How to add comments to a WordPress theme

Question

How can I add comments to my WordPress theme. I tried <?php comment_form(); ?> but it doesn't give any output. Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Just add the following line

<?php comments_template(); ?>

inside your single.php where you want to add/display the comments template. This will add/include the comments.php file in the single template and make sure that comments.php is also available in your theme folder.

Also you can use Disqus wordpress plugin, it's a very nice plugin.

References: Codex and a tutorial.