# Switching from default WP comments to Discourse WP plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-default-wp-comments-to-discourse-wp-plugin/44354
**Category:** WordPress
**Created:** [May 16, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-default-wp-comments-to-discourse-wp-plugin/44354 "2016-05-16T23:26:24Z")
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### Author: ![Karthik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/karthik/32/121537_2.png) [@Karthik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karthik)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-default-wp-comments-to-discourse-wp-plugin/44354/1 "2016-05-16T23:26:25Z")

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Hey Guys,

I was about to switch from WP native comments to Discourse but had couple of questions.

What would happen to existing comments? Will they be available on the individual posts?

I have like 100+ comments on some of my old articles and I’m sure they add a lot of value to those pages from an SEO perspective. Just making sure I don’t lose them after the switch.

Can someone confirm it please?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-default-wp-comments-to-discourse-wp-plugin/44354/2 "2016-05-16T23:27:57Z")

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The old comments stay in place as-is, only new WP blog entries would be affected.

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### Author: ![noskov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/noskov/32/121688_2.png) [@noskov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noskov)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-default-wp-comments-to-discourse-wp-plugin/44354/3 "2016-06-28T11:00:03Z")

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Hi,  
@codinghorror, is it possible to import existing WP posts and comments into Discourse as topics and replies? So in the result to have a duplicate.

Background. WP site is full of old posts and comments. Existing Discourse forums have new topics.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![John\_Asbury](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/john_asbury/32/119784_2.png) [@John\_Asbury](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Asbury)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-from-default-wp-comments-to-discourse-wp-plugin/44354/4 "2018-07-04T12:12:07Z")

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+1 for this. Is it possible to migrate all existing comments on posts to discourse?