Why add a separate comment tool on Wix
Wix has its own comment feature on blog posts, and for some sites that is enough. People reach for an external tool when they want more control: consistent moderation, no login walls, threaded replies, privacy that does not depend on the platform, and comments they can export and take with them. If you plan to move platforms someday, comments tied to a page URL rather than to Wix are easier to carry along.
Gabden adds that with a single script tag. The embed is around 10KB, it loads without blocking your page, and each discussion is keyed to the page's canonical URL. There are no tracking cookies and no fingerprinting.
Use the HTML embed element
Wix lets you drop custom HTML onto a page with an Embed element, sometimes labeled Embed a Widget or Custom Element. That is where the comment snippet goes.
- Open the blog post layout in the Wix Editor, or a specific post if you are placing it once.
- Click Add, then Embed Code, then Embed HTML.
- Choose the Code option and paste the Gabden snippet.
<div id='gabden-conversations'></div>
<script async src='https://YOUR-SITE.gabden.com/conversations.js'
data-page='canonical'
data-theme='auto'></script>Replace YOUR-SITE with the key from your Gabden dashboard, which you copy once for the site. Position the embed box below the post content and give it enough width. Set the box tall enough to fit an active thread, since some Wix embeds do not auto-expand and can clip a long discussion.
A note on Wix blog post templates
Wix blog posts share a template, but the HTML embed element is not always available inside that shared post layout the way it is on a regular page. If you cannot add the embed to the blog template directly, two options work: place the embed on standalone pages you build for key posts, or use a dynamic page setup so the same embed appears across posts. Because Gabden keys each thread to the page URL, one embed across many posts still produces a separate discussion per post.
Check the canonical URL
Gabden attaches each thread to the page's canonical URL. Publish your site to a custom domain and test there rather than on the temporary wixsite.com preview address, because those are different URLs and would hold different threads. Once your real domain is connected, load a post and confirm the discussion renders below the content.
What readers can do
With the embed live, readers can post anonymously, leave a name and email as a guest without making an account, or sign in with Google or GitHub. Replies are threaded so conversations stay readable, and readers can react with a like or a heart. None of this requires a Wix account, which lowers the barrier to that first comment.
Moderation you control
Everything about how comments are approved lives in the Gabden dashboard, not in Wix. You can pre-moderate every comment, auto-approve, or auto-approve returning verified people while holding anonymous posts for review. A blocked-word filter and a spam queue handle the routine problems, and you can turn comments off on specific URLs when a page should not have a thread.
Because the data is yours, you can export it as JSON or CSV at any time. If you outgrow Wix later, your comments are keyed to URLs and can move with your content.
Theme and cost
Gabden has light and dark themes with presets, so you can match the widget to your Wix design. On pricing, Gabden is free up to 100,000 widget views per month per website with a small "Powered by Gabden" mark, and Plus is 5 dollars per month per website for unlimited views and no mark. For most Wix blogs the free tier is plenty.
To get your Gabden subdomain, create an account. If you would rather compare this approach with other builders first, our Squarespace guide covers the same embed pattern on a similar platform.
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