diff --git a/models/blog/blog_comment_reaction.go b/models/blog/blog_comment_reaction.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b61a1a7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/blog/blog_comment_reaction.go
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// Copyright 2026 MarketAlly. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package blog
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"code.gitcaddy.com/server/v3/models/db"
+	"code.gitcaddy.com/server/v3/modules/timeutil"
+)
+
+// BlogCommentReaction represents a thumbs up/down reaction on a blog comment.
+type BlogCommentReaction struct { //revive:disable-line:exported
+	ID          int64              `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
+	CommentID   int64              `xorm:"INDEX NOT NULL"`
+	UserID      int64              `xorm:"INDEX NOT NULL DEFAULT 0"`
+	GuestIP     string             `xorm:"VARCHAR(45) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''"`
+	IsLike      bool               `xorm:"NOT NULL DEFAULT true"`
+	CreatedUnix timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX created"`
+}
+
+func init() {
+	db.RegisterModel(new(BlogCommentReaction))
+}
+
+// BlogCommentReactionCounts holds aggregated reaction counts for a comment.
+type BlogCommentReactionCounts struct { //revive:disable-line:exported
+	Likes    int64
+	Dislikes int64
+}
+
+// ToggleBlogCommentReaction creates, updates, or removes a reaction on a comment.
+func ToggleBlogCommentReaction(ctx context.Context, commentID, userID int64, guestIP string, isLike bool) (reacted bool, err error) {
+	existing, err := GetUserBlogCommentReaction(ctx, commentID, userID, guestIP)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if existing != nil {
+		if existing.IsLike == isLike {
+			// Same type — toggle off (remove)
+			_, err = db.GetEngine(ctx).ID(existing.ID).Delete(new(BlogCommentReaction))
+			return false, err
+		}
+		// Different type — switch
+		existing.IsLike = isLike
+		_, err = db.GetEngine(ctx).ID(existing.ID).Cols("is_like").Update(existing)
+		return true, err
+	}
+
+	// No existing reaction — create
+	_, err = db.GetEngine(ctx).Insert(&BlogCommentReaction{
+		CommentID: commentID,
+		UserID:    userID,
+		GuestIP:   guestIP,
+		IsLike:    isLike,
+	})
+	return true, err
+}
+
+// GetBlogCommentReactionCounts returns aggregated like/dislike counts for a comment.
+func GetBlogCommentReactionCounts(ctx context.Context, commentID int64) (*BlogCommentReactionCounts, error) {
+	likes, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).Where("comment_id = ? AND is_like = ?", commentID, true).Count(new(BlogCommentReaction))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	dislikes, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).Where("comment_id = ? AND is_like = ?", commentID, false).Count(new(BlogCommentReaction))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &BlogCommentReactionCounts{Likes: likes, Dislikes: dislikes}, nil
+}
+
+// GetBlogCommentReactionCountsBatch returns reaction counts for multiple comments.
+func GetBlogCommentReactionCountsBatch(ctx context.Context, commentIDs []int64) (map[int64]*BlogCommentReactionCounts, error) {
+	result := make(map[int64]*BlogCommentReactionCounts, len(commentIDs))
+	for _, id := range commentIDs {
+		result[id] = &BlogCommentReactionCounts{}
+	}
+	if len(commentIDs) == 0 {
+		return result, nil
+	}
+
+	type countRow struct {
+		CommentID int64 `xorm:"comment_id"`
+		IsLike    bool  `xorm:"is_like"`
+		Cnt       int64 `xorm:"cnt"`
+	}
+	var rows []countRow
+	err := db.GetEngine(ctx).Table("blog_comment_reaction").
+		Select("comment_id, is_like, COUNT(*) AS cnt").
+		In("comment_id", commentIDs).
+		GroupBy("comment_id, is_like").
+		Find(&rows)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		counts, ok := result[r.CommentID]
+		if !ok {
+			counts = &BlogCommentReactionCounts{}
+			result[r.CommentID] = counts
+		}
+		if r.IsLike {
+			counts.Likes = r.Cnt
+		} else {
+			counts.Dislikes = r.Cnt
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// GetUserBlogCommentReaction returns the existing reaction for a user/guest on a comment, or nil.
+func GetUserBlogCommentReaction(ctx context.Context, commentID, userID int64, guestIP string) (*BlogCommentReaction, error) {
+	r := &BlogCommentReaction{}
+	var has bool
+	var err error
+	if userID > 0 {
+		has, err = db.GetEngine(ctx).Where("comment_id = ? AND user_id = ?", commentID, userID).Get(r)
+	} else {
+		has, err = db.GetEngine(ctx).Where("comment_id = ? AND user_id = 0 AND guest_ip = ?", commentID, guestIP).Get(r)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !has {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+// GetUserBlogCommentReactionsBatch returns the user's reactions for multiple comments.
