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title: "Comments and Discussions"
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Comments are **disabled by default** on all new sites within Aurora. For sites that are low-traffic or do not have a dedicated resource to manage comments, we recommend that comments remain disabled.

This article covers how to setup **Comments and Discussions** within the [Classic Editor](#classic-editor) or the [Block Editor](https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/comments-block/).

## > Macro (anchor)

Classic Editor

### Setting Up Comments and Discussions

If there is a page on your site for which you would like comments to be enabled, do the following:

1. Go to that page’s **Edit** screen.
2. Click [Screen Options](http://aurora.uconn.edu/2016/03/22/screen-options/) at the top of the screen and make sure that both the **Discussion** and **Comments** fields are checked
3. Scroll down and you will see a section titled “**Discussion**.” Within that section, there is an option to **Allow Comments**. Check it.
4. Click **Update.**

Now, when you go to that page, you will see the option to add a comment at the bottom of it.

### Resources

If your site’s Administrator has set up the site as a blog or heavily uses the post functions, then the following links will help you manage comments.

- [Comments in WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/article/comments-in-wordpress/)
- [Moderating Your Recent Comments From the Dashboard](http://wordpress.tv/2009/01/05/moderating-your-recent-comments-from-the-dashboard/)
- [Comment Moderation](https://wordpress.org/support/article/comment-moderation/)
- [Comments Spam](https://wordpress.org/support/article/comment-spam/)

Once logged into your WordPress site, check out the Video Tutorial on Managing Comments.