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Commento Comments

A WordPress plugin to replace native WordPress comments with Commento - for static and headless WP sites

by Zac Gordon · github.com/zgordon/wp-commento · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/zgordon/wp-commento/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
Readme github.com/zgordon/wp-commento ↗

WordPress and Commento Plugin

A WordPress plugin to replace native WordPress comments with Commento - for static and headless WP sites.

Screenshot of Commento Comments on a WordPress site

Setup

  1. Setup an account with https://commento.io/
  2. Add your domain name in Commento dashboard
  3. Choose your subscription in Commento
  4. Optionally import your WordPress comments into Comment (see instructions below)
  5. Optionally style your Commento comments via your WordPress theme (see instructions below)

How to Style Commento Comments

This plugin will automatically take any styles from your theme style.css and apply them to Commento.

Use web inspector to find the elements you want to style and add your custom styles to your theme style.css file to have them show up.

How to Import WordPress Comments into Commento

At the moment this process requires importing your WordPress comments into Disqus and then importing the comments from Disqus into Commento.

  1. Sign up for Disqus (with a free plan)
  2. Setup your site in Disqus, choosing WordPress as your platform and using your live static URL in Disqus
  3. Install the Disqus WordPress Plugin
  4. Setup the Disqus WP Plugin
  5. Copy the sync token from WordPress plugin to Disqus setup page
  6. Complete the setup in Disqus dashboard
  7. Go back to the Disqus plugin in WordPress (may need to refresh the settings page) and on "Syncing" tab. Click to "Import Comments"
  8. In Disqus dashboard, "Export Comments"
  9. Get the URL from Disqus email
  10. In the Commento settings for your site, navigate to "Import Comments" and paste in export URL from Disqus