Title: Commenting on static pages
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Commenting on static pages

 *  [danielgutekunst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielgutekunst/)
 * (@danielgutekunst)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/)
 * I have static pages (php) that are not part of WordPress (but I could load any
   WP file from these).
 * Someone should be able to comment on these pages like on Blog entries. It should
   be able to accomplish this in some way…
 * any ideas?

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 *  [Noemi Nozze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcmike/)
 * (@mcmike)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178231)
 * I have NO idea what you are talking about.. Maybe a URI to show ?
 *  Thread Starter [danielgutekunst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielgutekunst/)
 * (@danielgutekunst)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178254)
 * What don’t you understand? e.g. you have a static site S:
    S := [http://www.domain.net/something/strange.php](http://www.domain.net/something/strange.php)
 * And you want to allow users to add comments on S. Instead of using a new script,
   it would be nice, to use the functions WP provides for storing and printing comments.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178256)
 * A static page with comments is not static. It is a blog page with a single post.
   
   Its all built in.
 *  [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/)
 * (@cypher)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178257)
 * However, if you are including _seperate_ PHP files on your webpage that aren’t
   controlled by WordPress, then you’d have to implement your own commenting on 
   it.
 * You could use the Pages feature in WP 1.5 to create static pages and thus allow
   commenting on it.
 * Regards
 *  [philpeeps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philpeeps/)
 * (@philpeeps)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178260)
 * just include the commenting template tags from your loop in your page template
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178262)
 * Well there has been no mention of a page template. The pages are being described
   as not part of WP.
 *  [philpeeps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philpeeps/)
 * (@philpeeps)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178263)
 * oops…I didn’t read carefully enough…
 *  [Noemi Nozze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcmike/)
 * (@mcmike)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178307)
 * You could add the RunPHP plugin and re-write the pages to WP-Pages with the <
   phpcode></phpcode> tags from RunPHP 🙂
 * Or if the pages are used at 2 different location you could use the require_once()
   function of PHP (with RunPHP etc.)… (just an idea)
 *  [Noemi Nozze](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcmike/)
 * (@mcmike)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178309)
 * BY the way the I have no idea-tag should not be here was posted on another thread(
   I thought actually :P)
 *  Thread Starter [danielgutekunst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielgutekunst/)
 * (@danielgutekunst)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178345)
 * There is no solution at this point.
 * I postet this with care under “Plugins and Hacks” because I really need a hack.
 * I thought about this way:
    1. Create a pseudo page with no content, just to have
   a new id for a new comment slot. 2. Include WP headers in my own page (outter
   WP) and use the appropriate comment code with the id of the pseudo page…
 *  [philpeeps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philpeeps/)
 * (@philpeeps)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-178405)
 * i dont understand why you do not use the pages feature instead. Is there something
   on those pages that cannot be included on a wordpress page template?
 * A link would help so we can see what you are trying to include on this page, 
   but AFAIK, you can include any php you need on a page template, have a loop looking
   for the page and comments and be done with it…
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/pages#Pages_can_use_Different_Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/pages#Pages_can_use_Different_Templates)
 * I am using a static page with comments on my “about” page on my site with no 
   problems.
 *  [srpittman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srpittman/)
 * (@srpittman)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-179019)
 * I am using the Pages feature to create additional content pages for my site at
   [http://www.tpimagazine.net](http://www.tpimagazine.net). Although I have the
   option checked to “Allow Comments” on the newly created pages, the option to 
   post comments on the page do not show up. I went to philpeeps blog and his site
   has multiple pages with the ability to post comments on the additional pages.
   What do I need to do or is something broke?
 * When logged in as admin the option that shows at the bottom of the page is “edit
   this…”, but when I’m logged out, no option is displayed….
 *  [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/)
 * (@jinsan)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-179020)
 * why don’t you create a template for your pages, and add:
 * `<?php }?>
    <p class="comments_link"> <?php  $comments_img_link = '<img src="'.
   get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/images/comments.gif" title="comments" alt="*"/
   >'; comments_popup_link('No Comments', $comments_img_link . ' 1 Comment', $comments_img_link.'%
   Comments');  ?> </p>
 *  <?php 
    if ($pcount_lp == 1){ comments_template(); } ?> <?php }?>
 *  or something liket aht to the template. Enable comments in the page with the
   checkbox and I think it will work. Just copy the comment part of your index file
   into the page template file. Or will this not work?
 *  [vcourtney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vcourtney/)
 * (@vcourtney)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commenting-on-static-pages/#post-179022)
 * srpittman: What I did to get comments on a static page was basically yoink the
   wp loop–including the comments loop–from index.php and throw it in a new page
   template. Write your content in the “write page” area, make sure you use your
   tweaked template, and you should be fine.
    (I made a guestbook page– [http://www.virtualcourtney.com/guestbook/](http://www.virtualcourtney.com/guestbook/))

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