Title: Cannot change comment text
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cannot change comment text

 *  Resolved [Nancy J. Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nancy-curra/)
 * (@nancy-curra)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-comment-text/)
 * No matter what I’ve tried I cannot find the area where I can change the comment
   text.
 * It reads “Would _enjoy_ hearing your thoughts”
 * My site is about human trafficking and the word “enjoy” is inappropriate.
 * In my screen options, I unchecked comments on pages so the comment box wouldn’t
   show, but it is still there.
 * I checked my comment.php in my theme editor and there is nowhere that it is written“
   would enjoy hearing your thoughts”
 * I am using UU 2014
    My site is [http://www.nancyjeanwalker.net/](http://www.nancyjeanwalker.net/)
   The issue is on this page: [http://www.nancyjeanwalker.net/headlines/](http://www.nancyjeanwalker.net/headlines/)
 * I have contacted the developer twice a few days ago to no avail. Anyhow, I’m 
   not sure it has anything to do with the theme.
 * Please help. I do not want my visitors to think I enjoy anything about the subject
   matter. Thank you

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 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-comment-text/#post-6302680)
 * You need to create a child theme. (It’s in the Codex. It’s easy.)
 * Then add this to your child theme’s `functions.php` file:
 *     ```
       add_filter('comment_form_defaults','comment_reform');
       function comment_reform ($arg) {
       $arg['title_reply'] = __('Please leave a comment');
       return $arg;
       }
       ```
   
 * Change “Please leave a comment” to whatever message you would like.
 *  Thread Starter [Nancy J. Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nancy-curra/)
 * (@nancy-curra)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-comment-text/#post-6302693)
 * Thank you but how do I create a child theme in UU 2014 and where do I create 
   it? In the CSS?
 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-comment-text/#post-6302701)
 * The easiest way to create a child theme is by FTP, if you are comfortable using
   an FTP client:
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * If you aren’t, or you don’t have FTP access, there are plugins that will create
   child themes for you:
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=child+theme](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=child+theme)
 * I haven’t used any of these. I usually do it via FTP.
 *  Thread Starter [Nancy J. Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nancy-curra/)
 * (@nancy-curra)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-comment-text/#post-6302715)
 * Thanks so much!
 *  [Dan Flippo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dflippo/)
 * (@dflippo)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-comment-text/#post-6302800)
 * Nancy,
 * I concur on needing a child theme because you have to use custom PHP to change
   the default WordPress message. I do have a starter child theme available on GitHub
   for UU2014:
    [https://github.com/dflippo/uu2014-child](https://github.com/dflippo/uu2014-child)
 * Adding the code above to the functions.php in the child theme should make the
   change you are looking for.
 *  Thread Starter [Nancy J. Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nancy-curra/)
 * (@nancy-curra)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-comment-text/#post-6302802)
 * Thank you. I will try it. What is the code that I am supposed to use. I am new
   to CSS.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Nancy J. Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nancy-curra/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-comment-text/#post-6302802)
 * Status: resolved

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