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Best WordPress Plugins for Comments

by Parcelhub UK
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Hi all,

Have written some 'quality' content for my site, but need to find a WordPress plugin to let people share the content and comment on it. Can you guys recommend any?

I am using the Creiden Circle Flip WordPress theme, but not sure if it matters what theme I am using:
#blog #comments #plugins #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Zenoth
    WordPress has a comments system integrated. I believe that your current theme probably supports displaying comments for posts, but I think that comments are disabled by default and you just need to enable it from single post options.

    Go to the post page in
    Code:
    wp-admin/edit.php
    Select a post and click on Edit, click on Screen Options (from the top right of the screen) and check the "Discussion" checkbox.

    Now, you should be able to see a "Discussion" section beneath the main content editor.
    Check the "Allow comments" checkbox and click the "Update" post button.

    To set to allow comments by default for all posts, you need to go to
    Code:
    /wp-admin/options-discussion.php
    Check the "Allow people to post comments on new articles" checkbox and "Save Changes".
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    • Profile picture of the author Dennis Seymour
      Comment plugins - check out Disqus. It will minimize the spam you get, too. Commentluv is a nice addition but maybe your readers wont really need that unless most of them are also bloggers.
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      • Profile picture of the author Parcelhub UK
        I am trying to add comments to normal pages, not posts. Is this possible?
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        • Profile picture of the author Zenoth
          Originally Posted by Parcelhub UK View Post

          I am trying to add comments to normal pages, not posts. Is this possible?
          Yes, this is possible. If current theme does not support comments for pages, you need to add the following code in page.php (inside theme's root) where do you want the comments to be shown.
          PHP Code:
          <?php comments_template(); ?>
          .
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  • Profile picture of the author DonaldElder
    Akismet is one of the best plugins that helps you from spammers, After installing it, whenever this plugin founds any unwanted or spam comments then, it do not allow or approve the comment to pass further and directly report to the admin.
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