By default your front page is set to display your blog.

Configuration

You can modify the blog using body classes.

Adding any widgets to Appearance → Widgets will enable the sidebar.

The sidebar is only available on the blog and single post pages.

Resources

Resources related to this page:

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/ (recommended)
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/facebook-comments-plugin/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ajaxify-comments/