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    Home » How To Customize Your WordPress Themes » FAQ for All Themes

    How to Enable Comments on Your Site

    There are three places to check to be sure comments are enabled on your posts:

    1. In Settings > Discussion, be sure the box is checked to allow comments on new articles
    2. In Genesis > Theme Settings > Comments & Trackbacks, be sure the box is checked to allow comments on posts
      • Note: we recommend disabling trackbacks
    3. On the individual post's editor screen

    When the comments are disabled for a specific post, there's a couple places to check:

    • Look for Screen Options in the very top right of the screen and click to open the toggle
    • Check the Discussion box, then click Screen Options again to close the toggle
    • Scroll below the editor box and be sure the box is checked to allow comments
    Screenshot of post screen options
    In the classic editor, ensure that the discussion and comments screen options are enabled
    Toggle the enable comments settings in the classic editor
    In the classic editor, ensure that the discussion and comments checkbox is enabled. We don't recommend trackbacks and pingbacks.

    You may need to do that for all your posts if the comment form doesn't display. The Settings > Discussion and individual post settings are default WordPress behavior, while the Genesis > Theme Settings is specific to Genesis.

    Our themes don't alter or modify the comment settings in WordPress.

    One final place to check is the Admin > Settings > Discussion screen in WordPress and make sure the "Automatically close comments on articles older than 14 days" is not checked: 

    Genesis Bug (v 3+)

    In Genesis 3+, We've seen the comments form disappearing from posts/pages without site admins performing any actions, and this has been traced back to a Genesis bug. If you run into the issue, it can be resolved by going to Customize > Theme Settings > Comments and Trackbacks then:

    1. disable comments
    2. hit publish
    3. enable comments
    4. hit publish

    This refreshes the setting that tells Genesis to display the comments on posts/pages.

    Remove the Websites Field

    The "websites" field of the comments encourage spam, and should be removed from your site. Even for legitimate comments, the website that users link to are generally not topically relevant, and don't provide any benefit to your readers.

    We've added this feature to the Feast Plugin! See: Remove the website field from comments form

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    How To Customize Your WordPress Themes

    • How to Create Multiple Recipe Index Pages
    • How to Set a Favicon
    • Plugins to Install
    • How to Change the Header Size
    • How to Change the Background Color of the Genesis eNews Widgets
    • Font Size for Food Blogs
    • Why is troubleshooting so complex?
    • How to Launch Your Food Blog
    • Add a Before Entry Widget Area
    • Recipe Index: Content Configuration (Cravings Pro + Seasoned Pro)
    • How Do I Set Up My Navigation Menu?
    • Can I Use Multiple Recipe Index Pages?
    • How Do I Update the Theme Version? (without the Feast Plugin)
    • Remove Search Box from Navigation Menu
    • How to Add the Visual Category Page Index
    • Customization Library
    • Setup a secondary navigation menu
    • How to clear your cache
    • Troubleshoot Plugin Conflicts
    • How to Add the Featured Posts Category Index
    • Food Blog Home Page Pagination
    • Cravings Pro Theme: Setup Your Navigation Menu
    • Why we're not supporting Gutenberg Oversized Images
    • Install Theme, and Import Demo Content and Widgets
    • How to change change your footer
    • Seasoned Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Manually Disable Google Fonts
    • Image Alt Tags
    • Why we don't support the read more tag
    • Pinterest for Food Bloggers
    • How to Create Multiple Recipe Index Pages
    • WordPress Settings
    • Foodie Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Brunch Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Cook'd Pro Classic Tutorials
    • Cravings Pro Classic Tutorials
    • All About Featured Images
    • FAQ for All Themes
      • LinkedIn Featured Image
      • Setup Genesis eNews Widget/Newsletter
      • Multiple Recipe Index Pages for Food Themes
      • How to Edit Child Theme Files
      • How to Add Pagination to the Home Page
      • How to Control Which Categories Show Up in the Categories Widget
      • Genesis User Profile Widget
      • How to Enable Comments on Your Site
      • Change the Number of Posts That Show on the Category / Search / Archive Pages
      • How to Ensure Your Posts Show on the Home Page
      • Why Do I See Duplicate Images?
      • Why Isn't the Category Description Appearing?
    • Add Google Analytics Tracking Code
    • Customization Referrals
    • Genesis Child Themes
    • Enable SSL for HTTPS on your Food Blog
    • How to Start a Food Blog
    • Set Up Your WooCommerce Shop
    • The parent theme could not be found. You will need to install the parent theme, genesis, before you can use this child theme
    • Food Blog Theme Features Comparison
    • Translation + Multi Language Support
    • Use Inspect Element to troubleshoot styles

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