diff --git a/cloudflare.loader.php b/cloudflare.loader.php
index 65a6ed7d..099821d4 100644
--- a/cloudflare.loader.php
+++ b/cloudflare.loader.php
@@ -94,10 +94,8 @@
 
 $cloudflarePurgeURLActions = array(
     'deleted_post',                     // Delete a post
-    'edit_post',                        // Edit a post - includes leaving comments
     'delete_attachment',                // Delete an attachment - includes re-uploading
     'post_updated',                     // Update a post
-    'comment_post',                     // Post a comment
 );
 
 $cloudflarePurgeURLActions = apply_filters('cloudflare_purge_url_actions', $cloudflarePurgeURLActions);
@@ -105,3 +103,9 @@
 foreach ($cloudflarePurgeURLActions as $action) {
     add_action($action, array($cloudflareHooks, 'purgeCacheByRelevantURLs'), PHP_INT_MAX, 2);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Register two new actions which account for comment status before purging cache
+ */
+add_action('transition_comment_status', array($cloudflareHooks, 'purgeCacheOnCommentStatusChange'), PHP_INT_MAX, 3);
+add_action('comment_post', array($cloudflareHooks, 'purgeCacheOnNewComment'), PHP_INT_MAX, 3);
diff --git a/src/WordPress/Hooks.php b/src/WordPress/Hooks.php
index 61621897..2af570c3 100644
--- a/src/WordPress/Hooks.php
+++ b/src/WordPress/Hooks.php
@@ -322,4 +322,33 @@ public function initAutomaticPlatformOptimization()
             header('cf-edge-cache: no-cache');
         }
     }
+
+    public function purgeCacheOnCommentStatusChange($new_status, $old_status, $comment)
+    {
+        if (!isset($comment->comment_post_ID) || empty($comment->comment_post_ID)) {
+            return; // nothing to do
+        }
+
+      // in case the comment status changed, and either old or new status is "approved", we need to purge cache for the corresponding post
+        if (($old_status != $new_status) && (($old_status === 'approved') || ($new_status === 'approved'))) {
+            $this->purgeCacheByRelevantURLs($comment->comment_post_ID);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function purgeCacheOnNewComment($comment_id, $comment_status, $comment_data)
+    {
+        if ($comment_status != 1) {
+            return; // if comment is not approved, stop
+        }
+        if (!is_array($comment_data)) {
+            return; // nothing to do
+        }
+        if (!array_key_exists('comment_post_ID', $comment_data)) {
+            return; // nothing to do
+        }
+
+      // all clear, we ne need to purge cache related to this post id
+        $this->purgeCacheByRelevantURLs($comment_data['comment_post_ID']);
+    }
 }