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Guides, updates, and insights about building better comment experiences.
Add comments to a Ghost site without Ghost members
Ghost's built-in comments require every reader to become a member before they can say a word, and Ghost points anyone who wants anonymous commenting at third-party tools. This guide adds a comment section that works without membership, through either a one-block theme edit or Code Injection, and explains which to choose.
Read moreComments for VitePress and MkDocs documentation sites without a GitHub login
Documentation sites default to giscus or utterances, and both require every reader to authorise a GitHub app before they can ask a question. This guide adds a hosted comment section that lets readers comment as guests, with the exact theme extension for VitePress and the template override for MkDocs and Material for MkDocs.
Read moreHow to add comments to a SvelteKit site
SvelteKit prerenders your blog, hydrates it, then navigates between posts without reloading. This guide adds a hosted comment section with a single component, explains the prerender origin trap that puts the wrong URL in your HTML, and shows the one-line fix that keeps the widget alive across navigation.
Read moreHow to add comments to a Nuxt site
Nuxt renders on the server, then takes over in the browser, and a comment widget has to respect both. This guide adds a hosted comment section with one component, shows where it goes in a Nuxt Content blog, and handles the route change that otherwise leaves a reader looking at an empty box.
Read moreHow to add comments to a Gatsby blog
Gatsby renders your blog to static HTML and then hydrates it into a React app, which is exactly the combination that trips up most comment widgets. This guide adds a hosted comment section with one component, explains why the script must load after hydration, and shows how to keep the widget working when Gatsby Link navigates without a page load.
Read moreFastComments alternative: pricing and features compared for 2026
FastComments is one of the best hosted comment systems you can buy: ad-free, fast, and unusually deep on features. It is also usage-billed after a 30-day trial, and the bill for a multi-site publisher adds up faster than the $0.99 headline suggests. Here is the honest comparison, with a worked example bill.
Read moreDisqus pricing in 2026: Basic, Plus, Pro, and what the free plan costs you in ads
Disqus has three published plans and one that is priced by quote. This is the full table with the page-view tiers and annual prices, the ad requirement on the free plan that most people miss, and what the same traffic costs on ad-free alternatives.
Read moreCusdis is deprecated: how to move your comments to a hosted alternative
Cusdis, the 5 KB open-source Disqus alternative, is deprecated: its repository was archived on 17 July 2026 and the README now tells users to email for a data export. This is what Cusdis got right, what it never had, and how to move an existing comment archive to a hosted replacement without losing it.
Read moreHow to add comments to an Eleventy (11ty) site
Eleventy has no comment system and does not want one; it builds HTML. This guide adds a hosted comment section with a single include file in Nunjucks, Liquid or Handlebars, explains which page variable to use as the thread identifier, and shows how to turn comments off per post.
Read moreDisqus alternative for Publii: what still works in 2026, and what was removed
In August 2026 Publii reviewed every comment plugin in its marketplace: two were added, three were updated, and three were removed, including Cusdis, the option most forum threads used to recommend. Here is the current list, what each one costs, and how to move off Disqus without losing your threads.
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