Hello everyone! Today I want to tell you about how to get readers of your blog to leave comments on your own blog. Of course, I don’t want to say that my blog is literally “teeming” with comments, but still, there is still something.
A little bit about yourself.
Having created the first blog, the second (this one -) I suffered from a lack of comments on them. Let's take a look at this blog. In my opinion, he wrote well, usefully, but there are still no comments and no. I remember, after I finished writing, I thought that there would be all sorts of thanks, etc., they say a lot of new blogs were created, but there were still no comments ...
Several weeks passed, but still few people responded, there were a few who created blogs on my lessons. But I stubbornly moved on, continued and continue to write, because I like it, I love my blogs, my readers, write new lessons and just communicate with them on twitter, vkontakte, icq, facebook, mail, skype and etc.
But still, how to get the reader to leave a comment?
To begin with, I analyzed my readership and I realized that, in general, my readers are new to the Internet, new to creating a blog, etc. I remembered myself, my behavior when I was still completely green: honestly, I was scared write comments because I knew that my words would be seen by a lot of people, and what if I say something stupid, then everyone will laugh at me or think badly of me.
Therefore, I thought that it was sometimes better to remain silent, to “score” on my problem, although I did not find the answer to my question in Google, in Yandex. I thought that no one would respond to my problems, answer my questions.
Putting myself in the place of the reader, I realized that you need to make it clear, ask questions - this is not stupidity, everyone was once a beginner. And at the end of the articles, I asked to leave comments on. And he made it clear that there is no need to be afraid of this.
As a result, after all my actions, I see comments, I see the activity of readers, and this pleases me. Therefore, I will give a few points below, how to increase the quantity blog comments.
Dear readers, if I didn’t even respond to your thanks, you know, I didn’t leave them without attention, honestly, I’m really very pleased ...
How to get a reader to leave a comment on a blog
- You need to understand what kind of readership you have and gain confidence in it. To do this, you can create an “About the Author” page, post your photo, give links to your contacts on icq, skype, twitter, Vkontakte, facebook, etc., so that your readers really know that you are a living person, the same as the reader himself.
- You can, sometimes, publish posts of a personal nature, for example, how did you spend your summer, etc. Such articles “bring together” the blog author and readers. But do not exaggerate. You don't need to deviate from the subject of your blog too often, thereby you will alienate the target audience.
- At the end of the article, ask readers to leave a comment. This is an inefficient way. It is more effective to ask a question at the end of the post.
- The article itself does not reveal the full meaning. Let the feeling remain that you allegedly missed natural things, the reader will want to supplement your article himself.
- Gather some discussion. For example, posts of the following nature gain a lot of comments: “Apple VS Nokia”, “WordPress or Joomla”, etc. Fans of one side will prove their own, and the opposite side will prove the opposite.
- Make a captcha (spam protection for leaving comments) as easy as possible. Of course, ideally, there is a complete absence of captcha, but spam bots “take out the brain and the blog” :).
For example, I NEVER leave comments where the captcha code is used in pictures, if it is also long, then that's it, it's just the end of the world. I'm just too lazy, I don't have enough time to rewrite this set of letters.
Therefore, to protect against spam, install plugins like those that only require you to tick the box that you are not a robot, or solve a simple mathematical problem. By the way, I talked about the last plugin in detail in . - Before commenting, instead of the standard text “Unfortunately, there are no comments yet”, place something “forcing” to leave comments, like “Leave a comment, YOUR opinion is important to us” (the first thing that came to mind 🙂). This text can be changed in the comments.php file.
- Leave comments on other blogs. At first, this helps a lot. But then there is not enough time for this either ... You need to leave a comment meaningfully and on the topic. I immediately remembered my comment left on seogramota.ru, thanks to which I received a lot of new readers, subscribers and a free link from the blog with 110 Tits and PR 2 (what is tick and pr and how to raise them, I will soon tell in one of my lessons).
Leave comments with your unique avatar (it doesn't have to be your photo). To have an avatar when leaving a comment, you need to “attach” your email (which is indicated when commenting) to the picture. To do this, you just need to register on gravatar.com, and then, what to do, you will understand everything yourself, I'm sure. - Remove the ability to leave comments only to registered users! Only units will register just to leave a comment.
