WordPress – Add Comments

In this chapter, we 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.

The following are the steps to add comments to your blog posts.

Step (1) − Click on Pages → All Pages in WordPress.

Step (2) − A list of pages created in WordPress will be displayed, as shown in the following screen. Select the page where you want to add comments. Here, we will add a comment to the About Us page. Click on About Us.

Step (3) − To enable the comment section on this page, click on Screen Options located at the top right-hand corner of the screen.

Step (4) − The Screen Options dropdown will appear. Check the Discussion and Comments boxes, as shown in the following screen.

Step (5) − You can now see the Discussion and Comments boxes at the bottom of your page.

In the Discussion section, the following options are available:

  • Allow Comments − Enables visitors to post comments on your blog posts or pages.
  • Allow trackbacks and pingbacks on this page − Allows visitors to send pings or trackbacks to notify you of references to your content.

In the Comment section, you can add comments by clicking the Add Comment button.

Step (6) − After adding the comment, click on the Update button to save the changes.

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