by GenialSouls 4.8 (20 reviews)

Genial Comments

Name: Genial Comments
Rating: 4.8 (20 reviews)
Author: GenialSouls

Add Disqus-powered discussions or use your theme's existing WordPress comments area with optional native-comment appearance presets.

Genial Comments ranks #3,495 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #135 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.8/5 rating from 20 reviews, and was last updated Oct 23, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.8.3 Current Version v1.8.3

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 23 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on

#135 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 5% by installs Downloads -65% this week Actively maintained

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#3,495

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Active Installs

4K+

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KW Avg Position

12.5

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Downloads

165.7K

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (20 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 47.7%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 3 weeks ago

Apr 17, 2024

Genial Social Comments [gs-facebook-comments] < 1.7.4 (closed)

CVE-2024-32689 · Fixed in v1.7.4
Dec 12, 2022

Genial Social Comments [gs-facebook-comments] < 1.7.3 (closed)

Fixed in v1.7.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.8.3
Last Updated: Oct 23, 2026
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: GenialSouls

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 20
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

Disqus comments facebook comments social comments

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Genial Comments

Select WordPress Native Comments in the provider settings. WordPress uses its existing comment records and Discussion settings, and comments are displayed by your active theme. This plugin does not automatically insert a comments area or provide a native-comments shortcode. If your theme or template does not display comments, configure its comments area there.

No. WordPress Native Comments uses the comments area provided by your active theme or template. If your theme does not display comments, configure its comments area. Genial Comments does not insert a second native comments section.

Yes. Select WordPress Native Comments and choose an optional appearance preset. Modern and Minimal styles provide basic visual customization, with four accent colors. Default preserves your theme's original styling. Results may vary depending on the active theme.

No. Switching providers does not delete WordPress comments or existing saved provider settings.

Yes. The existing [gs-fb-comments] shortcode remains available for manual placement with the external providers. Selecting WordPress Native Comments leaves native placement to the theme.

No. Basic Disqus embedding requires a Disqus shortname, not an API key. API credentials and synchronization are not part of this plugin integration.