To do this, go to WordPress admin area –> Settings –> Discussion and uncheck the box “Users must be registered and authorized to comment”:
- You can arrange all sorts of contests that will “force” your readers to leave comments. At one time, the competition that I held (I remind you, it was called “”) helped me a lot. A certain “backbone”, “skeleton” of comments appeared. That is, readers saw that other users leave comments, so everything is fine, you can leave your contribution to them. Overcome some fear.
Of course, not everyone wants to arrange all sorts of contests: someone feels sorry for the money for prizes, for someone the contests seem like a crazy idea, but you take note, they are very effective.
In turn, I ask you to comment on just one article (I will be grateful to you), here
Hello dear readers, today I would like to talk with you on the topic commenting on articles. For many, especially young blogs, the problem of commenting on posts is acute. How to get the reader to write comments?
The author tries to write the material, the readers do not react at all. The author has the impression that he writes for nothing, and he ceases to like it. I have friends who gave up their hobby because of this.
Today I will reveal to you 8 secrets that will get your readers to comment on . Of course, I said highly, these are not secrets, but facts that many people forget about and suffer from it themselves. But before using these ways, don't forget to protect yourself from ;-).
How to force a visitor to write a comment?
It's simple, you just have to try a little to follow the rules I have described below, after which the number of comments on your site will slowly begin to grow. But this does not mean that you can use these chips stupidly and everything will be fine. You need to analyze what kind of visitors you have, what exactly they want and how to catch them, you can do this with the help of or 😉 Let's start ...
As a rule, readers do not comment because of fear: “What will they think of me? Suddenly I write the wrong thing and everyone will laugh ... ". You, as the author of the site, must make it clear to the reader that you are the same person as everyone else, that there is nothing to be afraid of ...
To do this, just create a page "" and write about yourself how you started, where you studied, where you live, and so on. The “Personal” section also works well, where from time to time you will write articles about yourself, for example, when you are in a funny situation, or.
Similar plugins also work very well - a plugin for displaying the last comments left. People will see that your site is being actively commented on and nothing bad is happening 😉
2) Motivate the reader to leave a comment.
Constantly ask the reader about something, ask questions, ask for their opinion. Then the reader will feel that you are really interested in his comments and will not leave you without attention. Many bloggers use this method:
They do not fully reveal the topic of the article, this is suitable for sites that write stories for the soul, but not for my subject. Therefore, I am against this method, it is better to write in detail and analyze the topic of the article, and at the end hint to readers that you can tell a little more, then the discussion will go 😉
3) Use contests and other incentives to comment.
Previously, so-called comment contests worked very, very well, where readers benefited from commenting on the site. Now this method works less efficiently, it’s all the fault of other FAT contests that are organized by popular bloggers with the help of sponsors such as Rookee, Seopult and so on ...
These contests have a budget of tens to hundreds of thousands of rubles, so you won’t surprise anyone with a comment contest with a prize of 500 rubles. And in this way you can push only those who love you and constantly read, but something was not enough for them to leave a comment 
.
Types of comment contests:
The most popular contest is the contest by the number of comments (). A contest is launched, and the most-most commentator is determined, who wrote the most comments for a certain period of time, and he is awarded an award, it is not uncommon for such contests to contain 3 prizes.
In addition to this competition, there are often those where, for example, the most informative comment is determined, or the best question asked to the author, for this you can use the rating system for the comment. The authors of these comments are happy, while others are waiting for a new similar contest to try again to get their penny
4) Comments that create controversy.
Try to constantly express your opinion, even if it goes against the public. Very often, articles such as why Android is better than iOs get record numbers of comments because people are arguing. One of my articles is where I wrote why it's better and slightly humiliated other CMS systems.
I still get emails from people asking me to try other CMSs so that I can feel they are better than WordPress. At that time, despite the fact that the article was one of the very first, and the blog was only about a week old, the article really got a record number of comments, if my memory serves me right
5) Always respond to every comment.
