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At WPBeginner, we recently migrated our WordPress comments to Disqus for better engagement. One issue we encountered: comments on custom post types didnt migrate smoothly. Our quick solution? Disable Disqus selectively on those post types. In this guide, well walk you through the process based on ou

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