Description
LiveRe Comments puts the LiveRe comment widget where your theme shows WordPress comments. Readers comment with their social accounts, and you moderate everything from the LiveRe admin.
- Works with block themes (it replaces the Comments block) and classic themes (it replaces comments.php).
- Choose which content types show LiveRe: posts, pages, or any public type that supports comments.
- Turn LiveRe off for a single post from the post editor.
- Each post keeps its own comment thread, keyed by its permalink path.
LiveRe is free to use with ads shown in the comment box. Paid LiveRe plans remove the ads.
You need a LiveRe account and a client ID. The plugin itself has no settings beyond the client ID and where to show the widget; moderation, appearance and login options are managed in the LiveRe admin.
External services
This plugin connects to the LiveRe comment service, operated by Cizion, to display and post comments.
On every page where the comment box is shown, the visitor’s browser loads the LiveRe widget script from https://www.livere.org and the widget talks to https://api.livere.org. The widget sends your client ID, the page address and the article key (the post’s permalink path) so LiveRe can show the right comments. On the free plan, the widget also loads ads from LiveRe’s ad partners in the visitor’s browser. When a visitor signs in or comments, the widget also sends their comment and the account details from the login provider they choose. Nothing is sent from your WordPress server; all requests come from the visitor’s browser.
- Terms of use: https://www.livere.org/terms.html
- Privacy policy: https://www.livere.org/privacy.html
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Installation
- Sign in to the LiveRe admin at https://admin.livere.org and create a site. Enter your WordPress site address as the Site URL.
- Copy the installation code shown after you create the site. It contains your client ID.
- In WordPress, install and activate LiveRe Comments.
- Go to Settings > LiveRe Comments and paste the client ID (or the whole installation code) into Client ID. Save.
- Open any post. The LiveRe comment box appears in place of the WordPress comment form.
FAQ
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The comment box says “This page’s domain is not registered with LiveRe”.
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LiveRe loads only on domains registered for your site. The Site URL you entered in the LiveRe admin, and its subdomains, are allowed automatically. If your WordPress site runs on a different domain, add it to the allowed domains of your site in the LiveRe admin. Allowed domains must use https.
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What happens to my existing WordPress comments?
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They stay in your WordPress database and are not deleted. They are not shown while LiveRe is active on a post, and they are not imported into LiveRe. Deactivate the plugin, or turn LiveRe off for a post, to show them again.
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My theme does not show the comment box.
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Classic themes decide when to load comments.php. Many skip it when comments are closed and the post has no comments. If LiveRe does not appear on a post, make sure comments are allowed for that post in the editor’s Discussion settings.
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Does LiveRe show ads?
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Yes, on the free plan. The LiveRe widget shows ads in the comment box, served by LiveRe and its ad partners. Paid LiveRe plans show no ads. The plugin works the same way on both; the plan is set on your LiveRe account, not in WordPress.
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Can I change the article key?
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Use the
livere_comments_article_keyfilter. Changing keys on a live site separates posts from their existing LiveRe comments.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- First release.