Oh, if anyone wants the broken database info to mess around with, I can e-mail it to you.
Just an FYI…Since I tried to upgrade to 2.1, I have been having this same issue as well at http://www.sfgirlinparis.com.
I’m assuming you deactivated all plugins before the upgrade?
If not, do so now and reactivate them one by one, testing in between. Fairly sure you’ll have one that’s not upgraded for 2.1.
Samboll,
When I attempted to deactivate my only plug-in, the WP Database Backup, I received this error:
“Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers for this feature to work.”
on this URL:
http://sfgirlinparis.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=deactivate&plugin=wp-db-backup.php.
I am not currently on 2.1 because I reinstalled (retrieved) my old files.
Please let me know whether I should stay on Marfisa’s thread or start my own. Don’t want to draw attention away from someone else’s issue.
Thanks.
Samboll,
Neither of my sites are using plugins at all. The real site never used any and the test site was a fresh install.
i’m having an identical issue. I started a topic of my own but realized that I did have the same problem as someone else.
I just switched to 2.1 (and also switched to the “tarski” theme) but my comments don’t work under any theme. I have tried deactivating all my plugins and it doesn’t help the issue.
Any ideas?
Here is my site:
http://www.thelongprocess.com
do you have the hidden field:
<input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="1" />
in your comment.php or single.php from your theme?
I don’t have a comment or single file in my theme directory. I do have a a ‘comments’ file in my theme, and also a ‘comment.php’ file in my wp-admin directory.
Also, the comments don’t work under any theme. Should i assume it’s not a theme issue and a wp issue?
Same issue. Hope we get an answer soon. 🙂
Does anyone know if there’s a way to bring higher priority to this issue, or some way to flag a topic?
This seems to be a growing problem with no solutions as of yet…
It seems like this has been hanging around a long time. I noticed on one of my blogs that disabling Akismet resolved the issue, but I know that isn’t the problem here and isn’t the problem that many others are encountering.
If someone of the dev team could suggest a good way to debug this it’d be helpful.
I have this line in comments.php, but I couldn’t find anything in single.php-
<input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
Should that line be something else?
I figured out a solution that finally works! Sorry if it’s rather drastic.
Export all your database tables except for wp_users, wp_usersmeta, and wp_options and save it as a file.
Then delete your whole database and uninstall wordpress. Reinstall wordpress so that it creates all new data in the database. Test this to make sure the comments work.
Lastly, import the database tables (minus users, usersmeta, options) from your old database. All your posts and comments and everything should be restored, except that you’ll probably have to tweak all your settings again.
So, the problem is in one of those three tables, but I couldn’t find it. I hope this helps everyone.
I won’t mark this as resolved in case someone else figures out a better fix or this doesn’t work for everybody.
I had the same problem for about a week. Unfortunately for every post in here with this problem there is a different solution. Here is what fixed it for me…
check that the wp_comments_post.php file contains code. Mine didn’t. I checked my original WordPress files, and re-uploaded the wp_comments_post.php file. That fixed it. Don’t foget to set the correct file access value (666 or 777)
I’m experiencing this bug myself.
I build my sites locally (including all content), then upload a fresh install of WordPress. I then import all of the data from my local install.
Strangely, I’m getting different results in different instances.
http://www.mountain-living.com/ has the bug, but http://stage1.fourthwall.com.au/ does not. They are both fresh installs of WP2.1, and both have identical data in their databases. Both are hosted with DreamHost.