+func GetUserBlogCommentReactionsBatch(ctx context.Context, commentIDs []int64, userID int64, guestIP string) (map[int64]*BlogCommentReaction, error) {
+	result := make(map[int64]*BlogCommentReaction, len(commentIDs))
+	if len(commentIDs) == 0 {
+		return result, nil
+	}
+
+	var reactions []*BlogCommentReaction
+	sess := db.GetEngine(ctx).In("comment_id", commentIDs)
+	if userID > 0 {
+		sess = sess.Where("user_id = ?", userID)
+	} else {
+		sess = sess.Where("user_id = 0 AND guest_ip = ?", guestIP)
+	}
+	if err := sess.Find(&reactions); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, r := range reactions {
+		result[r.CommentID] = r
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// DeleteBlogCommentReactionsByCommentID removes all reactions for a comment.
+func DeleteBlogCommentReactionsByCommentID(ctx context.Context, commentID int64) error {
+	_, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).Where("comment_id = ?", commentID).Delete(new(BlogCommentReaction))
+	return err
+}
+
+// DeleteBlogCommentReactionsByPostID removes all comment reactions for a blog post's comments.
+func DeleteBlogCommentReactionsByPostID(ctx context.Context, blogPostID int64) error {
+	_, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).
+		Where("comment_id IN (SELECT id FROM blog_comment WHERE blog_post_id = ?)", blogPostID).
+		Delete(new(BlogCommentReaction))
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/routers/web/explore/blog.go b/routers/web/explore/blog.go
index 13f15081db..72427ba798 100644
--- a/routers/web/explore/blog.go
+++ b/routers/web/explore/blog.go
@@ -210,6 +210,19 @@ func StandaloneBlogView(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 		commentCount, _ := blog_model.CountBlogComments(ctx, post.ID)
 		ctx.Data["CommentCount"] = commentCount
+
+		// Load comment reaction counts and user reactions
+		commentIDs := collectCommentIDs(comments)
+		if len(commentIDs) > 0 {
+			commentReactionCounts, err := blog_model.GetBlogCommentReactionCountsBatch(ctx, commentIDs)
+			if err == nil {
+				ctx.Data["CommentReactionCounts"] = commentReactionCounts
+			}
+			userCommentReactions, err := blog_model.GetUserBlogCommentReactionsBatch(ctx, commentIDs, userID, guestIP)
+			if err == nil {
+				ctx.Data["UserCommentReactions"] = userCommentReactions
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Check guest token cookie
@@ -250,3 +263,15 @@ func StandaloneBlogView(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplStandaloneBlogView)
 }
+
+// collectCommentIDs returns all comment IDs from top-level comments and their replies.
+func collectCommentIDs(comments []*blog_model.BlogComment) []int64 {
+	var ids []int64
+	for _, c := range comments {
+		ids = append(ids, c.ID)
+		for _, r := range c.Replies {
+			ids = append(ids, r.ID)
+		}
+	}
+	return ids
+}
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/blog.go b/routers/web/repo/blog.go
index 51fed3cc11..97d68a3dfb 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/blog.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/blog.go
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ func blogEnabled(ctx *context.Context) bool {
 	return ctx.Repo.Repository.BlogEnabled && setting.Config().Theme.EnableBlogs.Value(ctx)
 }
 
+// collectCommentIDs returns all comment IDs from top-level comments and their replies.
+func collectCommentIDs(comments []*blog_model.BlogComment) []int64 {
+	var ids []int64
+	for _, c := range comments {
+		ids = append(ids, c.ID)
+		for _, r := range c.Replies {
+			ids = append(ids, r.ID)
+		}
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
 // BlogList renders the repo blog listing page.
 func BlogList(ctx *context.Context) {
 	if !blogEnabled(ctx) {
@@ -218,6 +230,19 @@ func BlogView(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 		commentCount, _ := blog_model.CountBlogComments(ctx, post.ID)
 		ctx.Data["CommentCount"] = commentCount
+
+		// Load comment reaction counts and user reactions
+		commentIDs := collectCommentIDs(comments)
+		if len(commentIDs) > 0 {
+			commentReactionCounts, err := blog_model.GetBlogCommentReactionCountsBatch(ctx, commentIDs)
+			if err == nil {
+				ctx.Data["CommentReactionCounts"] = commentReactionCounts
+			}
+			userCommentReactions, err := blog_model.GetUserBlogCommentReactionsBatch(ctx, commentIDs, userID, guestIP)
+			if err == nil {
+				ctx.Data["UserCommentReactions"] = userCommentReactions
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Check guest token cookie for anonymous commenters
@@ -701,6 +726,65 @@ func BlogReact(ctx *context.Context) {
 	})
 }
 
+// BlogCommentReact handles thumbs up/down reactions on blog comments.
