WordPress and Commento Plugin

A WordPress plugin to replace native WordPress comments with Commento - for static and headless WP sites.

Setup

Setup an account with https://commento.io/ or add your Commento Host in the Settings Page
Add your domain name in Commento dashboard
Choose your subscription in Commento
Optionally import your WordPress comments into Comment (see instructions below)
Optionally style your Commento comments via your WordPress theme (see instructions below)

This plugin will automatically take any styles from your theme style.css and apply them to Commento.

Use web inspector to find the elements you want to style and add your custom styles to your theme style.css file to have them show up.

You can use our helper function to display the comment count in your theme

$comments_number = get_commento_comments_number( $post_id );

At the moment this process requires importing your WordPress comments into Disqus and then importing the comments from Disqus into Commento.

Sign up for Disqus (with a free plan)
Setup your site in Disqus, choosing WordPress as your platform and using your live static URL in Disqus
Install the Disqus WordPress Plugin
Setup the Disqus WP Plugin
Copy the sync token from WordPress plugin to Disqus setup page
Complete the setup in Disqus dashboard
Go back to the Disqus plugin in WordPress (may need to refresh the settings page) and on "Syncing" tab. Click to "Import Comments"
In Disqus dashboard, "Export Comments"
Get the URL from Disqus email
In the Commento settings for your site, navigate to "Import Comments" and paste in export URL from Disqus