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In this post, you will learn to Add Comments in WordPress.
Adding comments allows your visitors to have a discussion with you. Comments are approved by the admin and then posted to be discussed further.
Following are the steps to add comments to your blog posts.
Step (1) − Click on Pages → All Pages in WordPress.
Step (2) − The list of pages created in WordPress will get displayed as seen in the following screen. Select any of the pages you want to add comments to. Here, we are going to add comment in About Us page. Click on About Us.
Step (3) − To add a comment on this page, click on Screen options present at the top right hand corner.
Step (4) − The dropdown list of Screen Option gets displayed. Check the Discussion and Comments box as shown in the following screen.
Step (5) − You can now view the Discussion and Comments box at the bottom of your page.
In the Discussion section, there are two options present −
- Allow Comments − Allows visitors to comment on your blog posts and pages.
- Allow trackbacks and pingbacks on this page − Allows visitors to give pings and trackbacks.
In the Comment section, you can add comments by clicking on Add Comment button.
Step (6) − Click on Update button after adding the comment box.
Editing Comment
Note that editing comments can be done only by the admin.
Following are the steps to Edit Comments in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Comments in WordPress.
Step (2) − You can view the comments list for the various pages. Select any comment, you want to edit. Click on edit.
Step (3) − The Edit comment page gets displayed. You can edit the comment and click on Update Button.
Here you can edit the name, e-mail, URL or the comment from the comment box.
Moderate Comments
Comment moderation is a process where, when visitors comment on posts, the comment is not published directly until and unless it is approved by the admin to be posted. It manages your comments so that there is no comment spamming.
Step (1) − Click on Settings → Discussion in WordPress.
Step (2) − The Discussion Setting page gets displayed.
In the Comment Moderation field, enter those words or URLs you do not want any visitor to add comments. Whenever a visitor gives any comments it would be moderated by the admin first and then published.
Step (3) − Click on Save Changes.
Comment Spam Protection
It is very necessary eradicate spam from your blog, so you will learn how to protect your WordPress blog or website from spam.
Make sure that your WordPress script is updated to the latest stable version. WordPress comes with a preinstalled antispam solution – Akismet.
You can activate Akismet, for which you should have a WordPress API key. You have to register at the official WordPress website. The key will be sent to your mail box.
Following are the steps to follow to enable Akismet Spam Protection plugin for your website or blog.
Step (1) − Go to your WordPress admin area → Plugins → Installed. The following screen will be displayed.
Step (2) − Click on Activate button as shown in the following screen.
Step (3) − The Akismet plugin will be activated and then Click on Activate your Akismet account button as shown in the following screen.
Step (4) − Click on Get your API key as seen in the following screen to get a new key or enter manually, if you already have API key.
Step (5) − If you don’t have API key then, click on GET AN AKISMET API KEY tab to move further.
Step (6) − Fill up the required fields and click on Sign up button as shown in the following screen.
Step (7) − Once you complete with signup process. You will get an API key in your registered e-mail id. Enter API key manually and click on Use this key button as seen in the following screen.
Step (8) − If you have entered a correct API key, it will be verified and you will get a confirmation message as reflected in the following screen.
Step (9) − Now your blog will be protected from spam by Akismet. You will be able to check the comments in your blog for spam, as well as manually mark comments as spam from the blog admin area → Comments.
You can keep a track of how many spam posts have been stopped by Akismet and you can secure your posts, blogs, comments, etc. Furthermore, you can prevent your website from spammers, who can harm your site.
Footnote
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