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Admin comments and user restrictions

I have set a bunch of roles within wordpress with the help of the "members" plugin. But the capabilities regarding the comments moderation are very limited ("manage_others_comments" or not) What I ...
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Comment as post - understanding wp_list_comments

I'm creating a site where a central question will be posed on the front page with excerpted first-tier comments linking to a page with the full first-tier comment, presented almost as a post, with ...
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how to properly use comments-template.php

I want to modify comments form for both logged in users, and for those who are not. I modified the form for those who are not logged in by changing my comments.php but I'm not quite sure how to ...
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Why does akismet prevent jetpack comments from appearing in my moderation queue?

On the blog I run, when I have Akismet activated, it somehow prevents comments posted via Jetpack from appearing in the moderation queue. I know it's Akismet because I have disabled every plugin but ...
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Hide comments awaiting moderation from user who submitted the comments

This is a strange one. I host a website that is primarily for children. All posts are moderated. Users are required to enter a user name and location (State), but are not required to be registered ...
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Recent Comments from Specific Category Widget

I've been trying to create a sidebar widget to display recent comments from specific category. I'm having difficulties in determining how Wordpress knows from which categories the comments are. I ...
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customizing TwentyEleven comments template

Typically I don't utilize comments on my sites, however I'm using the comments functionality as a sort of live-feed testimonials page. To do this, I've borrowed comments.php and the comments portion ...
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how to find user ids of all commenters in a post

Is there a function in wordpress that grabs all the users(user ids) who have commented on a post? I have the post id available.
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custom comment_form fields not displaying

My ideal comment form will have 3 fields- Name, Location, Comment. I'm using the following bits of code- comments.php <?php comment_form( array( 'fields' => apply_filters( ...
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custom comments form for custom post type

Hello everyone I am creating a theme dedicates to hotels display and booking in which I have created a custom post type 'Hotels' so now I want a mechanism to book the hotel rooms and a "book now" ...
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How to convert WordPress comments to bbPress replies

I have a old blog that I would like to upgrade to a blog/website with bbPress forums and would like to convert the post to topics and the comments to replies. I already created my topics and now I ...
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comments_number not displaying

Live site I'm using <?php comments_number( $zero, $one, $more ); ?> on home.php to display number of comments in the post-meta. Problem is, it's not showing the number despite there being one ...
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Show comments fields in two columns

I am using comment_form(); in loop-single.php file to show the comment form. I have the following fields in it: Name, Email, Website, Title, Comment. Currently all these form fields show underneath ...
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Not all comments being displayed on post page [closed]

I have recently imported all my posts and comments via the Wordpress import/export tool into a fresh install. I have encountered a bug however, I've noticed that not all comments are displayed on ...
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How to add an extra form select in comments and display the outcome [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Add Comment Custom Field Basically I am a little new to editing the comment section of WP but would like to know how to add an extra field on top of the original Name, ...
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Making a Comment on a page without being on that page?

I have a built a Wordpress site that enables comments on pages and I am using them as reviews, what I would like to do is for someone to be able to make a comment on a page without being on that page. ...
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How to add text to comment form #content textarea?

I have a plugin that does validation on user submitted comments. When validation fails, I want to redirect them back to the comment form, and have their comment still appear in the comment box, so ...
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Show posts in “image” format when viewed in category page, but with comments in blog

I am working on an artist's website. She wants each image to show up in the blog, and to category pages like "paintings", "calligraphy", etc. When viewing the category pages, the images should be ...
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Horizontal most commented sidebar engadget-like plugin? [closed]

Is there such a plugin for WP which can do something like that one on engadget web: Or I need to write my own from scratch? If something similar existed, it would be a huge timesaver.
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Jetpack Comments with fall-back

I'm developing a theme based off of bones - I went ahead and edited the comments.php file - the comments form is hardcoded - I assumed this was the right way to do things so I carried on and ...
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Comment out a link all the text below disappears [closed]

If I comment out standard text <!-- hide this text --> it works fine. But if I comment out a link <!-- <a ...
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Post comment as different user than logged in

When I reply to a comment in the WP backend in the "Comments" section (edit-comments.php) I can only post the reply as the logged in user. Is it possible to select a certain user like in the "Add new ...
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Highlight comments made by registered users of the site

How can I highlight comments that have been made by registered users of my blog?
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List User Comments on User Profile BuddyPress

Does anyone know if there’s a way to create an option on the BuddyPress user profiles where it can list the users’ comments, so that the user can see a list of everything they commented on. I searched ...
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ask and edit an extra comment field

I have been trying for two weeks to add a edit custom meta field to the admin edit comment form. I managed to show the field in the form, but it can't get it to update. I would also like to add this ...
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How to hide trackbacks on wp-admin/edit-comments.php

How to hide (or not to show, better said) trackbacks on wp-admin/edit-comments.php page? I want to hide the comments with no email (also known as trackbacks) and comments with a specific email from ...
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How to stop comments widget conflicting with theme comments

I have a widget that retrieves and displays the latest comments for a WordPress site. It displays the comment author, Gravatar, comment and date / time. The function to display the comments is in a ...
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How to disable or hide WordPress.com as a social media login option for Jetpack Comments

I am looking for a method to hide or remove WordPress from the login options in Jetpack Comments. I have tried adding a#postas-wordpress {display:none !important} to the theme's style.css, but no ...
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Check for Facebook comments in a post?