Do you not like it when you write an article, and readers do not comment on it? Likewise, the author of a comment that was left unanswered is unlikely to write comments again. Units of such authors who will finish you off until you answer. So don't offend your readers...
If possible, thank the reader for the comment (possibly for the first comment) and answer his question in as much detail as possible, agitate to ask more, promise that you are always ready to answer any comments, and keep the promise. Then readers will feel that they are interested in them and will not leave you without attention ....
7) Comment on other blogs.
It may seem ridiculous, but it still works. If you leave interesting comments on other sites, not only can it raise your authority, the authority of the site, and even bring new visitors to the site. There are several examples where, with the help of one comment, bloggers got themselves a mountain of new visitors…
But for this you need to write really strong, interesting and informative comments. They should hurt not only the readers of the blog on which you left comments, but also the author of this site. But if you succeed, consider that you have killed a big score.
8) Leave a comment with the same name and with the same avatar.
It is very important! Whether it's if you leave comments on your site, or on someone else's, always do it only with the same nickname and avatar. How to use the same avatar I wrote here. Why do you need to do this?
See you soon, your obedient servant Albert and blog ...
(in which we removed the h3 tags in the header before the comment form) - today we will make the WP comment form function work entirely according to our rules:
we will be able to set our own styles, change the title “Add a comment” at our discretion, exclude, if necessary, certain information entry boxes, for example, the url form, configure placeholder, etc. and, most importantly, not to lose all this when updating the engine.
Today we will easily fulfill our goal, just by editing the function file. And if you feel the strength to edit the site code (this method is a little more complicated than the one described earlier) ...
Let's start the concert:
Should You Edit WordPress Core?
As you know, editing the WordPress core (CMS files) is not a recommended activity, to a greater extent due to the fact that after updating the engine, developments are lost! Especially for novice resource administrators, these WordPress updates are made suddenly (without their knowledge), how to avoid this, read this.
Should You Update WordPress?
Absolutely yes! …there can be no disagreement! …however, this is fraught, as it was said, with the fact that the engine update overwrites the administrator's editions!
Therefore, many web masters, for more flexible settings of their site, use all kinds of filters (hacks): not bad either! However, I (and not only me) prefer to move some secondary (relative to the importance of constant updates) WP core functions to the template root.
Thus, output the necessary adjustments to the theme files in order to manage the state of the site at the template level: without any loss)
Let's start editing, but !!
... I remind you every time: start some kind of document "memory book" of all the exes with the blog. Copy editable files. Come in handy!
Believe me: this is shorter to professionalism, because the possibility of overcooking the accumulated grains of knowledge into porridge is unlikely!
What do we need to achieve our goal:
transfer from the WP core (from the comment-template.php file) the processing of the comment_form function to the template directory.
where to find comment-template.php file
Go to this path your_domain/wp-includes file comment-template.php
... open it (or directly on the hosting - I do this), or download and edit in Notepad ++ - read: how to setup notepad++
Look for such a line (approximate line number 2111)
function comment_form($args = array(), $post_id = null) (
do_action("comment_form_comments_closed");
You copy all this and transfer it to your functions.php file.
Usually, all new code additions are placed before the closing ?> tag. But I recommend grouping the added code, so to speak, by topic, then you can easily find everything if necessary.
The next step is to change the name of the function: you can name it whatever your heart desires, at least mark it with a nominal monogram ... I got it like this:
function my_my_ comment_form
We save our work...
…and go to your theme's comments.php file.
In this file, we need to change the name of the function call to the one we called it in the first step:
Look for the following phrase in the document (it is usually in its finale):and simply add my_my_ well, or your name.
It should turn out like this:
…now the task of calling the new function is completed: the template logic will use exactly our code copied into the theme!
What we needed!
Now all you have to do is edit the code for the newly minted function my_my_comment_form();
... or set individual placeholder processing - see how it looks for me:
... in my window of the commenting form there is a monogram "Your comment ..." which disappears as soon as the commentator types his message ...
… and that … and that … like that.
If you have any questions about adding/removing comment form elements, write, we'll figure it out...
or you can read the post about useful snippets () for the comment form ...