+func BlogCommentReact(ctx *context.Context) {
+	if !blogEnabled(ctx) {
+		ctx.NotFound(nil)
+		return
+	}
+
+	post, err := blog_model.GetBlogPostByID(ctx, ctx.PathParamInt64("id"))
+	if err != nil || post.RepoID != ctx.Repo.Repository.ID {
+		ctx.NotFound(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	commentID := ctx.PathParamInt64("commentID")
+	comment, err := blog_model.GetBlogCommentByID(ctx, commentID)
+	if err != nil || comment == nil || comment.BlogPostID != post.ID {
+		ctx.NotFound(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	reactionType := ctx.FormString("type")
+	var isLike bool
+	switch reactionType {
+	case "like":
+		isLike = true
+	case "dislike":
+		isLike = false
+	default:
+		ctx.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, map[string]string{"error": "invalid reaction type"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	var userID int64
+	guestIP := ctx.Req.RemoteAddr
+	if ctx.Doer != nil {
+		userID = ctx.Doer.ID
+		guestIP = ""
+	}
+
+	reacted, err := blog_model.ToggleBlogCommentReaction(ctx, comment.ID, userID, guestIP, isLike)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("ToggleBlogCommentReaction", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	counts, err := blog_model.GetBlogCommentReactionCounts(ctx, comment.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("GetBlogCommentReactionCounts", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
+		"reacted":  reacted,
+		"type":     reactionType,
+		"likes":    counts.Likes,
+		"dislikes": counts.Dislikes,
+	})
+}
+
 // BlogCommentPost creates a new comment or reply on a blog post.
 func BlogCommentPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 	if !blogEnabled(ctx) {
@@ -757,7 +841,11 @@ func BlogCommentPost(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("repo.blog.comment.posted"))
-	ctx.Redirect(fmt.Sprintf("%s/blog/%d#comment-%d", ctx.Repo.RepoLink, post.ID, comment.ID))
+	if redirect := ctx.FormString("redirect"); redirect == "standalone" {
+		ctx.Redirect(fmt.Sprintf("%s/blog/%d#comment-%d", setting.AppSubURL, post.ID, comment.ID))
+	} else {
+		ctx.Redirect(fmt.Sprintf("%s/blog/%d#comment-%d", ctx.Repo.RepoLink, post.ID, comment.ID))
+	}
 }
 
 // BlogCommentDelete deletes a comment (writer or own comment).
@@ -797,7 +885,11 @@ func BlogCommentDelete(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("repo.blog.comment.deleted"))
-	ctx.Redirect(fmt.Sprintf("%s/blog/%d", ctx.Repo.RepoLink, post.ID))
+	if redirect := ctx.FormString("redirect"); redirect == "standalone" {
+		ctx.Redirect(fmt.Sprintf("%s/blog/%d", setting.AppSubURL, post.ID))
+	} else {
+		ctx.Redirect(fmt.Sprintf("%s/blog/%d", ctx.Repo.RepoLink, post.ID))
+	}
 }
 
 // BlogGuestVerifyRequest handles a guest providing name + email for verification.
diff --git a/routers/web/web.go b/routers/web/web.go
index 201a5fa02f..f46c94a481 100644
--- a/routers/web/web.go
+++ b/routers/web/web.go
@@ -577,7 +577,8 @@ func registerWebRoutes(m *web.Router) {
 		m.Get("/topics/search", explore.TopicSearch)
 	}, optExploreSignIn, exploreAnonymousGuard)
 
-	// Standalone blog view (no repo header)
+	// Top-level blogs listing and standalone blog view
+	m.Get("/blogs", optSignIn, explore.Blogs)
 	m.Get("/blog/{id}", optSignIn, explore.StandaloneBlogView)
 
 	m.Group("/issues", func() {
@@ -1720,6 +1721,7 @@ func registerWebRoutes(m *web.Router) {
 		m.Post("/{id}/react", repo.BlogReact)
 		m.Post("/{id}/comment", repo.BlogCommentPost)
 		m.Post("/{id}/comment/{commentID}/delete", repo.BlogCommentDelete)
+		m.Post("/{id}/comment/{commentID}/react", repo.BlogCommentReact)
 		m.Post("/{id}/guest/verify", repo.BlogGuestVerifyRequest)
 		m.Post("/{id}/guest/confirm", repo.BlogGuestVerifyCode)
 		m.Group("", func() {
diff --git a/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl b/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
index a991772cf1..ed0b6261f7 100644
--- a/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 			{{end}}
 			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExplore}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/explore/repos">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore_title"}}</a>
 			{{if and (.SystemConfig.Theme.EnableBlogs.Value ctx) (.SystemConfig.Theme.BlogsInTopNav.Value ctx)}}
-			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExploreBlogs}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/explore/blogs">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.blogs"}}</a>
+			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExploreBlogs}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/blogs">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.blogs"}}</a>
 			{{end}}
 			{{if .SystemConfig.Theme.APIHeaderURL.Value ctx}}
 			<a class="item" href="{{.SystemConfig.Theme.APIHeaderURL.Value ctx}}">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "api"}}</a>
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
 			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExplore}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/explore/organizations">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore_title"}}</a>
 			{{end}}
 			{{if and (.SystemConfig.Theme.EnableBlogs.Value ctx) (.SystemConfig.Theme.BlogsInTopNav.Value ctx)}}
