Switch on and moderate comments

Comments are off until you switch them on, separately for articles and for events. Once they’re on, readers can reply to a comment one level deep and react with like, love, laugh or wow. Moderating needs the Moderate comments (blog & events) permission.

Switch comments on

1. 1
   Open Features

   Go to Studio → System → Settings → Content → Features. You need the Site Settings (theme, branding, integrations…) permission to change these switches.

2. 2
   Choose where

   Switch on Blog comments for articles, Event comments for event watch pages, or both.

3. 3
   Choose approval

   Leave Auto-approve comments off to review every comment before it appears, or switch it on to publish comments instantly.

4. 4
   Save

   Save the Features screen. Comment sections appear on the public pages you switched on.

Work the moderation queue

1. 1
   Open Comments

   Go to Studio → Library → Comments. A banner tells you whether auto-approve is on or off.

2. 2
   Narrow the list

   Use the Pending, Approved, Rejected and All tabs — each shows a live count — and the All types, Blog and Events buttons. Search comments or users… looks through comment text and authors.

3. 3
   Read the context

   Each comment shows its author and their email, its status, a Reply badge if it answers another comment, and On: with a link to the article or event.

4. 4
   Act on one

   Click the tick to Approve, the cross to Reject, or the bin to Delete. Delete asks you to confirm.

5. 5
   Act on many

   Tick several comments, or the box in the header for the whole page, then choose Approve selected, Reject selected or Delete selected.