Dmitry Dementy
The convenience and functionality of the commenting system affects the audience engagement and the number of comments on the site. In this article, you will find reviews of the best external commenting systems to help you choose the best solution.
Why external commenting systems are needed
To discuss posting on a WordPress site with the default commenting system and default settings, you will need to manually enter a name and email address. The same problem exists in regular systems for discussions of other popular engines. Because of this, you lose a lot of comments, as users do not want to spend effort on authorization.
Third-party commenting services provide the following features:
- Ease of authorization to participate in the discussion. Here you need to find a balance between the desire of the user to leave a comment as soon as possible and the need to obtain data about the commentator from the owner of the resource.
- Involving the audience in the discussion. Third-party services notify users of new comments.
- Storage of comments. Third party systems store user comments on their servers. This saves disk space and reduces the load on the site owner's server.
- Possibility to rate comments.
- Possibility to recommend comments.
- Expanding audience coverage by automatically posting comments on user profiles in social networks.
- Ability to insert visual content into comments.
Below you will find overviews of the features of the most convenient external commenting systems.
What alternative commenting systems can be used on the site
Website owners have access to paid and free commenting services. The mini-reviews have general information about each system, as well as installation and configuration instructions for sites running WordPress.
Disqus commenting system
Disqus is the most popular third-party commenting system. According to the creators, with its help, users write 50 million comments on websites every month.
Due to its popularity, Disqus can be considered a benchmark or starting point for evaluating other external commenting systems.
How to install Disqus on a website
On the site settings page, enter the name of the resource and select the URL on the Disqus platform. Use the drop-down menu to identify the category your site belongs to. Click the Next button.
In the next step, choose a plan. The following options are available:
- Base. Free plan for any sites, ads are displayed in the commenting system. Disqus only shares advertising revenue with sites that meet the platform's internal criteria.
- Plus. The subscription price is $9 per month. The plan allows you to turn off ads. For non-commercial sites, personal blogs that do not display ads, the Plus plan can be connected for free. The number of views should not exceed 50,000 per day.
- Pro. The cost is $89 per month, the number of page views is not more than 150,000 per day. In the professional plan, there is additional functionality: advanced analytics, priority support, advanced moderation options.
On the next page, the system informs that you can monetize the site using Disqus. The feature is available for English resources. Click the button marked in the illustration to confirm that you are familiar with this feature of the system.
Select the platform your site is running on. If there is no ready-made solution, use a universal code.
The system will prompt you for instructions on how to install the Disqus plugin for WordPress. Proceed like this:
- In the WP console, select the "Plugins - Add New" menu.
- In the "Search plugins" field, enter the query Disqus.
- Install and activate the plugin.
- On the installed plugins page, in the Disqus Comment System line, select the Configure menu.
- The system will prompt you to update the database. Accept the offer.
- Enter your Disqus profile credentials.
- Select the site on which you are installing the commenting system.
- Export to Disqus the comments that users left before the system was installed. To do this, go to the plugin settings menu. In the Import and Export section, click the Export Comments button.
You have installed the plugin and connected the commenting system to the site. Users can now discuss your posts. And you need to pay attention to the service settings.
Disqus commenting system settings
Go to the community settings menu on the Disqus website. On the Settings tab, in the General section, enter the website URL. Make sure the Enable recommendations for your site option is checked. Select the comment interface language. Save your changes.
In the Community section, in the Moderator Badge Text field, select the text that will be displayed next to the name of users with moderator rights. Use the drop-down menu to select how comments are displayed. The following options are available: new on top, old on top, and best on top.
If necessary, allow anonymous users to leave comments. Please note that such commenters are not notified of discussion updates. This reduces their engagement. In addition, the ability to leave comments anonymously can attract trolls and spammers to the site.
Check the box next to the Links in Comments option. In this case, the system will automatically send any comments with links for moderation. Make sure the Media Attachments option is checked. This is permission to post images and videos in the comments.
Check the boxes next to the two options in the Flagged Comments section. This is how you allow users to notify moderators of unwanted comments. Also, after the number of marks specified using the drop-down menu, the system will hide the suspicious comment until the complaint is considered by the moderator. Save your changes.
