{"id":6546,"date":"2013-04-30T05:52:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T11:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/?p=6546"},"modified":"2013-04-30T06:01:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T12:01:39","slug":"how-to-add-google-comments-to-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/30\/how-to-add-google-comments-to-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Google+ Comments to WordPress or any Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 18th, 2013 Google announced that they were adding Google+ Comments to Blogger. After this announcement, developers figured out how to add Google+ Comments to non-blogger sites.<\/p>\n

Recently, I read an article by Kim<\/a> about how to install Google+ Comments on your WordPress site. She had some great information about integrating Google\u2019s comment system into your site.<\/p>\n

About Google+ Comments<\/h3>\n

Google+ Comments isn\u2019t supported on other systems. So there\u2019s no support but those in the WordPress community for now. But I believe in the near future, Google support other systems. For now, this is their baby and they only wanted on their systems. \"Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Add Google+ Comments to Any Website<\/h3>\n

Yesterday I read an article by\u00a0 Kim Castleberry<\/a> about how easy it is to add Google+ Comments to WordPress. After reading her article, I just had to try Google\u2019s new commetn system on Evolutionary Designs and my personal site.<\/p>\n

In Kim\u2019s article<\/a>, she mentioned a site that gives you the code so you can manually add the Google+ Comment system<\/a> to any website. This little tutorial is easy to follow, if you are familiar with your site\u2019s theme layout, then you can easily add Google+ Comments to any site.<\/p>\n

With WordPress, take the code provided in the tutorial and your site\u2019s URL and edit the WordPress Theme Template where you want the Google+ Comments to appear.<\/p>\n

If you aren\u2019t comfortable with modifying your website\u2019s code or you do not know where to add the code in WordPress, there are few WordPress Plugins available and I am testing two of them out before mentioned them on here and on my personal site<\/a>. Once I\u2019m finished testing the plugins, I will review both plugins and let you know how well they worked.<\/p>\n

Currently, I think I\u00a0 will stick the default comment system with CommentLuv Premium<\/a> and Facebook Comments for Evolutionary Designs for now.<\/p>\n

Final Thoughts on Google+ Comments<\/h3>\n

After playing with Google+ Comments, I do like the system. It\u2019s has a modern and pleasing design that Facebook Comments do not. Once Google supports Google+ Comments for WordPress I may replace Facebook Comments for Google+ Comments<\/p>\n

What I found interesting and helpful is, whenever someone shares your link, plus 1 the article, or comments on (from your site or any Google+ profile) it shows on the profile page. This is a great feature and helpful.<\/p>\n

I was looking at an article I wrote over a week ago and noticed that someone on Google+ shared my article. I never knew he mentioned the article until the user shared the link to is friends. At that point, I was able to thank him for his share.<\/p>\n

An issue I do see is, you can not moderate (at least not on WordPress) Google+ Comments. This might be an open invitation for comment spammers. But you can at least go in and remove the comments and report spammers just like you can in Google+.<\/p>\n

Let me know your thoughts, concerns, or any new Google+ Comments for WordPress plugins you want me to check out, test, and review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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