About two years ago, Disqus was my answer to the horrors of a few third party commenting systems I tried on Blogspot and WordPress (JS-Kit, Blogger Disqus and Intense Debate). I had high hopes that WP Disqus would be the last. But I finally threw in the towel and removed Disqus in favor of the default WordPress Comments.
Removing Disqus was surprisingly painless! I lost not one comment. Just pressed 'uninstall' on plugin settings and later deactivated the plugin.
My main problem with Disqus was also something most commentators disliked : having to login in to leave a comment with your name. Heck, even I dreaded replying to a comment if I had to log into Disqus. Sort of takes the fun out of it... Also anyone not logging in as a Disqus member, had the same faceless default and ghostly avatar!
Still there are many bloggers who love Disqus. Although I found it easy to install (and remove) in the end Disqus had a negative impact on building a more active community for this blog.
When it comes to publishing and promoting articles, removing Disqus has given me a breath of fresh air ! So keep those comments coming!
Did you lose all your comments, though? Were you able to export them and import them into WP comments?
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Lisa,
Just pressed 'uninstall' on Disqus plugin settings and later deactivated the plugin. Apparently the uninstall fixes things up with WP comments...
Did not lose comments... not that I had too many.. lol
Do I have to reinstall wordpress comments or will that just reinstall on its own? Also, I did deactivate on the plugin page to get ride of Disqus. Is that the only thing I have to do. I didn't see an uninstall button?
well, when did you deactive plugin? Are your WP comments there now???
I believe I did not deactivate but while still active followed these instructions: "Under Advanced Options in the Disqus plugin, click Uninstall to reset Disqus' settings -- your comments won't be affected or removed.". Then deactivate/delete plugin when you see the WP comments.
This is what I have been looking for all day. People who dislike Disqus. I installed it two weeks ago, and my comments decreased almost immediately. The Disqus commenting platform is boring. I am also uninstalling. Thank you for writing this post SBA
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Hi Robert,
I'm glad this was helpful --- how did the uninstall go?
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The main reason why i dislike discuss is it increases the page load time of my website... it is not a great issue at all. So I leave discuss.
I understand your not wanting to touch Disqus if you're having no major problems. Thanks for your input.