In your Disqus account on the Community tab, you can track the number of comments and likes and dislikes, assign moderators, import and export comments. Note that exporting comments to Disqus allows you to back up your comment file. This feature cannot be used to migrate user-generated content to an alternate comment system.
Pay attention to the Word Filter function. In the corresponding menu, you can add stop words, when used, the system will send a comment to the Spam folder.
The Moderate Comments menu displays all comments. Please note that the review comments are in the Pending folder. They are not displayed on the site unless approved by a moderator. On the Spam and Deleted tabs, you can view spam messages and deleted comments.
Helpful Hint: You can quickly approve or delete a comment using email. All you have to do is reply to the email notification of a new post on the site. To approve a comment, select Approve in the response, to delete or send it to the spam folder, select Delete and Spam, respectively.
Disqus Disadvantages
The most popular external commenting system has several disadvantages. Here are the most important ones:
- According to some reports, Disqus reduces audience engagement. For example, in the summer of 2015, the WordPress CMS blog WPBeginner abandoned Disqus due to reader complaints. After that, the number of comments increased by 304%.
- Incomprehensible situation with the indexing of comments. Search engines index them intermittently. For example, the comments left two months ago on one of the texterra blog posts are still unique. Comments written a year ago are indexed, but the Text.ru system shows the Disqus site as a source.
- No free plan for commercial sites.
Its popularity and functionality have made Disqus the reference external commenting system. Its advantages and disadvantages can be used when evaluating alternative services.
Cackle Commenting Service
Cackle is a paid solution. It is very likely that the developers took into account the shortcomings of Disqus and the peculiarities of Russian-language projects. Thanks to this, the system received important advantages: indexing of comments by search engines and the possibility of authorization through accounts in networks popular in Runet. More on other features of the system below.
How to install Cackle on a website
After registering and confirming your account, the system will prompt you to create a new widget. Enter the website URL and widget name and click Continue.
The system will offer a universal widget code or a code for popular CMS. Select the desired option.
To use the Cackle system on a WordPress site, install the Cackle plugin. In the WordPress Dashboard, select the "Comments - Cackle Settings" menu. Copy the generated keys to the API and site ID from the Cackle admin panel. Paste them into the appropriate fields in the plugin settings menu in WordPress. Activate the widget.
Export existing comments to the Cackle system. Synchronize the widget with the WordPress database.
By the way:
The Cackle comment form interface is very similar to Disqus. Users familiar with Disqus will find it easy to use Cackle.
Please note that the system supports cross-posting of Vkontakte messages. This feature is enabled by default. On the one hand, this can help increase audience coverage. On the other hand, users may be annoyed by the publication of messages in their profile without asking.
How to set up the Cackle commenting system
To use all the features of the service, pay attention to the settings. In the administrative panel of Cackle, select the appropriate menu. On the "General" tab, pay attention to the "Delete comments" item. You can disable or allow this feature within a few minutes of posting. Also in the general settings, you can select the text of the moderator icon and change the order of the icons of social services through which you can log in.
In advanced settings, pay attention to the following items:
- Turn on pre-moderation of comments containing links.
- Uncheck the box next to Guest Comments. Anonymous comments do not contribute to user engagement and trust in the resource.
- Uncheck the box next to "Crossposting". In this case, the system will not automatically publish comments on social networks.
Change the rest of the settings to your liking or keep the default option.
On the "Appearance" tab, pay attention to the "Pagination" item. Pagination degrades the usability of comments. To solve the problem, use the drop-down menu to select "Select" and enter a large value in the "Maximum comments per page" field.
On the Captcha tab, you can connect reCAPTCHA service from Google, and on the "Spam protection" tab there is an opportunity to connect the Akismet anti-spam service.
You can moderate comments in the WordPress dashboard or in the admin panel on the Cackle website. You can also install a moderation mini-widget. With it, you can moderate comments directly on the site.
