Blogging is a conversation between you and your readers. Comments are the start of a conversation and an essential part of any blog.

If you want comments, then why not install some comment plugins to encourage comments and reward your commenters.

Encourage lurkers of your blog to become active participants with one of these great comment plugins.

Encourage and reward your commenters with Comment Luv.

Show off your commenters and give them some space in your sidebar with Show Top Commenter.

Subscribe to Comments allows readers to subscribe to comments on a specific post to be notified by email of new comments.

Comment Plugger creates a list of the last people to comment on your blog.

Know the location of those who comment on your blog with the Commenter Spy WordPress Plugin.

Give your users the opportunity to sign up for their own Gravatar with
Gravatar Signup WordPress Plugin.

Show of your comments with WP-Most Commented Posts, which displays posts with the most comments in the sidebar.

Threaded comments let you leave replies directly underneath others. I love this plugin.

Sometimes you have to ban a commenter from commenting. Bannage adds the ability to ban users from commenting by name, email, or IP.

Thank me Later will automatically send an e-mail to those who leave a comment on your blog.

@Reply- This plugin allows you to add Twitter-like @reply links to comments.

Twitterlink Comments Plugin-This plugin will add an extra field to your comment form so a user can add their Twitter username

Highlight Author Comments- Highlight Author Comments automatically displays comments made by a post’s author in a distinctive style.

What are your favorite comment WordPress plugins? Did I miss any?

Rose DesRochers

Rose wears many hats. She's a wife, mother, respite worker, proud shih-tzu owner, blogger, published poet, freelance writer, as well as the owner and administrator of Today's Writing Community and Blogger Talk Blog Community. Feel free to contact her with any questions you may have.Rose DesRochers has 1224 post(s) at Rose DesRochers – World Outside My Window