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If your WordPress site is not displaying comments, try the two solutions discussed in this guide.

Option 1: Enable WordPress Comments Site-wide

If none of your WordPress posts displays comments at the end of posts, follow the steps below to enable comments site-wide:

  1. Sign in to your WordPress site as an administrator.
  2. Then, on the left pane, hover over Settings and select Discussions.
WordPress Comments Not Showing? Enable WordPress Comments Side-wide
  1. When the Discussion Settings open, on the Default post settings section, check Allow people to submit comments on new posts. Then, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes.

When you enable Allow people to submit comments on new posts, comments will now be displayed at the end of posts.

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Option 2: Enable WordPress Comments on Individual Posts

If you have confirmed that comments are enabled in Settings -> Discussions, but a specific post does not display the comment form, comments may be disabled in the posts.

Follow the steps below to enable comments in a specific post that does not display the comments form:

  1. Log in to WordPress.
  2. Then, open the post – that does not display the comments form – for editing
  3. On the right pane of the post edit page, scroll down and expand Discussions.
  1. Then, on the Discussions section, check the checkbox beside Allow comments.
  1. Finally, to ensure that the changes are saved, save the post
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Conclusion

I hope you were able to get comments to start showing in your WordPress site with the steps in this guide.

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