Disadvantages of the Cackle System
Cackle is a paid service. This is its main drawback compared to Disqus. The cost of using one site is 200 rubles per month. Is it worth spending money to be able to authorize users through Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki? This is the main question, based on the results of the answer to which the owner of a particular site must make a decision.
Another drawback of the service is the non-obviousness of the possibility of participating in discussions for users who do not have profiles in social networks. If you turn off the ability to leave anonymous comments, the system will prompt the reader to log in through the social network. Alternatively, the user can register on the Cackle website. But for this, he must find the icon marked in the illustration.
HyperComments System
HyperComments is a paid commenting system that supports authorization using profiles in popular networks in Runet. Three tariffs are available to users:
- personal. Costs $24 per year, can be used on one site. Supports up to 500K widget downloads per month.
- professional. Three sites, $120/year, up to 2 million widget downloads per month.
- Enterprise. $480 per year, as many sites as you like, up to 6 million widget downloads per month.
In addition to authorization through Vkontakte, HyperComments has other important advantages. This is a hypercomment feature that allows you to highlight a piece of text and discuss it. Also, commentators can share quotes with their subscribers. Read more about the capabilities of the system below.
How to install and configure HyperComments
Click "Next". The system will redirect you to the HyperComments plugin page in the WordPress directory. Install and activate the plugin. In the site console, select the "Comments - HyperComments" menu and log in using your Google account. On the settings page, select the Settings tab. Import existing comments into the system.
The rest of the basic settings can be left unchanged. Advanced settings are available on the Comments tab in the corresponding menu.
In the "General" section, enable notifications for the administrator and moderators about the publication of a new comment. If necessary, enable pre-moderation of all comments.
In the "Structure" section, if necessary, uncheck the box next to the "Allow comments from guests" field. In this case, users will be able to send a message only after authorization through the social network. If you allow aggressive ways to increase your reach, enable cross-posting.
In the "Quotes" section, enable the corresponding widget. It allows users to highlight a passage of text and share it with followers on social networks.
In the HyperComments section, keep the default settings. This feature allows you to comment on individual pieces of text.
In the "Stereo commentary" section, you can enable the corresponding function. It combines comments into two columns: posts by the author and all users. If necessary, you can add a company logo to the author column.
Disadvantages of the HyperComments system
The main disadvantage of the system is the lack of a free tariff.
The service discriminates against users who do not have accounts in social networks. If you disable anonymous commenting, these visitors will not be able to post.
Another important drawback is that the system does not notify users of new comments by default. This reduces audience engagement.
IntenseDebate commenting system
IntenseDebate is an external commenting system developed by Automattic Inc. One of the main projects of the company is the WordPress.com website hosting service. Therefore, IntenseDebate is especially well integrated with the WordPress CMS.
IntenseDebate is a free service. Its functionality is not inferior to the reference Disqus. The system provides site owners with the following features:
To take advantage of the system's capabilities, install it on the site and configure it.
How to install and configure IntenseDebate
After registering in the system, go to the commenting system installation page. Specify the URL of the resource. If you are using WordPress, install and activate the IntenseDebate plugin. Log in to the settings page in the WP console.
In your personal account on the IntenseDebate website, turn on notifications for the publication of new comments. Switch the language to Russian.
In the Layout menu of your personal account, if necessary, change the appearance of the buttons, the size of user avatars and notifications of new messages. To prevent comment pagination, set the Comments per page field to the maximum value. If necessary, specify the text that will be displayed under the comment form.
In the Comments menu, turn on the ability to log in with Facebook and Twitter. Use the system prompts to create a Facebook app and get an API key. Set the flag next to the Enable "Report this comment" button menu. You will enable the "Report comment" button. Select an option to display trackbacks. They can be published along with user comments or in a separate area. For most projects, the second option is suitable.
If necessary, install additional widgets on the site. The following add-ons are available in the corresponding section of your personal account:
- Comments statistics - shows the number of comments and posts.
- Latest comments.
- Popular publications. This widget displays a list of the most talked about posts.
- active commentators. The add-on displays the ten most active users with a link to their IntenseDebate profiles.
Posts can be moderated in the WordPress dashboard under the "Comments" menu.