How can I check if a post has Facebook comments on it and create a conditional statement? I'd like to show a small comments icon if any comments have been made. Even better, anyone know how to get ...
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check if comment submitted was successful

I want to use php to understand if comment submission was successful. Is there any get/post data I can use to make if function for this?
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How to allow only Admins or Logged In Users to post links in comments?

I know how to disable HTML in comments, but I'd like the ability to only have Admins be able to post links, or only Logged In users if need be, to have the ability to post links. Is this possible? I ...
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I need to disable Disqus comments pre-approval, but i can't find where

I've tried contacting Disqus support but they haven't answered. I need to disable pre-approval for comments but i can't find where to set that option. Could anyone help me? Thanks.
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how should the comment form really work?

taken on someone elses code and trying to get a clear understanding of just how the comments forms should work. they're being used as feedback for someones visit to the venue, so not as a comment on a ...
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code highiglight not working comment

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin installed on my blog. Code highlight working on post,but no comments.. I am showing the comment form with the different codes : <form method="post" ...
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Custom disqus_identifier not properly changing default value

I have several pages that are all part of the same topic, and I would like them to use the same comment thread on Disqus. I am using the following code to pull the custom identifier from a custom ...
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Trackbacks not displaying

I'm building a new theme and I'm just working through the Theme Unit Test requirements in the Codex. I'm stuck on the Many Trackbacks test. My theme doesn't show any Trackbacks but for the test post ...
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Comment number does not increment

I am making a custom wordpress theme and when I add a comment to a post and retrieve the number of comments using get_comments_number() the number does not change. I do know the function works ...
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Custom action on comment post

Whenever a user posts a comment, I'd like to basically have a copy of the post sent to another database for a separate site. The database part is simple, but I can't seem to find the right action hook ...
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Display user's total comment count outside The Loop

How do I display a user's total comment count outside The Loop? I use this code to display comment count inside the loop: <?php global $wpdb; $user_id = $post->post_author; ...
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Is it possible to show custom comment metadata in the admin panel?

I've customized my comment form with a new field (city, but that doesn't really matter). I've hooked and filtered and added my comment metadata with add_comment_metadata. I want to show that metadata ...
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unregistered user can write in blog page - possible? how to?

I'm working on a site wherein the owner wants people(potential real estate clients) to be able to write their home-owning hopes, dreams, desires, etc. I'm thinking something similar to the ...
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How to list posts with disabled/closed comments, with pagination?

i'm interested how to display all posts (from all categories) that have closed/disabled comments? I have tried using the comments_open() function inside the loop, that works, i don't know how to ...
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Loading post comments after clicking a button

Is it possible to load site comments on-demand instead of having them always display at the bottom of the post? Like by clicking on Load Comments.... You can check labnol.org. They are using Disqus ...
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Display posts with comments closed, with pagination?

i'm using a custom query, which needs to display all posts with closed comments. I have this <?php $the_query = new WP_Query('showposts=-1'); ?> <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) ...
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Comment Function

How would I make this Function display only the latest 5 comments? function showLatestComments() { global $wpdb; $sql = " SELECT DISTINCT comment_post_ID, comment_author, comment_date_gmt, ...
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What filter/action hook can I use to add a few links to the admin comments page?

I would like to add a link to every comment when it's displayed in the recent comments admin page (edit-comments.php). For the sake of this question, the link should just be this: <a ...
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Ajax comments not working

I followed a tutorial to 'ajaxify' wordpress comments where it does not reload the page: jQuery('document').ready(function ($) { $('#commentform').each(function () { var commentform = ...
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How to put WP comments into an iframe so comments are accessed by clicking a link..?

If possible I'd like to place my Wp Comments in an iframe so that I can use a link to access them, instead of having them always display at the bottom of the post. I've tried a couple of plugins, but ...
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How do I get a array, with the right order of the nested comments?

array (size=10) 'comment 0' => array (size=2) 'comment_id' => string '22' (length=2) 'parent_of' => string '0' (length=1) 'comment 1' => array (size=2) 'comment_id' => ...
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wp_list_comments adds unnecessary elements

wp_list_comments adds UL / OL or DIV which do not serve for my thema. how do I prevent this?? screeshots: http://d.pr/i/1bpn my code http://pastebin.com/bQxUyZTs tnx!

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