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Top 5 Reasons for Using DISQUS Comments on Your WordPress Blog

December 8, 2009 By Alicia 47 Comments

I learned about the DISQUS comments plugin from two of my favorite social media mentors, Chris Brogan and UnMarketing.  It was super easy to install and quickly became one of my all-time favorites!  DISQUS is really more than a simple plugin for handling comments – it’s a social networking system that saves you a tremendous amount of time and energy!

Top 5 Reasons to Use DISQUS:

  • Threaded discussions allow your reply to be nested (or inline) with the original comment, keeping everything more organized for your blog readers.   On any blog post with a lot of repsonse, this is absolutely necessary to help your readers make sense of the discussion.
  • You can have every comment left on your blog post sent to your inbox.  Then you just hit reply to have your comment posted automatically to the blog, allowing you to participate in real time as the conversation develops.  You can also choose to have your replies emailed to the commenter, which invites them back to continue the discussion.
  • The profiles that commenters create in DISQUS are shared across other blogs using the system.  So commenters will be recognized by DISQUS without having to create whole new profile and they”ll have the same avatar and identity.  Commenters can also sign in using other social media profiles to leave comments (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook), and will be given the option to quickly and easily link the comment back to their social media profiles (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook)
  • All mentions on Facebook and Twitter about the post itself will be tracked and added to the bottom of the post
  • DISQUS allows you to monitor, edit and respond to comments on multiple blogs from a single dashboard

How to Use and Install DISQUS

Seems like such a complex system would require dealing with countless issues and complicating programming when shifting to DISQUS, doesn’t it?  Well no, it doesn’t.  It’s shockingly easy to install . . .

All you have to do is register for a free account with DISQUS and install the plugin.  Then you can easily choose your display options and rules, make simple styling changes, and import your other comments. When ready, it will remove your current commenting system and replace it with DISQUS.  So it seriously only takes 5 minutes of work!

*NOTE:  When you first install DISQUS, your comments may seem to disappear – but don’t worry – give it a little time and they appear in their whole new format soon!

>> READ about many more reasons to use DISQUS here.

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  • "DISQUS is really more than a simple plugin for handling comments – it’s a social networking system that saves you a tremendous amount of time and energy!" very true. i like the post very much. I am fully agree with your views and I also think that DISQUS is the best plugin for Blog commenting. Keep up the good work.
  • such a great article, discuss certanly makes things easier on blogs, more people seem willing to use it.
  • I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts.
  • i am totally agree with you.
  • Yes you are absolutely right. Using Disqus in the word press blog is a nice option. Thanks a lot for sharing this post. Keep up the good work.
  • this was a really good article.thanks for sharing the information.disqus system is really perfect.
    it allows the blogger to have greater control with comments.
  • How did you remove your border on disqus? I'm having such a hard time. Can you help me? (T_T)
  • Gavin Giles
    How do i import the top commentors widget? it won't work.
  • Hi Gavin - I've never used the top commentors widget, so I can't help you there.
  • simply superb tool. easy to understand whether link gets in or out. especially edit option is nice one.
  • Disqus is fantastic. I used to have to beg for comments on most of my blogs until I started using Disqus, I don't know what it is, users love it and find it so much easier to use and we agree with them so it's a win, win!
  • Disqus has ability to import existing comments as well as export comments. I didn't lose any comments when I moved to Disqus..Disqus is really good stuff methinks!..
  • Disqus is the top commenting platform in my opinion. Not only is Facebook Connect integration nice but allowing users to also use their Twitter accounts to leave comments is awesome.
  • I agree, I think DISQUS is the best commenting system it too much !!!
  • DISQUS is a good commenting tool, with this commenting on other social networking sites become very easy.I really recommend using DISQUS for comments on your Wordpress, Blogger and Tumblr blogs..
  • These 5 reasons are very convincing indeed. I also like the fact that Disqus is a community and the more we comment, the more friends we can make. http://seventoten.com
  • Such a nice posts because Disqus is Great! Currently there are some "comment plug-ins" which can let a page have function of comment.The best one I know is Disqus With greater control and commenter profiles. this plug-ins is really cool, I love it. Thanks for Sharing..
  • Disqus is great commenting plug-in for comments I also used Disqus it is too easy its supports various blogging platforms including Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, Movable Type and Tumblr.i love disqus blog comment system..
  • I agree - Disqus has turned out to be one the most important choices I've made in relation to making my blog content go viral!
  • I agree, I think DISQUS is the best commenting system
  • i agree with you. I've tried quite a few on my personal blog and its definitly the best
  • thanks for this nice post. am planning to put disqus in my wordpress blog too
  • You're welcome! So glad you found the info helpful. DISQUS Comments has made my blog a much more organized and interactive place. I'd love to hear how it works for you.

    Alicia
  • Hey Alicia - Do you know if Disqus comments are now synced with your other comments (if using WP)? i.e. When I tested DISQUS six months ago, I had to double moderate all posts since doing itt on Disqus didn't also affect my WP database. That made the option of removing the plugin at some point in the future a frightening proposition (having to re-moderate hundreds to thousands of comments would be a nightmare!)

    I'd love any knowledge you've got on this one.

    Thanks!
  • Our CMS is Drupal and while we would get 1,000 of unique visitors every day, I was always amazed by the lack of comments we would get. When I implemented Disqus, we started getting a decent amount of comments. Sure, I am not happy that the Drupal user system is not seamlessly integrated with Disqus, but I'll accept that in order to get a good flow of comments on our site.
  • Thanks Giannii! And thanks for the info on comments disappearing - I almost had a heart attack the first time I imported and they all seemed to disappear - but they did show up soon enough. I guess I expected them to be there instantly and just wanted to make sure our readers didn't panic :)
  • Great post!

    RE: to comments disappear: You can import your comments by going to WP Admin > Comments > Adv Options > Import

    Also your comments on Wordpress locally sync with your database.
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