---
title: "How to Setup and Use WordPress Comments Evolved plugin"
description: "The WordPress Comments Evolved plugin easily integrates a more robust commenting system into WordPress. Comments can be left from GooglePlus, FaceBook, Disqus, Livefyre , as well as normal WordPress..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/wordpress-comments-evolved-plugin/
date: 2014-01-07
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["WordPress Hosting", "WordPress Tutorials"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Setup and Use WordPress Comments Evolved plugin

The WordPress Comments Evolved plugin easily integrates a more robust commenting system into WordPress. Comments can be left from GooglePlus, FaceBook, Disqus, Livefyre , as well as normal WordPress comments.

Allowing users to comment from their favorite social media accounts, instead of having to create a WordPress account on your site is a great way to [use social media to bring traffic to your site](/support/edu/software/using-social-media-to-bring-traffic-to-your-site/).

Using a plugin like WordPress Comments Evolved can also help prevent [spam comments](/support/email/excessive-amount-of-spam-comments-or-guestbook-entries/) on your WordPress site by forcing visitors to use their social media accounts instead of just a dummy account they create.

## Install the WordPress Comments Evolved plugin

This plugin is really easy to install and get running as it’s pretty self explanatory what each settings does. You can follow the steps below to get this plugin working on your WordPress site:

1. [Login to your WordPress admin dashboard](/support/edu/wordpress/logging-into-wordpress-dashboard/).
2. [![hover over plugins click add new](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/hover-over-plugins-click-add-new.png)](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/hover-over-plugins-click-add-new.png) Hover over **Plugins** and click on **Add New**.
3. [![type in comments evolved click search plugins](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/type-in-comments-evolved-click-search-plugins.png)](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/type-in-comments-evolved-click-search-plugins.png) Type in **Comments Evolved** and click on **Search Plugins**.
4. [![click install now](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/click-install-now.png)](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/click-install-now.png) Under **Comments Evolved for WordPress**, click on **Install Now**.
5. [![click ok on confirmation pop-up](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/click-ok-on-confirmation-pop-up.png)](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/click-ok-on-confirmation-pop-up.png) Click **OK** on the confirmation pop-up.
6. [![click activate plugin](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/click-activate-plugin.png)](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/click-activate-plugin.png) After the plugin installs, click **Activate Plugin**.
7. [![click settings for plugin](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/click-settings-for-plugin.png)](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/click-settings-for-plugin.png) Now under the plugin, click **Settings**.
8. [![fill in plugin details click save changes](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/fill-in-plugin-details-click-save-changes.png)](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/fill-in-plugin-details-click-save-changes.png) Fill in all of the settings you’d like to use, then click **Save Changes**
9. Now you should see the different tabs that you filled out available in your comment section. [![comments evolved plugin in use](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/comments-evolved-plugin-in-use.gif)](/support/images/stories/wordpress/comments-evolved-plugin/comments-evolved-plugin-in-use.gif)