Title: commenters cannot register
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# commenters cannot register

 *  Resolved [tedernst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tedernst/)
 * (@tedernst)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenters-cannot-register/)
 * I’m new to using wordpress. A couple people commented on my first few posts, 
   registering in the process. I then moderated their comments and all was well.
 * Now, however, when a new person tries to comment, it says they have to be logged
   in, but doesn’t give a link to register. Is this a template problem? I’m using
   Minima Plus. [http://tedernst.com/wp](http://tedernst.com/wp)
 * Help?
 * Update: I switched to the default template and the problem is solved. So how 
   do I fix Minima Plus?

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenters-cannot-register/#post-252737)
 * The message about needing to be logged in is from WordPress, but the theme’s 
   comments.php template can certainly be doing something to head that off.
 * If you look at the one that comes with the default theme, you’ll see it’s performing
   an if/else test on the $user_ID and through get_option() function (on the ‘comment_registration’
   option). You could copy this if/else and wrap it around the comment form in Minima
   Plus’ comments.php.

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenters-cannot-register/#post-252737)
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