How to allow comments in Wordpress

You can allow comments from the Write Post section we discussed in the previous tutorial (How to start writing posts in Wordpress)

On the Write Post section you will see a box title “Discussion” on the right side column just below categories. You can choose to allow comments. If you want visitors to your site to post comments then make sure this is checked.
Tip: With the comments feature I use the really cool plugin called “MyAvatars. This plugin allows you to add MyBlogLog.com avatars to Wordpress comments. You can see a demo of this here on the comments section.

You can manage comments further by going to Options-> Discussion from the navigation menu. This is where you can manage if comments are allowed, and what constitutes Spam. On this section you can also set the option of having an email sent to you whenever anyone posts a comments or whenever a comment is held for moderation.

If you do make any changes here then don’t forget to click the “Update” button at the bottom of the page otherwise your changes won’t be saved.

How to approve comments in Wordpress

Whenever someone adds comments to your site it will require approval first. To approve a comment for the guidelines below:

Login to your Word Press administration panel
Select Comments-> Awaiting Moderation from the navigation menu
It will tell you in brackets how many comments are waiting for you to moderate
As soon as your comments have been approved they will appear live on the site.

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