Please add Disqus support (code example inside)

The Newspaper theme is one of the most popular WordPress themes and Disqus is one of the most popular WordPress commenting plugins, but the two don’t work together. Please add an option to use Disqus instead of the built-in WordPress comments.

I’ve edited td_module.php and td_module_single_base.php to add Disqus support, but my changes will be overwritten with the next theme update. Please add native support for Disqus to the Newspaper theme. Here is a code example that is working for me and can be used to help you get started:

includes/wp_booster/td_module.php

https://gist.github.com/ChrisBegley/a87c775e19903944b4f9c7d06efdfcf1

function get_comments() {
        $buffy = '';
        if (td_util::get_option('tds_m_show_comments') != 'hide') {
            $buffy .= '<div class="td-module-comments">';
            $buffy .= '<a href="' . $this->href . '#disqus_thread">';
            $buffy .= get_comments_number($this->post->ID);
            $buffy .= '</a>';
            $buffy .= '</div>';
        }

        return $buffy;
    }

includes/wp_booster/td_module_single_base.php

https://gist.github.com/ChrisBegley/7bfc66d9b3c84849936f3a65bd3e1c4c

function get_comments() {
        $buffy = '';
        if (td_util::get_option('tds_p_show_comments') != 'hide') {
            $buffy .= '<div class="td-post-comments">';
			$buffy .= '<i class="td-icon-comments"></i>';
            $buffy .= '<a href="' . $this->href . '#disqus_thread">';
            $buffy .= get_comments_number($this->post->ID);
            $buffy .= '</a>';
            $buffy .= '</div>';
        }

        return $buffy;
    }

• This topic was modified 8 years by ChrisB.

i may have to try using your code, so thanks Chris! Still having luck with it?

Yes, it’s still working. I hope it gets added to the theme by default soon.

Would you mind sharing instructions on how to implement it? I found the php files, added the code to the end of each of them, and then overwrote the versions on the server, but then my WordPress would no longer load. It was back to normal when I undid my changes.

Do I need to do more than that?

thank you!

(also did you upgrade to Newspaper 9 by any chance?)

Hey daveml75, did you get this to work?