How do I enable comments on my blog?
Pick a comment provider — built-in Native comments, Giscus, or Disqus — in Admin → Integrations, and moderate native comments from the Comments queue.
To enable comments on your VeloCMS blog, go to Admin → Integrations and open the Comments section. You pick one of three providers there: Native (the built-in comment system), Giscus, or Disqus. Save your choice and a comment thread appears at the bottom of every published post automatically — no theme edits or code needed. Clicking Disconnect turns comments off site-wide.
Which provider should I choose?
Native comments are stored in your own site's database and moderated inside your admin — nothing leaves your site. Giscus runs on GitHub Discussions: readers comment with a GitHub account, and you configure it with your repository name, repository ID, category, and category ID from giscus.app. Disqus is the classic hosted option and only needs your forum's shortname. All three render at the bottom of every published post; only one provider is active at a time.
Who can leave a comment?
With Native comments, any reader can comment by leaving a name and email address — no account required. Readers who are logged in as members of your site get their comments linked to their member account, so they can recognize (and you can identify) their own. There is no members-only or paid-subscribers-only comment setting; if you need a gated discussion space, that's what the members-only content visibility on posts is for, not the comment thread.
How does comment moderation work?
Every native comment passes an automated spam check when it's submitted — a honeypot field, submission rate limits, and a spam classifier. You review the results at Admin → Comments, where you can approve comments, mark them as spam, delete them, and manage a ban list of repeat offenders. A new comment also raises a notification in your admin dashboard so you know there's something to review. With Giscus or Disqus, moderation happens in GitHub's or Disqus's own tools instead — the VeloCMS queue only ever shows native comments.
Can I turn comments off again?
Yes. Go back to Admin → Integrations → Comments and click Disconnect (the button appears whenever a provider is selected). The comment thread disappears from all posts, and any Giscus or Disqus details you had entered are cleared. Existing native comments stay stored in your database, so re-enabling the Native provider later brings the old threads back.
Native comments are stored in your site's own database, not on a third-party service. They're fully under your control and included in your site's data — they won't disappear because an external free tier gets discontinued. If you choose Giscus or Disqus instead, the comment data lives on their servers under their terms.