Hugo ships with support for [Disqus](https://disqus.com/), a third-party service that provides comment and community capabilities to websites via JavaScript.
Your theme may already support Disqus, but if not, it is easy to add to your templates via [Hugo's built-in Disqus partial][disquspartial].
## Add Disqus
Hugo comes with all the code you need to load Disqus into your templates. Before adding Disqus to your site, you'll need to [set up an account][disqussetup].
### Configure Disqus
Disqus comments require you set a single value in your [site's configuration file][configuration]. The following show the configuration variable in a `config.toml` and `config.yml`, respectively:
```
disqusShortname = "yourdiscussshortname"
```
```
disqusShortname: "yourdiscussshortname"
```
For many websites, this is enough configuration. However, you also have the option to set the following in the [front matter][] of a single content file:
* [Tutorial on Implementing Isso with Hugo][issotutorial]
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