-			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExploreBlogs}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/explore/blogs">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.blogs"}}</a>
+			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExploreBlogs}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/blogs">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.blogs"}}</a>
 			{{end}}
 		{{else}}
 			{{if not (.SystemConfig.Theme.HideExploreButton.Value ctx)}}
 			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExplore}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/explore/repos">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore_title"}}</a>
 			{{end}}
 			{{if and (.SystemConfig.Theme.EnableBlogs.Value ctx) (.SystemConfig.Theme.BlogsInTopNav.Value ctx)}}
-			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExploreBlogs}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/explore/blogs">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.blogs"}}</a>
+			<a class="item{{if .PageIsExploreBlogs}} active{{end}}" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/blogs">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.blogs"}}</a>
 			{{end}}
 		{{end}}
 		{{if .SystemConfig.Theme.APIHeaderURL.Value ctx}}
diff --git a/templates/blog/standalone_view.tmpl b/templates/blog/standalone_view.tmpl
index f828725571..9250ff23c6 100644
--- a/templates/blog/standalone_view.tmpl
+++ b/templates/blog/standalone_view.tmpl
@@ -27,21 +27,28 @@
 					{{if .BlogPost.Subtitle}}
 					<p class="blog-view-subtitle">{{.BlogPost.Subtitle}}</p>
 					{{end}}
-					<div class="blog-view-meta">
-						{{if .BlogPost.Author}}
-						<img class="blog-avatar" src="{{.BlogPost.Author.AvatarLink ctx}}" alt="{{.BlogPost.Author.Name}}">
-						{{if not .BlogPost.Author.KeepEmailPrivate}}
-						<a href="mailto:{{.BlogPost.Author.Email}}" class="blog-author-link">{{.BlogPost.Author.DisplayName}}</a>
-						{{else}}
-						<a href="{{.BlogPost.Author.HomeLink}}" class="blog-author-link">{{.BlogPost.Author.DisplayName}}</a>
-						{{end}}
-						<span class="blog-meta-sep">&middot;</span>
-						{{end}}
-						{{if .BlogPost.PublishedUnix}}
-						<span>{{DateUtils.TimeSince .BlogPost.PublishedUnix}}</span>
-						{{else}}
-						<span>{{DateUtils.TimeSince .BlogPost.CreatedUnix}}</span>
-						{{end}}
+					<div class="blog-view-meta-row">
+						<div class="blog-view-meta">
+							{{if .BlogPost.Author}}
+							<img class="blog-avatar" src="{{.BlogPost.Author.AvatarLink ctx}}" alt="{{.BlogPost.Author.Name}}">
+							{{if not .BlogPost.Author.KeepEmailPrivate}}
+							<a href="mailto:{{.BlogPost.Author.Email}}" class="blog-author-link">{{.BlogPost.Author.DisplayName}}</a>
+							{{else}}
+							<a href="{{.BlogPost.Author.HomeLink}}" class="blog-author-link">{{.BlogPost.Author.DisplayName}}</a>
+							{{end}}
+							<span class="blog-meta-sep">&middot;</span>
+							{{end}}
+							{{if .BlogPost.PublishedUnix}}
+							<span>{{DateUtils.TimeSince .BlogPost.PublishedUnix}}</span>
+							{{else}}
+							<span>{{DateUtils.TimeSince .BlogPost.CreatedUnix}}</span>
+							{{end}}
+						</div>
+						<button class="ui small basic button blog-share-btn" id="blog-share-btn"
+							data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.share_link"}}"
+							data-link="{{.RepoLink}}/blog/{{.BlogPost.ID}}">
+							{{svg "octicon-link" 16}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.share_link"}}
+						</button>
 					</div>
 					{{if .BlogTags}}
 					<div class="blog-view-tags">
@@ -50,13 +57,6 @@
 						{{end}}
 					</div>
 					{{end}}
-					<div class="blog-share">
-						<button class="ui small basic button blog-share-btn" id="blog-share-btn"
-							data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.share_link"}}"
-							data-link="{{.RepoLink}}/blog/{{.BlogPost.ID}}">
-							{{svg "octicon-link" 16}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.share_link"}}
-						</button>
-					</div>
 				</header>
 
 				<div class="blog-view-body markup markdown">
@@ -122,12 +122,25 @@
 						</div>
 						<div class="blog-comment-content">{{.Content}}</div>
 						<div class="blog-comment-actions">
+							<div class="blog-comment-reactions">
+								<button class="blog-comment-reaction-btn{{if and (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID) (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID).IsLike}} active{{end}}"
+									data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/react" data-type="like" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">
+									{{svg "octicon-thumbsup" 14}}
+									<span class="comment-like-count" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">{{if index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID}}{{(index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID).Likes}}{{else}}0{{end}}</span>
+								</button>
+								<button class="blog-comment-reaction-btn{{if and (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID) (not (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID).IsLike)}} active{{end}}"
+									data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/react" data-type="dislike" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">
