Title: Allow comments on blank template
Last modified: March 14, 2020

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# Allow comments on blank template

 *  Resolved [nicolasrodi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicolasrodi/)
 * (@nicolasrodi)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-comments-on-blank-template/)
 * Hi,
    I would like to add comment on this page that is a blank template. I select
   Discussion, and Comment in the screen options, but nothing appears afterwards.
   Can you help me?
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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-comments-on-blank-template/#post-12544646)
 * The screen options are for selecting which metaboxes show. The Discussion metabox
   itself has the option for allowing comments on that particular page.
 * If the page is unpublished, you won’t see the Comments option in Screen Options.
   It is there when the page is published. The Comment metabox is for moderating
   the comments on that page.
 * The screen options should be saved per user, so setting them once in a published
   page should make it so you see that each time you are in the editor.
    Be aware
   that the Screen Options interface is different for the Classic Editor and the
   block editor.
 *  Thread Starter [nicolasrodi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicolasrodi/)
 * (@nicolasrodi)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-comments-on-blank-template/#post-12544705)
 * Yes, I checked the metaboxes, but nothing appears on my published page. What 
   am I not understanding?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-comments-on-blank-template/#post-12544796)
 * what is the code of the loop in that custom page template?
 * does the code call `comments_template()` anywhere?
 *  Thread Starter [nicolasrodi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicolasrodi/)
 * (@nicolasrodi)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-comments-on-blank-template/#post-12544808)
 * A part of the code:
 * <?php
    if ( ! $is_page_builder_used && comments_open() && ‘on’ === et_get_option(‘
   divi_show_pagescomments’, ‘false’ ) ) comments_template( ”, true ); ?>
 * Should it work with that?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-comments-on-blank-template/#post-12544872)
 * > Should it work with that?
 * depends on the conditions…
 * try without the conditional stuff, just use;
 * `<?php comments_template( '', true ); ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [nicolasrodi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicolasrodi/)
 * (@nicolasrodi)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-comments-on-blank-template/#post-12546619)
 * By the way, it just appeared after night…?!

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 * [screen option](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/screen-option/)

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-comments-on-blank-template/#post-12546619)
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