![]() Ability to connect with their discussion community.The ability to up or down vote certain comments.Share an individual comment on Facebook, Twitter or share the direct link.Ability to Subscribe to a Comment Stream on an article (allowing you to keep up to date with who is commenting on your article or on an article you’re interested in).Ability to Recommend a Comment Stream on an article.Sort Comments by Best, Oldest and Newest.So, how it looks depends on how well crafted the theme is. ![]() ![]() Responsive design to fit different devices – The commenting functionality is set to 100% width of whatever container it is in.Sign In to Comment (with Disqus, Facebook, Google Plus or Twitter), Sign Up to Comment (with Disqus, Facebook, Google Plus or Twitter), or comment as a guest (if this is enabled).You are good to go! You should see a Disqus commenting box (like that shown below) on any blog post on your site.Add the site name and url that you’ll be adding Disqus Comments to in your Disqus account.Sign in – Login via Facebook, Google plus or Twitter OR sign up for a Disqus account.Add, Install and Activate the Disqus Commenting System.We documented the configuration process as well as the different user and admin features. We installed and activated the Disqus Comment System plugin on a WordPress site. However, we’re not going to let them off that easy we need to see it to believe it. The Disqus plugin will likely work reliably and consistently (even at high levels of traffic), will likely be supported/updated by the creators if bugs are found and its ubiquity likely points to its ease of use and implementation. Collectively, this information gives us a good indication of what we can expect from the plugin. You can find this plugin in the WordPress Plugin Directory at. The following websites currently use the Disqus Commenting functionality:, npr.org,, ew.com (Entertainment Weekly). At the time of writing, this plugin was last updated by Disqus on December 9, 2014, it is compatible with WordPress version 4.0.4 or below (but we used this plugin on version 4.1.5 and it worked great) and is rated 3.5 out of 5 by 80 people. The Disqus Comment System plugin has the highest number of active installs of all of the plugins that we checked out (200,000+). We delved into the user and admin features offered by each plugin, their configuration processes, and some shortcomings to provide an in depth comparison of your options. We researched four popular third party WordPress commenting plugins: Disqus, Facebook, Livefyre and Google Plus. For these reasons, we opt for alternatives to WordPress’ default commenting functionality. In addition, there was recent news uncovering a cross site scripting bug (the 0 Day Bug) in WordPress’ commenting when Akismet is absent (but a patch has been released). It also requires the installation of the Akismet plugin to keep your site’s comments spam free. However, WordPress’ default commenting lacks some important features that tend to increase user interaction. Commenting is possible on any WordPress site via WordPress’ default commenting functionality or by installing a third party plugin. A critical part of any strategy aimed at improving user engagement involves allowing users to comment on website articles/blog posts. We try to capitalize on every opportunity available to increase user engagement. My brother Lee and I are web developers and entrepreneurs.
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