I need advise on comments - Newer or Older first
I've had my comment settings set at Older first for a very long time. Today, I thought that might be a bad idea because to get to the newest I have to scroll down to get there and it can take ages when you've tons of comments.
My question is: Is it better to have Older or Newer at the top?
Let me know what you think....
Recent Comments
20
I would suggest the newer at the top because they are more relevant to where you are and what you are doing NOW!!!
I´d say newest on top. And now I´ll check how mine are as I don´t really know.
BTW, how do we change from newer to older or from older to newer?
To change this go to settings-->discussion-->other comment settings (second section down) and then at the end of that section there is the option to show oldest or newest comments first. I am pretty sure it defaults to oldest first
Thanks much, Tanja. It now shows the newest first.
And WP does indeed default the oldest first.
I prefer newest first because to me it shows how relevant the article is. Some articles don't have a date on them but a way to tell how old or new it is, is by looking at the dates on the comments (assuming there are some).
But I don't think it matters from a ranking perspective.
See more comments
Newer first but sometimes some of our older posts can be amazing as well :) be nice if you could number them and then put them in any order you wanted depending on the time of year, season etc.