+									{{svg "octicon-thumbsdown" 14}}
+									<span class="comment-dislike-count" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">{{if index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID}}{{(index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID).Dislikes}}{{else}}0{{end}}</span>
+								</button>
+							</div>
 							<button class="blog-reply-btn" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}" type="button">
 								{{svg "octicon-reply" 14}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.reply"}}
 							</button>
 							{{if or $.IsWriter (and $.IsSigned (eq .UserID $.SignedUserID))}}
 							<form method="post" action="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/delete" class="tw-inline">
 								{{$.CsrfTokenHtml}}
+								<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="standalone">
 								<button class="blog-delete-btn" type="submit" onclick="return confirm('{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.delete_confirm"}}')">
 									{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.delete"}}
 								</button>
@@ -152,16 +165,28 @@
 									<span class="blog-comment-time">{{DateUtils.TimeSince .CreatedUnix}}</span>
 								</div>
 								<div class="blog-comment-content">{{.Content}}</div>
-								{{if or $.IsWriter (and $.IsSigned (eq .UserID $.SignedUserID))}}
 								<div class="blog-comment-actions">
+									<div class="blog-comment-reactions">
+										<button class="blog-comment-reaction-btn{{if and (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID) (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID).IsLike}} active{{end}}"
+											data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/react" data-type="like" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">
+											{{svg "octicon-thumbsup" 14}}
+											<span class="comment-like-count" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">{{if index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID}}{{(index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID).Likes}}{{else}}0{{end}}</span>
+										</button>
+										<button class="blog-comment-reaction-btn{{if and (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID) (not (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID).IsLike)}} active{{end}}"
+											data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/react" data-type="dislike" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">
+											{{svg "octicon-thumbsdown" 14}}
+											<span class="comment-dislike-count" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">{{if index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID}}{{(index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID).Dislikes}}{{else}}0{{end}}</span>
+										</button>
+									</div>
+									{{if or $.IsWriter (and $.IsSigned (eq .UserID $.SignedUserID))}}
 									<form method="post" action="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/delete" class="tw-inline">
 										{{$.CsrfTokenHtml}}
+										<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="standalone">
 										<button class="blog-delete-btn" type="submit" onclick="return confirm('{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.delete_confirm"}}')">
 											{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.delete"}}
 										</button>
 									</form>
-								</div>
-								{{end}}
+									{{end}}
 							</div>
 							{{end}}
 						</div>
@@ -171,6 +196,7 @@
 						<div class="blog-reply-form tw-hidden" id="reply-form-{{.ID}}">
 							<form method="post" action="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment">
 								{{$.CsrfTokenHtml}}
+								<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="standalone">
 								<input type="hidden" name="parent_id" value="{{.ID}}">
 								<textarea name="content" rows="3" class="blog-comment-textarea" placeholder="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.reply_placeholder"}}" required></textarea>
 								<div class="tw-flex tw-gap-2 tw-mt-2">
@@ -192,6 +218,7 @@
 					<h4>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.leave"}}</h4>
 					<form method="post" action="{{.RepoLink}}/blog/{{.BlogPost.ID}}/comment">
 						{{.CsrfTokenHtml}}
+						<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="standalone">
 						<input type="hidden" name="parent_id" value="0">
 						<textarea name="content" rows="4" class="blog-comment-textarea" placeholder="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.placeholder"}}" required></textarea>
 						<div class="tw-mt-2">
@@ -205,6 +232,7 @@
 					<p class="tw-text-sm tw-mb-2">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.guest_commenting_as" .GuestToken.Name}}</p>
 					<form method="post" action="{{.RepoLink}}/blog/{{.BlogPost.ID}}/comment">
 						{{.CsrfTokenHtml}}
+						<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="standalone">
 						<input type="hidden" name="parent_id" value="0">
 						<textarea name="content" rows="4" class="blog-comment-textarea" placeholder="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.placeholder"}}" required></textarea>
 						<div class="tw-mt-2">
