A comment section can make a blog feel like a conversation. It also creates a decision about what happens between someone clicking Submit and their words appearing on the page.

Use a local test blog to try two paths. Submit a comment as a new visitor and check whether it appears immediately or waits in moderation. Approve it and check the public page again. Then submit a second comment with a few example links and see how your moderation settings handle it.

Read the notice shown to a visitor while a comment is waiting. If the site gives no feedback, the visitor may submit it again. A useful message tells them that their comment was received and is awaiting review. The admin queue matters, but that one sentence on the public page is part of the experience too.