.state.copied && 'Copied!'}</div>
+      </ListItem>
+    </List>;
+  }
+}
+
+export default EmbedLink;
+
+const lang = new I18n(translations);
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Wordlist.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Wordlist.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ffb5920b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Wordlist.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
+import translations from '../../translations.json';
+import styles from './Configure.css';
+import {
+  Card
+} from 'react-mdl';
+
+const Wordlist = ({wordlist, onChangeWordlist}) => <Card id={styles.bannedWordlist} shadow={2}>
+  <p className={styles.bannedWordHeader}>{lang.t('configure.banned-word-header')}</p>
+  <p className={styles.bannedWordText}>{lang.t('configure.banned-word-text')}</p>
+  <textarea
+    rows={5}
+    type='text'
+    className={styles.bannedWordInput}
+    onChange={onChangeWordlist}
+    value={wordlist}/>
+</Card>;
+
+export default Wordlist;
+
+const lang = new I18n(translations);
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
index 0ca5dd7f5..88a20e445 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
       "include-text": "Include your text here.",
       "comment-settings": "Comment Settings",
       "embed-comment-stream": "Embed Comment Stream",
+      "banned-word-header": "Write the bannned words list",
+      "banned-word-text": "Comments which contain these words or phrases, not seperated by commas and not case sensitive, will be automatically removed from the comment stream.",
+      "wordlist": "Banned words list",
       "save-changes": "Save Changes",
       "copy-and-paste": "Copy and paste code below into your CMS to embed your comment box in your articles",
       "moderate": "Moderate",
@@ -98,6 +101,9 @@
       "include-text": "Incluir tu texto aqui.",
       "comment-settings": "Configuración de Comentarios",
       "embed-comment-stream": "Colocar Hilo de Comentarios",
+      "wordlist": "Lista de palabras no permitidas",
+      "banned-word-header": "Escribir las palabras no permitidas",
+      "banned-word-text": "Comentarios que contengan estas palabras o frases, no separadas por comas y en mayusculas o minusuculas, serán automaticamente separadas de los comentarios publicados.",
       "save-changes": "Guardar Cambios",
       "copy-and-paste": "Copiar y pegar el código de más abajo en tu CMS para colocar la caja de comentarios en tus articulos",
       "moderate": "Moderar",
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js b/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
index cdaa7c1a6..c1ee14924 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export function postItem (item, type, id) {
     return coralApi(`/${type}`, {method: 'POST', body: item})
       .then((json) => {
         dispatch(addItem({...item, id:json.id}, type));
-        return json.id;
+        return json;
       });
   };
 }
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js b/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
index 17569c545..93388c1ab 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as actions from '../actions/items';
 const initialState = fromJS({
   comments: {},
   users: {},
-  actions: {} 
+  actions: {}
 });
 
 export default (state = initialState, action) => {
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export default (state = initialState, action) => {
     return state.setIn([action.item_type, action.id, action.property], fromJS(action.value));
   case actions.APPEND_ITEM_ARRAY:
     return state.updateIn([action.item_type, action.id, action.property], (prop) => {
-      console.log(prop);
       if (action.add_to_front) {
         return prop ? prop.unshift(fromJS(action.value)) : fromJS([action.value]);
       } else {
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
index 5f9592cd5..0167d517f 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
@@ -39,16 +39,22 @@ class CommentBox extends Component {
       related = 'comments';
       parent_type = 'assets';
     }
-    updateItem(child_id || parent_id, 'showReply', false, 'comments');
+    if (child_id || parent_id) {
+      updateItem(child_id || parent_id, 'showReply', false, 'comments');
+    }
     postItem(comment, 'comments')
-    .then((comment_id) => {
-      if (premod === 'pre') {
-        addNotification('success', lang.t('comment-post-notif-premod'));
-      } else {
-        appendItemArray(parent_id || id, related, comment_id, !parent_id, parent_type);
-        addNotification('success', 'Your comment has been posted.');
-      }
-    })
+      .then((postedComment) => {
+        const commentId = postedComment.id;
+        const status = postedComment.status;
+        if (status[0] && status[0].type === 'rejected') {
+          addNotification('error', lang.t('comment-post-banned-word'));
+        } else if (premod === 'pre') {
+          addNotification('success', lang.t('comment-post-notif-premod'));
+        } else {
+          appendItemArray(parent_id || id, related, commentId, !parent_id, parent_type);
+          addNotification('success', 'Your comment has been posted.');
+        }
+      })
     .catch((err) => console.error(err));
     this.setState({body: ''});
   }
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/translations.json b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/translations.json
index 29f3212b9..73bef0079 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/translations.json
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/translations.json
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@
     "comment": "Comment",
     "name": "Name",
     "comment-post-notif": "Your comment has been posted.",
-    "comment-post-notif-premod": "Thank you for posting. Our moderation team will review your comment shortly."
+    "comment-post-notif-premod": "Thank you for posting. Our moderation team will review your comment shortly.",
+    "comment-post-banned-word":  "Your comment contains one or more words that are not permitted, so it will not be published. If you think this message is incorrect, please contact our moderation team."
   },
   "es": {
     "post": "Publicar",
     "reply": "Respuesta",
     "comment": "Comentario",
     "name": "Nombre",
-    "comment-post-notif": "¡traduceme!",
-    "comment-post-notif-premod": "¡traduceme!"
+    "comment-post-notif": "Tu comentario ha sido publicado.",
+    "comment-post-notif-premod": "Gracias por comentar. Nuestro equipo de moderación va a revisarlo muy pronto.",
+    "comment-post-banned-word":  "Tu comentario contiene una o más palabras que no estan permitidasen nuestro espacio, por lo que no será publicado. Si crees que es un error, por favor contacta a nuestro equipo de moderación."
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-flags/translations.json b/client/coral-plugin-flags/translations.json
index fb2daa883..633b85282 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-flags/translations.json
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-flags/translations.json
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     "flag": "Marcar",
     "flagged": "Marcado",
     "flag-notif": "Gracias por marcar este comentario. Nuestro equipo de moderación ha sido notificado y muy pronto lo va a revisar.",
-    "flag-notif-remove": "¡traduceme!"
+    "flag-notif-remove": "Tu marca ha sido eliminada."
   }
 }
diff --git a/routes/api/comments/index.js b/routes/api/comments/index.js
index f5668552d..5806c534b 100644
--- a/routes/api/comments/index.js
+++ b/routes/api/comments/index.js
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ router.post('/', wordlist.filter('body'), (req, res, next) => {
     author_id: req.user.id
   }))
   .then((comment) => {
-
     // The comment was created! Send back the created comment.
     res.status(201).json(comment);
   })
diff --git a/tests/client/coral-framework/store/itemActions.spec.js b/tests/client/coral-framework/store/itemActions.spec.js
index 45c41025f..6a9b2aeb2 100644
--- a/tests/client/coral-framework/store/itemActions.spec.js
+++ b/tests/client/coral-framework/store/itemActions.spec.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe('itemActions', () => {
               body: JSON.stringify(item.data)
             }
           );
-          expect(id).to.equal('123');
+          expect(id).to.deep.equal({id: '123'});
           expect(store.getActions()[0]).to.deep.equal({
             type: actions.ADD_ITEM,
             item: {