WordPress.com Forums » Topic: how to allow comments for non wordpress users ? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-allow-comments-for-non-wordpress-users WordPress.com Forums » Topic: how to allow comments for non wordpress users ? en Thu, 23 May 2013 09:51:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "how to allow comments for non wordpress users ?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-allow-comments-for-non-wordpress-users#post-1071418 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:16:05 +0000 timethief 1071418@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This page > Settings > Discussion is where you set up defaults for comments.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

Discussion Settings
Other comment settings
_Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
_Users must be registered and logged in to comment

Note that the prompt to submit and email address and a website URL will still appear but providing an email address and logging in are not required.

You can post instructions for your visitors in a text widget if you wish. That's easy to do. You copy and paste this into a text widget:

Readers: Note that the email address and logging in prompts do appear for comments on this blog, but providing an email address and logging in are not required.

See here and read about how to set up a text widget. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

P.S. Do be sure to set up full comment moderation ie. "An administrator must always approve the comment" because anonymous commenting is bound to increase the amount of spam your blog will receive.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation

]]> analizamatematicampt on "how to allow comments for non wordpress users ?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-allow-comments-for-non-wordpress-users#post-1070922 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:46:00 +0000 analizamatematicampt 1070922@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi , I' have 2 blogs at wordpress.com and I use both to sustain my activity as a professor, but in the last time I cannot receive comments because something has been modified in the policy of wordpress.org. And I don't like that .... do you now how can I still receive comments from everyone who visits my blogs , without beeing logged (most of them they don't have an wp account )

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