WordPress (self-hosted)

  1. If you are using WordPress 2.7 or above, select Add New under Plugins in the left panel of your admin. Search for "Disqus Comment System" and find the plugin provided by "disqus". Select Install.
    • For older versions of WordPress, download the plugin after signing up and unpack it into your plugins directory.
    • To do this, place the contents of the archive in your WordPress plugins directory.
      • By default, the plugins directory is /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/
      • You should have a new directory /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/disqus/
  2. If you've downloaded the plugin, unpack the contents into your plugins directory. After activating the plugin, navigate to Comments
  3. Login (sign up here) with your Disqus account and proceed with the onscreen install instructions.
  4. Locate the Export option and select it to export your comments from WordPress and send them to Disqus. This will take some time to complete. When this is completed, your comments posted on Disqus will be synced back to your local database.
    • After this process, all future comments will automatically sync Disqus and WordPress.
    • Note: As a safety precaution, we recommend that you backup your database before importing or exporting comments.