@@ -296,6 +324,12 @@
 	line-height: 1.5;
 	margin: 0 0 16px;
 }
+.blog-view-meta-row {
+	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	justify-content: space-between;
+	gap: 12px;
+}
 .blog-view-meta {
 	display: flex;
 	align-items: center;
@@ -325,11 +359,9 @@
 	gap: 6px;
 	margin-top: 12px;
 }
-.blog-share {
-	margin-top: 12px;
-}
 .blog-share-btn {
 	cursor: pointer;
+	flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 .blog-share-copied {
 	color: var(--color-success) !important;
@@ -419,6 +451,11 @@
 	border-color: var(--color-primary);
 	color: var(--color-primary);
 }
+.blog-reaction-btn.active[data-type="dislike"] {
+	background: var(--color-red-alpha-20, rgba(219, 40, 40, 0.1));
+	border-color: var(--color-red);
+	color: var(--color-red);
+}
 .blog-reaction-hint {
 	font-size: 12px;
 	color: var(--color-text-light-3);
@@ -486,9 +523,42 @@
 }
 .blog-comment-actions {
 	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
 	gap: 12px;
 	margin-top: 8px;
 }
+.blog-comment-reactions {
+	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	gap: 4px;
+}
+.blog-comment-reaction-btn {
+	display: inline-flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	gap: 3px;
+	padding: 2px 8px;
+	border: 1px solid var(--color-secondary-alpha-40);
+	border-radius: 12px;
+	background: transparent;
+	color: var(--color-text-light);
+	cursor: pointer;
+	font-size: 12px;
+	transition: all 0.15s;
+}
+.blog-comment-reaction-btn:hover {
+	background: var(--color-secondary-alpha-20);
+	color: var(--color-text);
+}
+.blog-comment-reaction-btn.active {
+	background: var(--color-primary-alpha-20);
+	border-color: var(--color-primary);
+	color: var(--color-primary);
+}
+.blog-comment-reaction-btn.active[data-type="dislike"] {
+	background: var(--color-red-alpha-20, rgba(219, 40, 40, 0.1));
+	border-color: var(--color-red);
+	color: var(--color-red);
+}
 .blog-reply-btn, .blog-delete-btn {
 	display: inline-flex;
 	align-items: center;
@@ -597,6 +667,37 @@
 		});
 	});
 
+	// === Comment reaction buttons ===
+	document.querySelectorAll('.blog-comment-reaction-btn').forEach(function(btn) {
+		btn.addEventListener('click', async function() {
+			const url = this.dataset.url;
+			const type = this.dataset.type;
+			const commentId = this.dataset.commentId;
+			try {
+				const fd = new FormData();
+				fd.append('type', type);
+				const resp = await fetch(url, {
+					method: 'POST',
+					headers: {'X-Csrf-Token': csrfToken},
+					body: fd,
+				});
+				if (resp.ok) {
+					const data = await resp.json();
+					document.querySelectorAll('.comment-like-count[data-comment-id="' + commentId + '"]').forEach(el => el.textContent = data.likes);
+					document.querySelectorAll('.comment-dislike-count[data-comment-id="' + commentId + '"]').forEach(el => el.textContent = data.dislikes);
+					document.querySelectorAll('.blog-comment-reaction-btn[data-comment-id="' + commentId + '"]').forEach(b => {
+						b.classList.remove('active');
+						if (data.reacted && b.dataset.type === data.type) {
+							b.classList.add('active');
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			} catch (e) {
+				console.error('Comment reaction error:', e);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+
 	// === Reply toggle ===
 	document.querySelectorAll('.blog-reply-btn').forEach(function(btn) {
 		btn.addEventListener('click', function() {
diff --git a/templates/explore/blogs.tmpl b/templates/explore/blogs.tmpl
index 563534009d..52fb69977b 100644
--- a/templates/explore/blogs.tmpl
+++ b/templates/explore/blogs.tmpl
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 					<p class="blog-featured-subtitle">{{.FeaturedPost.Subtitle}}</p>
 					{{end}}
 					<div class="blog-featured-meta">
-						{{if .FeaturedPost.Author}}
-						<img class="blog-avatar" src="{{.FeaturedPost.Author.AvatarLink ctx}}" alt="{{.FeaturedPost.Author.Name}}">
-						{{end}}
 						{{if .FeaturedPost.Repo}}
 						<img class="blog-avatar-sm" src="{{if .FeaturedPost.Repo.RelAvatarLink ctx}}{{.FeaturedPost.Repo.RelAvatarLink ctx}}{{else if .FeaturedPost.Repo.Owner}}{{.FeaturedPost.Repo.Owner.AvatarLink ctx}}{{end}}" alt="">
 						<span class="blog-featured-repo">{{if .FeaturedPost.Repo.DisplayTitle}}{{.FeaturedPost.Repo.DisplayTitle}}{{else}}{{.FeaturedPost.Repo.Name}}{{end}}</span>
@@ -87,7 +84,6 @@
 						<div class="blog-list-item-footer">
 							{{if .Author}}
 							<a href="{{.Author.HomeLink}}" class="blog-list-item-author">
-								<img class="blog-avatar-sm" src="{{.Author.AvatarLink ctx}}" alt="{{.Author.Name}}">
 								<span>{{.Author.DisplayName}}</span>
 							</a>
 							{{end}}
diff --git a/templates/explore/navbar.tmpl b/templates/explore/navbar.tmpl
index 3ece7f3ea9..f99c08db85 100644
--- a/templates/explore/navbar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/explore/navbar.tmpl
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 			{{svg "octicon-package"}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.packages"}}
 		</a>
 		{{end}}
-		{{if .BlogsPageIsEnabled}}
-		<a class="{{if .PageIsExploreBlogs}}active {{end}}item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/explore/blogs">
+		{{if and .BlogsPageIsEnabled (not (.SystemConfig.Theme.BlogsInTopNav.Value ctx))}}
