WordPress – DISCUSSION SETTINGS

WordPress discussion setting can be defined as the interaction between the blogger and the visitors. These settings are done by the admin to have a control over the posts/pages that come in through users.

Following are the steps to access the Discussion setting:

Step (1): Click on Settings -> Discussion option in WordPress.

Step (2): The Discussion Settings page is displayed as shown in the following snapshot.

Following fields are seen in Discussion settings.

Default article settings: These settings are defaulted to the new pages you create or new posts. This contains three more settings. They are:

Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article: When you publish articles then it sends a notification (sends pings and trackback) to other blogs.

Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks): Accepts pings from other blogs.

Allow people to post comments on new articles: You can allow or disallow other people to comment on your article using this setting.

You can change the settings as per your will for individual articles.

Other Comment Settings: This setting has the following options:

Comment author must fill out name and e-mail: When you check this box, it is mandatory for visitors to fill their name and email address.

Users must be registered and logged in to comment: If you check this box, only those registered visitors can leave comments, if not checked anyone can leave any number of comments.

Automatically close comments on articles older than days: This option allows you to accept comments only for a particular time period as per your wish.

Enable threaded (nested) comments: When you check this option, visitors can reply or have a discussion and get responses.

Break comments into pages with top level comments per page and the page displayed by default: If your pages are getting a lot of comments then you can split them into different pages by checking this box.

Comments should be displayed with the comments at the top of each page: You can arrange the comments in the form of ascending or descending order.

Email me whenever: This setting contains two options, namely:

Anyone posts a comment: When you check into this box, the author gets an e-mail for every single comment that is posted.

A comment is held for moderation: This is used in case you do not want your comment to be updated before it's moderated by the admin.

Before a comment appears: This setting allows how your posts are controlled. There are two more settings as followed:

Comment must be manually approved: If you check this box then only the approved comments by the admin can be displayed on the posts or pages.

Comment author must have a previously approved comment: This can be checked when you want to approve a comment of an author whose has commented and his e-mail address matches the e-mail address of the previous posted comment. Otherwise the comment is held for moderation.

Comment Moderation: Contain only a specific number of links that are allowed into a comment.

Comment Blacklist: You can input your own spam words which you do not want your visitors to enter into the comments, URL, e-mail etc.; later it would filter the comments.

Avatars: Avatar is a small image that displays at the top-right-hand corner of the dashboard screen beside your name. It is like your profile picture. Here you have a few more options where you can set your avatar for WordPress site.

Avatar Display: It displays your avatar besides your name when it is checked.

Maximum rating: You have a four other options of avatars you can use. They are G, PG, R and X. This is the age section where you select according to which type of audience you want to display your posts.

Default Avatar: In this option, there are few more types of avatars with images; you can keep these avatars according to your visitors e-mail address.

Step (3): Click on Save Changes button to save the changes.