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This article covers all the variable WordPress Discussion Settings, and assumes that you are already logged in to your WordPress dashboard in order to view them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A List of the WordPress Discussion Settings
1. Default Article Settings
There are three choices, bearing in mind that whatever you have chosen can also be overwritten per individual article.
- Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article – this will send out trackbacks and pings to other blogs when the article is published
- Allow link notifications from other blogs – this accepts trackbacks and pings from other blogs
- Allow people to post comments on new articles – this is the default Enable or Disable Comments
2. Comments Settings
There is a comprehensive list of settings as follows and you can customize to what suits you:
- Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
- Users must be registered and logged in to comment
- Automatically close comments on articles older than __ days
- Enable threaded (nested) comments __ levels deep
- Break comments into pages with __ comments per page and the __ page displayed by default
- Comments should be displayed with the older comments at the top of each page
- Use Markdown for comments
3. Email Me Whenever
- Anyone posts a comment
- A comment is held for moderation
- Someone likes one of my posts
- Someone reblogs one of my posts
- Someone follows my blog
4. Before A Comment Appears
- Comment must be manually approved
- Comment author must have a previously approved comment
5. Comment Moderation
- Should a comment in the queue if it contains __ or more links
- When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, email, or IP, it will be held in the moderation queue. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so “press” will match “WordPress.”
6. Disallowed Comments
When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, email, or IP, it will be put in the Trash. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so “press” will match “WordPress.”
Additional Information
Login to Hosted.com® Account
1. Go to the Hosted.com® Login website page.
2. Enter your Email and Password and click the Sign In button.
Access WordPress via Your Hosted.com® Account
3. You will see the Hosted.com® Dashboard, displaying the Manage Account menu on the left and your Account Information, Account Overview on the right and Open Support Tickets below.
4. Click the Manage Service dropdown and select your hosting package – our example uses the WordPress Hosting plan. The hosting window will open and you will see Product Information and Quick Manage on the right.
5. Click on the WordPress icon under the Quick Manage section.
Access WordPress via cPanel
3. You will see the Hosted.com® Dashboard, displaying the Manage Account menu on the left and your Account Information, Account Overview and Open Support Tickets on the right.
4. Click on Manage Services to view the sub-dropdown menu and select the hosting package for the domain you want to work with – in our example we are using WordPress Hosting.
5. Click the Manage button to the right of the domain name you want to access.
6. The display will now show Product Information, Quick Manage, Resource Usage and Site Statistics for that domain name.
7. Under Product Information, scroll down to Control Panel, which will display cPanel to the right, and click on the Login button.
8. The cPanel Dashboard will now be displayed.
9. Scroll down until you get to Popular Applications, click on the WordPress icon.
10. The WordPress Dashboard will now be displayed.
Access WordPress via cPanel Online
1. Visit your cPanel URL, either supplied to you through your web host or attained through other sign-up methods.
2. Enter your Username
3. Then enter your Password and click Login.
4. Scroll down until you get to “Popular Applications”, click on the WordPress icon.
