I’ve tried enabling “Users must be registered” but I get the message users need to logon, and the jetpack comment box disappears. Am I missing something obvious?
That’s the option you’re looking for. Once you enable that option, Jetpack’s Comment form will only be visible for logged in users. Logged out users will see a message inviting them to log in.
To make things clearer, when we’re speaking about guest comments in WordPress, there are only 2 options, whether you use Jetpack Comments or the default comment form:
- Either you allow everyone to comment; that’s the default setting.
- Either you restrict commenting to users logged in to your WordPress site. Logged users (guests) won’t be able to comment. Logging in with Facebook, Twitter, or any other commenting option offered by Jetpack’s Comment form isn’t possible, since none of these logins happen on your site, and WordPress consequently has no way of verifying these users’ identity. They’re consequently considered as guests.
I hope this helps!
(@jazza_uk)
10 years, 5 months ago
I’ve got Jetpack installed, and have enabled comments, but I want to disable Guest comments, and only use the jetpack logons. But I can’t find the option to disable guest comments. I’ve tried enabling “Users must be registered” but I get the message users need to logon, and the jetpack comment box disappears. Am I missing something obvious?
Jetpack page says ” Guest commenting is still controlled by the options in Settings → Discussion; if you disable guest commenting, visitors will not be able to use this option in Jetpack Comments.” But where?
Thanks
Jazza
https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/