Title: Commenting Error
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Commenting Error

 *  [cnstar33](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnstar33/)
 * (@cnstar33)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-error-4/)
 * While some people have been able to comment just fine, others are getting errors
   like “please enable referrers in your browser” and ‘connection error’.
 * Can someone please help me with this?
    [http://www.in-due-time.com](http://www.in-due-time.com)

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-error-4/#post-7033591)
 * do you have any software firewall installed?
 *  Thread Starter [cnstar33](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnstar33/)
 * (@cnstar33)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-error-4/#post-7033630)
 * no, not that I know of. Should I Tara? Thanks
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-error-4/#post-7033633)
 * Have you tried:
    – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this
   resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate
   them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s). – If you can’t
   get into your admin dashboard, try [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients). Sometimes, an apparently inactive
   plugin can still cause problems. Also remember to deactivate any plugins in the
   mu-plugins folder (if you have created such folder). The easiest way is to rename
   that folder to mu-plugins-old. – switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty
   Sixteen, etc.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific
   issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins). If you don’t have access 
   to your admin area, use [FTP ](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients), or your
   web-host’s cPanel or whatever file management application your host provides (
   no Dashboard access required). Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to 
   the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to
   the end of the folder name. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the
   default theme. That will force your site to use it.
 *  Thread Starter [cnstar33](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnstar33/)
 * (@cnstar33)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-error-4/#post-7033647)
 * Since it works for me, but not for some people how will I know if the issue is
   fixed?

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-error-4/#post-7033647)
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