Wordpress - comments on front page with blog entry?

This question must get asked all the time, yet I can't seem to find an answer anywhere!

All I want is for when you go to my main blog page, e.g. here, the comments to be displayed below each post as they are when you click on an individual blog entry. Is this a template thing, a plugin thing, or some option in WP that I just haven't found yet?!

Displaying comments right up front encourages people to comment, I think, as they then get more visibility for their own blog or whatever, rather than when the reader has to dig around the Comments link to see comments.

Thanks

 

is a template thing. You need to add a pice of code that would display how many comments if any have been made. something like:

<?php comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?>

 

btw you need to add it on the main index template

 

I think it's a mistake to show the comments on every single post. Why make the user scroll through tons of comments to get to the next post? Almost all blog readers understand they have to click the Comment link to add a comment, and I've never heard of any complaints.

Just my $.02

 

Well, it would have to be in moderation, perhaps you would only show a few comments or something. And the next post could have a link at the top of the current post (like Next or something) so the next post wouldn't even be on the same page, just the comments.

But I think the advantage of comments on the front page is that it gives a better picture of the activity around the blog, makes the blog seem more "happening", better for search engines, shows any backlinks right up front etc. Just my thought - my main blog page seems a bit dead without the comments shown.

 

Is this for your mountain biking blog? Honestly, you have enough content that if you show comments it might become overwhelming. You're already showing comments if someone clicks on the permalink or arrives at a post via a search engine, should be good enough.

 

Yes, I was thinking primarily for that blog, because it's my main WP-based blog. You could be right, I am usually looking at the main page so maybe have a skewed picture.

Thanks for the advice - I am sandboxed still with that blog anyway, so it's a case of sit and wait...