# Grav Comments Plugin
The **Comments Plugin** for [Grav](http://github.com/getgrav/grav) adds the ability to add comments to pages, and moderate them.
| IMPORTANT!!! This plugin is currently in development as is to be considered a **beta release**. As such, use this in a production environment **at your own risk!**. More features will be added in the future.
# Installation
The Comments plugin is easy to install with GPM.
```
$ bin/gpm install comments
```
Or clone from GitHub and put in the `user/plugins/comments` folder.
# Usage
Add `{% include 'partials/comments.html.twig' with {'page': page} %}` to the template file where you want to add comments.
For example, in Antimatter, in `templates/item.html.twig`:
```twig
{% embed 'partials/base.html.twig' %}
{% block content %}
{% if config.plugins.breadcrumbs.enabled %}
{% include 'partials/breadcrumbs.html.twig' %}
{% endif %}
{% include 'partials/blog_item.html.twig' with {'blog':page.parent, 'truncate':false} %}
{% include 'partials/comments.html.twig' with {'page': page} %}
{% endblock %}
{% endembed %}
```
The comment form will appear to the blog post items.
# Enable the Captcha anti-spam filter
To reduce spam in your comments, enable the Google Recaptcha integration we added. Copy the plugin's `comments.yaml` to `user/config/plugins/comments.yaml` and enable `use_captcha`. Also add the Google Recaptcha API keys to allow it to work correctly.
# Where are the comments stored?
In the `user/data/comments` folder. They're organized by page route, so every page with a comment has a corresponding file. This enabled a quick load of all the page comments.
# Visualize comments
When the plugin is installed and enabled, the `Comments` menu will appear in the Admin Plugin. From there you can see all the comments made in the last 7 days.
Further improvements to the comments visualization will be added in the next releases.
# Email notifications
Upon receiving a comment, if `enable_email_notifications` is enabled, the Comments plugin will send an email to the `notifications_email_to` address set in the plugin options.
# Things still missing
- Add language file
- Allow to delete comments from the Admin Plugin
- Allow some pages to disable adding comments
- Ability to see all comments of a page in the Admin Plugin
- Ability to reply to a comment from the Admin Plugin
- Auto-fill the comment form when a user is logged in