# Template hook for Discourse Plugin "Join Discussion Link" section?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-hook-for-discourse-plugin-join-discussion-link-section/323878
**Category:** WordPress
**Created:** [August 28, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-hook-for-discourse-plugin-join-discussion-link-section/323878 "2024-08-28T21:52:23Z")
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### Author: ![Kayla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kayla/32/128523_2.png) [@Kayla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kayla)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-hook-for-discourse-plugin-join-discussion-link-section/323878/3 "2024-08-28T23:57:37Z")

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Hi Angus,

The use case is for the same website as

> [@Using Wordpress Comments \*alongside\* Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-wordpress-comments-alongside-discourse/312786):
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> It seems that once you ‘publish to Discourse,’ the Wordpress comment submit box disappears, even if you’ve unchecked use Ajax and you’ve opted not to remove Wordpress comments. Is it possible to allow visitors to leave Wordpress comments alongside the Discourse-linked discussion? I’m going for

so there’s private Discourse comments alongside the public Wordpress comments on a site using a classic theme. I’d like to be able to add a heading and some text explanation above the Join Discussion Link for context/user experience. I’m able to fake it visually with a theme-default widget area that comes after the post entry and a bunch of CSS, but it’s not ideal document structure-wise (in this case the widget gets picked up as part of the article in reader view/mode, while the actual .wpdc-join-discussion div doesn’t). I could create a new widget area that sits outside the article layer, but this customization logically belongs inside the .wpdc-join-discussion div along with the Join Discussion Link.

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