+		<a class="{{if .PageIsExploreBlogs}}active {{end}}item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/blogs">
 			{{svg "octicon-note" 16}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.blogs"}}
 		</a>
 		{{end}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/blog/view.tmpl b/templates/repo/blog/view.tmpl
index 2b25905f77..fe0d9e4e26 100644
--- a/templates/repo/blog/view.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/blog/view.tmpl
@@ -18,21 +18,28 @@
 					{{if .BlogPost.Subtitle}}
 					<p class="blog-view-subtitle">{{.BlogPost.Subtitle}}</p>
 					{{end}}
-					<div class="blog-view-meta">
-						{{if .BlogPost.Author}}
-						<img class="blog-avatar" src="{{.BlogPost.Author.AvatarLink ctx}}" alt="{{.BlogPost.Author.Name}}">
-						{{if not .BlogPost.Author.KeepEmailPrivate}}
-						<a href="mailto:{{.BlogPost.Author.Email}}" class="blog-author-link">{{.BlogPost.Author.DisplayName}}</a>
-						{{else}}
-						<a href="{{.BlogPost.Author.HomeLink}}" class="blog-author-link">{{.BlogPost.Author.DisplayName}}</a>
-						{{end}}
-						<span class="blog-meta-sep">&middot;</span>
-						{{end}}
-						{{if .BlogPost.PublishedUnix}}
-						<span>{{DateUtils.TimeSince .BlogPost.PublishedUnix}}</span>
-						{{else}}
-						<span>{{DateUtils.TimeSince .BlogPost.CreatedUnix}}</span>
-						{{end}}
+					<div class="blog-view-meta-row">
+						<div class="blog-view-meta">
+							{{if .BlogPost.Author}}
+							<img class="blog-avatar" src="{{.BlogPost.Author.AvatarLink ctx}}" alt="{{.BlogPost.Author.Name}}">
+							{{if not .BlogPost.Author.KeepEmailPrivate}}
+							<a href="mailto:{{.BlogPost.Author.Email}}" class="blog-author-link">{{.BlogPost.Author.DisplayName}}</a>
+							{{else}}
+							<a href="{{.BlogPost.Author.HomeLink}}" class="blog-author-link">{{.BlogPost.Author.DisplayName}}</a>
+							{{end}}
+							<span class="blog-meta-sep">&middot;</span>
+							{{end}}
+							{{if .BlogPost.PublishedUnix}}
+							<span>{{DateUtils.TimeSince .BlogPost.PublishedUnix}}</span>
+							{{else}}
+							<span>{{DateUtils.TimeSince .BlogPost.CreatedUnix}}</span>
+							{{end}}
+						</div>
+						<button class="ui small basic button blog-share-btn" id="blog-share-btn"
+							data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.share_link"}}"
+							data-link="{{.RepoLink}}/blog/{{.BlogPost.ID}}">
+							{{svg "octicon-link" 16}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.share_link"}}
+						</button>
 					</div>
 					{{if .BlogTags}}
 					<div class="blog-view-tags">
@@ -41,13 +48,6 @@
 						{{end}}
 					</div>
 					{{end}}
-					<div class="blog-share">
-						<button class="ui small basic button blog-share-btn" id="blog-share-btn"
-							data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.share_link"}}"
-							data-link="{{.RepoLink}}/blog/{{.BlogPost.ID}}">
-							{{svg "octicon-link" 16}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.share_link"}}
-						</button>
-					</div>
 				</header>
 
 				<div class="blog-view-body markup markdown">
@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@
 						</div>
 						<div class="blog-comment-content">{{.Content}}</div>
 						<div class="blog-comment-actions">
+							<div class="blog-comment-reactions">
+								<button class="blog-comment-reaction-btn{{if and (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID) (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID).IsLike}} active{{end}}"
+									data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/react" data-type="like" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">
+									{{svg "octicon-thumbsup" 14}}
+									<span class="comment-like-count" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">{{if index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID}}{{(index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID).Likes}}{{else}}0{{end}}</span>
+								</button>
+								<button class="blog-comment-reaction-btn{{if and (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID) (not (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID).IsLike)}} active{{end}}"
+									data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/react" data-type="dislike" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">
+									{{svg "octicon-thumbsdown" 14}}
+									<span class="comment-dislike-count" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">{{if index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID}}{{(index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID).Dislikes}}{{else}}0{{end}}</span>
+								</button>
+							</div>
 							<button class="blog-reply-btn" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}" type="button">
 								{{svg "octicon-reply" 14}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.reply"}}
 							</button>
@@ -143,16 +155,27 @@
 									<span class="blog-comment-time">{{DateUtils.TimeSince .CreatedUnix}}</span>
 								</div>
 								<div class="blog-comment-content">{{.Content}}</div>
-								{{if or $.IsWriter (and $.IsSigned (eq .UserID $.SignedUserID))}}
 								<div class="blog-comment-actions">
+									<div class="blog-comment-reactions">
