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title: "Allowing non-members to leave comments in Drupal 8"
description: "Drupal 8, by default, does not allow non-registered users to leave comments. If you want to allow visitors to be able to leave comments on your site, follow the instructions below. How to give..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/allow-visitor-comments/
date: 2013-11-22
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Allowing non-members to leave comments in Drupal 8

Drupal 8, by default, does not allow non-registered users to leave comments. If you want to allow visitors to be able to leave comments on your site, follow the instructions below.

## How to give visitors commenting privileges

1. [Log into your Drupal 8 admin interface](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png) Look to the top menu bar on the page and click on the **Menu** tab.
3. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-person.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-person.png) A second menu bar will appear. Click on the **People** option to continue.
4. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_107_allow-visitors-to-comment_1-click-permissions-tab.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_107_allow-visitors-to-comment_1-click-permissions-tab.png) Now we are on the *People* where it lists the site members. Click on the **Permissions** tab in the upper right corner.
5. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_107_allow-visitors-to-comment_2-select-anonymous.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_107_allow-visitors-to-comment_2-select-anonymous.png) This leads you to the master *Permissions* list. Look for the **Comment** section and locate the **Post Comments** permission. Click on the checkbox for the **Anonymous User** column.
6. Once you have selected the checkbox, click on the **Save Permissions** button at the bottom. This will enable the non-registered visitor to leave comments on your site. Below you can see a shot of a post both before the permission is active and after. Before After [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_107_allow-visitors-to-comment_before.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_107_allow-visitors-to-comment_before.png) [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_107_allow-visitors-to-comment_after.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_107_allow-visitors-to-comment_after.png)