Disadvantages of the IntenseDebate system
The main disadvantage of IntenseDebate is the lack of integration with popular networks in Runet, for example, Vkontakte. To participate in discussions, users will need to log in using Facebook, Twitter, WordPress.com accounts, register on IntenseDebate, or provide a name and email address.
Tolstoy comments
Developers position Tolstoy comments as a free system for building a community of site users. This is not a traditional commenting system, but a chat widget where readers can chat. The communication process is gamified with a system of badges and ratings.
How to install Tolstoy comments on the site
After registering on the platform, the system will offer to insert the widget code on all pages of the site.
If everything is done correctly, the comments widget will appear on the site.
In the control panel on the Tolstoy comments website, set the widget sizes. Choose an appropriate time for the widget to load. The rest of the settings can be left unchanged.
Information about messages is available to the administrator in real time in the "Moderation" section of the personal account. Users see a widget on the pages of the site indicating the number of comments and a pop-up window with the highest rated comments.
Users can rate comments. And for activity, the system assigns badges to commentators.
On each page of the site, the widget creates a separate chat. But the list of chats is available to users from any page of the site using the "All chats" link.
Disadvantages of the system Tolstoy comments
The main drawback is that comments are stored on the Tolstoy comments server, and not in the site database. Because of this, user-generated content is not indexed. The developers plan to fix this problem in the future.
In a discussion on the Tolstoy comments site, users say that the widget slows down websites. On the test site, I did not notice such an effect.
Alternatives to universal systems
Instead of universal cross-platform solutions, some site owners install a form of commenting on one social network. Usually it is Facebook or Vkontakte. Some resources have two forms of commenting at once.
To install the Facebook comment form, use
This name does not interfere with many, but sometimes the question arises how to change add a comment to leave a review or the like. In this case, this article will help you. As I wrote above, I will show a couple of ways.
Method number 1
For the first method, you must find the file in the folder with the theme that is installed on your site. comments.php. If there is one, open it and look in it for an array responsible for setting up and displaying the content of the comment form. It looks something like this:
$args = array("comment_notes_before" => "
", "comment_field" => " ", "id_submit" => "comm_subm", "label_submit" =>So, to this array, you need to add a new parameter with the desired value and that's it. In our case, this is:
"title_reply" => "Leave your own review",
How do you understand - Leave your review, this is the new name instead of - Add a comment. You can add such a parameter to the end or to the beginning of the array. It will turn out something like this:
$args = array("title_reply" => "Leave your comment", "comment_notes_before" => "
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", "comment_field" => " ", "id_submit" => "comm_subm", "label_submit" => "Submit",); comment_form($args);Added to the beginning and now, on the pages of entries, a line will be displayed - Leave your review. This method is not complicated and requires minimal effort, the main thing is to correctly define the array. But sometimes it happens that there is no comments.php file inside the theme or there is no array in it and you don’t know how to add it there correctly, then the second method will help you.
Method number 2
The essence of the second method is to add a new function, which will make the replacement of the name. To do this, in the folder with the active theme, you need to find the file functions.php with custom functions and in a convenient place, if you don't know this, then at the very end before the PHP closing tag - ?> , if there is none, then just at the very end, add the following code:
Function wph_change_submit_label($defaults) ( $defaults["title_reply"] = "Submit Your Feedback"; return $defaults; ) add_filter("comment_form_defaults", "wph_change_submit_label");
Bonus
This is the same, in fact, what was done in the first method, simply, there we embedded directly into the array, and here through the filter. After these steps, you will see a change in the title. As in the first method, you can change the text - Leave your review to the one you like. This text is provided as an example.
I also want to suggest and pay attention to the declension of the word Comments. If you have a line in the form - 1 comment or Comments: 10 posted. You can use the Function from the article. If you are already using it, then I recommend in line with an array:
Array("comment","comments","comments")
Change the titles to review,review,reviews if you used that word in the methods above. thus, everything will be the same for you, and not in a scatter, there are reviews, and there are comments.
This is the information I would like to share with you today. Perhaps it will be useful to someone.
That's all, thanks for your attention. 🙂
