Disqus for WordPress 3 Plugin is Now Available
Originally published on the Disqus blog on February 13, 2018
It’s here! 🎉 After months in beta testing, the Disqus for WordPress 3 plugin is now available to download in the WordPress Plugin repository.
Version 3.0 introduces several notable improvements including an overhaul to Commenting Syncing, a new Automatic Installation feature, and a redesigned plugin settings page. In addition, we completely rewrote the plugin to utilize the latest WordPress APIs so that we can deliver you more frequent updates and new features in the future.
Head over to the Plugins page now in your WordPress Admin to install the update!
Comment Syncing is now more reliable and robust for all sites, especially for highly active communities. Comments are now synced to your WordPress database using a webhook method instead of wp-cron, resolving previous reported issues for some sites. In addition, this update now supports comment edits and different comment states including approved, pending, spam, and deleted.
Comment Syncing is one of the most popular features of the plugin and available exclusively for WordPress sites. Besides providing peace of mind for thousands of sites looking to back up comments to their own database, comment syncing gives site owners flexibility if they ever decide to migrate off Disqus.
To enable comment syncing, we recommend using the Automatic Installation method (discussed next). This will automatically create and set up for you the required API application that is needed in order for comment syncing to work.
It’s now even easier to install Disqus on your WordPress site using the new Automatic Installation method. Automatic Installation walks you through the steps to get Disqus up-and-running in just a few minutes. No longer will you have to hunt down your site’s shortname or accidentally break your installation with an incorrect configuration.
Automatic Installation also reduces the friction to enabling comment syncing by automatically setting up the necessary API application for your site. Here’s a quick overview of how automatic installation works in the new plugin: