Comments are an essential part of any blog. They help you connect with your visitors and based on my tests, maybe even rank higher on Google.
But the default WordPress comments system is basic, which makes it harder than it needs to be to create an engaging comments section on your blog.
If you’ve left a comment on ShoutMeLoud recently, you may have noticed that we’re using a new tool for handling our comments.
ShoutMeLoud’s comments system is now powered by Thrive special marketing lead Comments. And in my Thrive Comments review, I want to share a little more about what the plugin does, as well as how you can use it to upgrade the comments section of your blog.
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What Does Thrive Comments Do?
Thrive Comments is an enhancement for the native WordPress comments system.
It works with any WordPress theme and completely integrates into the native WordPress comments functionality to ensure that:
All your old blog comments continue to exist even when you start using Thrive Comments
If you ever deactivate Thrive Comments, all your comments will continue to remain on your site as regular WordPress comments (you’ll just lose the more advanced features that I’ll discuss below)
Once it’s active on your site, Thrive Comments adds a number of features to make your comments section more engaging.
Five Features That I Like About The Thrive WordPress Comments Plugin
Here are some of the most helpful new features that you get with Thrive Comments
1. Upvotes/Downvotes On Individual Comments (WordPress comment voting)
