Writing your first comment

Now, let's see what it's like to post a comment. One of the great things about blogs is that they give you, the writer, an opportunity to spark a conversation with your readers. WordPress comes with a fantastic commenting system that allows visitors to add comments to your blog. To add your own comment to your first post, just visit the post's permalink URL and scroll down until you see the comment form.

As you're already logged in, all you have to do is write something in the text area and click on Post Comment. The comment form you'll see is basic and doesn't leave much room for error:

However, those who are not logged in to the wp-admin will see a slightly different one as shown in the following screenshot:

Later, we'll explore how we can control which comments show up right away and which comments have to wait for you to verify them as valid, as well as which fields are required for visitors.