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The 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.
Following fields are seen in Discussion settings.
Default article settings − These settings are
default 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.
