Title: commenting broken since wordpress update
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# commenting broken since wordpress update

 *  [mammoth1981](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mammoth1981/)
 * (@mammoth1981)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-broken-since-wordpress-update/)
 * Hi
 * I’m hoping someone can help me sort a problem I’m having since updating to 4.1.1.
   My blog runs on the Mystique theme and recently I switched to “free mode” with
   my host which allows me to update WordPress myself (rather than relying on them
   to do it).
 * The update seems to have gone OK, but now it is not possible to read the comments
   or add any comments to any of the articles posted. The comments tab still resides
   at the bottom of each post, but clicking it does nothing. I tried enabling comments
   in the new version of Jetpack but the problem persists.
 * You can see for yourself at obscurehandhelds.com.
 * Is anyone able to help? I’m wondering if Mystique doesn’t support the new commenting
   system provided by Jetpack or something…
 * Many thanks.

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 *  [Lalit Nagrath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laliz/)
 * (@laliz)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-broken-since-wordpress-update/#post-5994079)
 * comment form isnt loading , nor the sidebar or even footer. i guess something
   in comment form is broken.
 * start by enabling wp_debug to true
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress)
   and check error logs, i am sure they will have a clue as to what is causing this.
 *  Thread Starter [mammoth1981](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mammoth1981/)
 * (@mammoth1981)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-broken-since-wordpress-update/#post-5994096)
 * I have enabled debug, and copied the following from where the comment box should
   usually be. (redacted1 and redacted2 replace part of the installation URL).
 *     ```
       Notice: Undefined property: WP_Query::$comments_by_type in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-includes/query.php on line 3960
   
       Notice: Indirect modification of overloaded property WP_Query::$comments_by_type has no effect in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 4232
   
       Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 4232
       ```
   
 * line 4232 in atom-core.php reads as below:
 * `$wp_query->comments_by_type = &separate_comments($this->comment_list);`
 * there was also more at the top of the page when debug was enabled, but i don’t
   know if it’s relevant.
 *     ```
       Notice: Undefined index: sml_subscribe in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/plugins/mail-subscribe-list/sml.php on line 267
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerTerms::start_lvl() should be compatible with Walker_Category::start_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 5870
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerTerms::end_lvl() should be compatible with Walker_Category::end_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 5870
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerTerms::start_el() should be compatible with Walker_Category::start_el(&$output, $category, $depth = 0, $args = Array, $id = 0) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 5870
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerTerms::end_el() should be compatible with Walker_Category::end_el(&$output, $page, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 5870
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerComments::start_lvl() should be compatible with Walker::start_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 6106
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerComments::end_lvl() should be compatible with Walker::end_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 6106
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerComments::start_el() should be compatible with Walker::start_el(&$output, $object, $depth = 0, $args = Array, $current_object_id = 0) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 6106
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerComments::end_el() should be compatible with Walker::end_el(&$output, $object, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 6106
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerPages::start_lvl() should be compatible with Walker_Page::start_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = Array) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 6195
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWalkerPages::start_el() should be compatible with Walker_Page::start_el(&$output, $page, $depth = 0, $args = Array, $current_page = 0) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 6195
   
       Strict Standards: Declaration of AtomWidgetSearch::form() should be compatible with WP_Widget::form($instance) in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-widgets.php on line 3420
   
       Notice: get_theme_data is deprecated since version 3.4! Use wp_get_theme() instead. in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3378
   
       Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 2470
   
       Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 2475
       Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 2470
   
       Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /homepages/8/d469054321/htdocs/redacted1/WordPress/redacted2/wp-content/themes/mystique/atom-core.php on line 2475
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       ```
   
 * I hope this is of some use to get commenting working again.
 * thanks in advance
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-broken-since-wordpress-update/#post-5994098)
 * Looks like a problem with Mystique – it’s pretty outdated:
 * [https://wordpress.org/themes/mystique/](https://wordpress.org/themes/mystique/)
 * Have you considered finding a newer theme that’s being updated?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-broken-since-wordpress-update/#post-5994102)
 * But also, what version of PHP is your server running?
 *  Thread Starter [mammoth1981](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mammoth1981/)
 * (@mammoth1981)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-broken-since-wordpress-update/#post-5994113)
 * The server runs PHP version 5.4. I don’t know if this is current or old.
 * If the PHP version is recent enough to not be the cause of the problem, I guess
   I’ll swtich themes and see if that fixes it.
 * Thanks for the help.

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