Add comments to a Jekyll site

Create a widget

Sign in to Crowment, create a comment widget for your site's domain and copy its app key from Install & Embed.

Create an include

Save the embed code as _includes/crowment.html:

<script defer src="https://embeds.crowment.com/comments.js"></script>
<crow-comments app-key="YOUR_APP_KEY"></crow-comments>

Include it in your post layout

Open _layouts/post.html and add the include after the content:

{{ content }} {% include crowment.html %}

If your theme comes from a gem (Minima, for example), _layouts/post.html is not in your site yet. Copy it from the theme first; bundle info --path minima shows where the theme lives.

Build and check

Run bundle exec jekyll serve and open a post. Each post gets its own thread, identified by its URL path.