Automattic

Glenn Ansley

This plugin will import comments from a Disqus export file.
Due to a limitation with the current version of the Disqus Comments plugin the import does not retain nested commenting. Once this support is available in the XML, we will provide support.
Please provide feedback and bug reports in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/tags/disqus-comments-importer?forum_id=10#postform" rel="ugc">Forums</a>

Disqus Comments Importer

Import comments from a Disqus export file.

With this plugin you can easily replace the standard WordPress commenting form with one of the popular commenting system’s widget, such as <a href="https://disqus.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Disqus</a> and <a href="https://www.hypercomments.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">HyperComments</a> or with the VKontakte comments widget.
<h4>Working with plugin</h4>
<ul>
<li>After installation you should go to the plugin settings page in the Comments section and paste the comments widget into a single form field and then click Save Changes.</li>
<li>To get the widget code you will need to register at the appropriate commenting system’s website (or create a simple application for VKontakte).</li>
<li>You can add to the widget code any custom HTML markup.</li>
<li>Any custom text or HTML/JavaScript code will be displayed instead of the standard WordPress comments.</li>
<li>Just leave the field empty to hide the comments on all pages.</li>
</ul>

WP Custom Comments

Replacing the standard WordPress commenting form with custom HTML/JavaScript code.

Disqus Comments Importer vs WP Custom Comments