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# Adding an online guestbook on WordPress

> Discover how to easily add and manage a guestbook on WordPress with the Gwolle Guestbook plugin.

A guest book allows users to leave general comments and thoughts about your site. It's a neat way to interact and know your site visitors. If you are just about to launch a new [WordPress](https://hosting.com/hosting/platforms/wordpress-hosting/managed-wordpress-hosting/) site and announce its arrival, then an online guestbook is a great way to collate information of your launch page visitors. This article shows you how to add a guestbook to your WordPress site using the Gwolle Guestbook plugin.

## What is Gwolle Guestbook plugin

[Gwolle Guestbook](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gwolle-gb/) plugin is an online guestbook that allows users to leave comments on your website. It is easy to install and configure and has excellent features like:

* Easy to use guestbook frontend with a simple form for visitors of your website.

* List of guestbook entries at the frontend with pagination or infinite scroll.

* Widget to display an excerpt of your last or your best entries.

* Simple admin interface that integrates seamlessly into WordPress admin.

* Dashboard Widget to efficiently manage the latest entries from your Admin Dashboard.

## Install and configure Gwolle Guestbook plugin

To install and configure Gwolle Guestbook plugin, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator account.

2. On the **Dashboard** in the left sidebar, click **Plugins**, and then click **Add New**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-5.png)

3. Search for "**Gwolle Guestbook**", click Install, and then click **Activate** the plugin:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-1.png)

4. Click on **Guestbook** on the sidebar of the **Dashboard**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-3.png)

5. Use the control on the **Gwolle Guestbook** to control the plugin settings, approve comments, delete, edit, import, export and other options.

6. Click on **Guestbook**, and then click on **Settings**. Next click on the **Debug** tab. Click on the **Run test** button. to test This test will attempt to save two test entries, one with standard text and one with Emoji:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-6.png)

## Adding a Guestbook on a WordPress page or post

To add the Guestbook form on a page or a post, follow these steps:

1. On the **Dashboard** in the left sidebar, click on pages, and then click **Add New** to add a new page. Copy the following shortcode and paste in the content section of the page.

   ```
   [gwolle_gb]
   ```

   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-10.png)

2. The **Write a new entry** button is displayed on the page:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-2.png)

3. Click on the **Write a new entry** button to view the Guestbook form. Complete the Guestbook entry and click on the submit button:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-8.png)

4. The entry details is displayed at the bottom of the page:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-4.png)

   > 👍 Tip
   >
   > To customise the Guestbook form, click on the **Settings** under **Guestbook** . Make adjustments to the form fields on the Form tab:\
   > ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-11.png)

5. To edit the guest book entries, click on **Guestbook**, and then click on **Entries**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-12.png)

6. Use the **Action** options to edit, uncheck, spam or delete the entry:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-wp-guestbook-9.png)

## Related articles

* [Carousel Slider for WordPress](/docs/carousel-slider-for-wordpress)

* [Configuring site statistics for WordPress](/docs/configuring-site-statistics-for-wordpress)

* [Configuring the WordPress heartbeat](/docs/configuring-the-wordpress-heartbeat)

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