# Using Wordpress Comments \*alongside\* Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-wordpress-comments-alongside-discourse/312786>\
**Category:** WordPress\
**Created:** [June 19, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-wordpress-comments-alongside-discourse/312786 "2024-06-19T17:49:45Z")\
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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:** [June 20, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-wordpress-comments-alongside-discourse/312786/3 "2024-06-20T20:01:59Z")

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Nice! Love that you put up a demo and everything, that’s _awesome_. ❤

Unfortunately the site in question is using a ‘classic’ Genesis Framework theme, and _further_ unfortunately, it is also making liberal use of Toolset archive templates, which cannot yet be replicated in a Site Editor/FSE theme.

I did some more playing around, and it seems to show both the Discourse replies (first) and WP comments (including the submit form!) if there’s at least 1 WP comment _before_ posting to Discourse. But if you publish/link to Discourse right away, WP commenting disappears. I’m wondering if this is the case even in the block themes? I see you have some WP comments in the demo showing–did you add those before or after posting to Discourse?

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