+										<button class="blog-comment-reaction-btn{{if and (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID) (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID).IsLike}} active{{end}}"
+											data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/react" data-type="like" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">
+											{{svg "octicon-thumbsup" 14}}
+											<span class="comment-like-count" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">{{if index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID}}{{(index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID).Likes}}{{else}}0{{end}}</span>
+										</button>
+										<button class="blog-comment-reaction-btn{{if and (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID) (not (index $.UserCommentReactions .ID).IsLike)}} active{{end}}"
+											data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/react" data-type="dislike" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">
+											{{svg "octicon-thumbsdown" 14}}
+											<span class="comment-dislike-count" data-comment-id="{{.ID}}">{{if index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID}}{{(index $.CommentReactionCounts .ID).Dislikes}}{{else}}0{{end}}</span>
+										</button>
+									</div>
+									{{if or $.IsWriter (and $.IsSigned (eq .UserID $.SignedUserID))}}
 									<form method="post" action="{{$.RepoLink}}/blog/{{$.BlogPost.ID}}/comment/{{.ID}}/delete" class="tw-inline">
 										{{$.CsrfTokenHtml}}
 										<button class="blog-delete-btn" type="submit" onclick="return confirm('{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.delete_confirm"}}')">
 											{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.blog.comment.delete"}}
 										</button>
 									</form>
-								</div>
-								{{end}}
+									{{end}}
 							</div>
 							{{end}}
 						</div>
@@ -266,6 +289,12 @@
 	line-height: 1.5;
 	margin: 0 0 16px;
 }
+.blog-view-meta-row {
+	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	justify-content: space-between;
+	gap: 12px;
+}
 .blog-view-meta {
 	display: flex;
 	align-items: center;
@@ -295,11 +324,9 @@
 	gap: 6px;
 	margin-top: 12px;
 }
-.blog-share {
-	margin-top: 12px;
-}
 .blog-share-btn {
 	cursor: pointer;
+	flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 .blog-share-copied {
 	color: var(--color-success) !important;
@@ -389,6 +416,11 @@
 	border-color: var(--color-primary);
 	color: var(--color-primary);
 }
+.blog-reaction-btn.active[data-type="dislike"] {
+	background: var(--color-red-alpha-20, rgba(219, 40, 40, 0.1));
+	border-color: var(--color-red);
+	color: var(--color-red);
+}
 .blog-reaction-hint {
 	font-size: 12px;
 	color: var(--color-text-light-3);
@@ -456,9 +488,42 @@
 }
 .blog-comment-actions {
 	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
 	gap: 12px;
 	margin-top: 8px;
 }
+.blog-comment-reactions {
+	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	gap: 4px;
+}
+.blog-comment-reaction-btn {
+	display: inline-flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	gap: 3px;
+	padding: 2px 8px;
+	border: 1px solid var(--color-secondary-alpha-40);
+	border-radius: 12px;
+	background: transparent;
+	color: var(--color-text-light);
+	cursor: pointer;
+	font-size: 12px;
+	transition: all 0.15s;
+}
+.blog-comment-reaction-btn:hover {
+	background: var(--color-secondary-alpha-20);
+	color: var(--color-text);
+}
+.blog-comment-reaction-btn.active {
+	background: var(--color-primary-alpha-20);
+	border-color: var(--color-primary);
+	color: var(--color-primary);
+}
+.blog-comment-reaction-btn.active[data-type="dislike"] {
+	background: var(--color-red-alpha-20, rgba(219, 40, 40, 0.1));
+	border-color: var(--color-red);
+	color: var(--color-red);
+}
 .blog-reply-btn, .blog-delete-btn {
 	display: inline-flex;
 	align-items: center;
@@ -567,6 +632,38 @@
 		});
 	});
 
+	// === Comment reaction buttons ===
+	document.querySelectorAll('.blog-comment-reaction-btn').forEach(function(btn) {
+		btn.addEventListener('click', async function() {
+			const url = this.dataset.url;
+			const type = this.dataset.type;
+			const commentId = this.dataset.commentId;
+			try {
+				const fd = new FormData();
+				fd.append('type', type);
+				const resp = await fetch(url, {
+					method: 'POST',
+					headers: {'X-Csrf-Token': csrfToken},
+					body: fd,
+				});
+				if (resp.ok) {
+					const data = await resp.json();
+					document.querySelectorAll('.comment-like-count[data-comment-id="' + commentId + '"]').forEach(el => el.textContent = data.likes);
+					document.querySelectorAll('.comment-dislike-count[data-comment-id="' + commentId + '"]').forEach(el => el.textContent = data.dislikes);
+					// Update active states for this comment's buttons
+					document.querySelectorAll('.blog-comment-reaction-btn[data-comment-id="' + commentId + '"]').forEach(b => {
+						b.classList.remove('active');
+						if (data.reacted && b.dataset.type === data.type) {
+							b.classList.add('active');
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			} catch (e) {
+				console.error('Comment reaction error:', e);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+
 	// === Reply toggle ===
 	document.querySelectorAll('.blog-reply-btn').forEach(function(btn) {
 		btn.addEventListener('click', function() {