Title: Comments 404 error Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Comments 404 error * [araney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/araney/) * (@araney) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-404-error-3/) * I don’t know exactly when my comments stopped working, I just know that I discovered the fact that anyone attempting to add a comment (myself included) receives a 404 error stating that the file “wp-comments-post.php” is missing. I’m not very well-versed in these sorts of things (not a code-savvy person) so I’ll just try to give you an overview of what I’m experiencing/have tried: * I searched the support forums and none of the suggestions I’ve found so far have worked for me. I tried changing my Permalinks back to default (which isn’t an ideal solution for me anyway, as I believe it would change the URLs to 100+ of my existing blogs that I have linked at various places on the web.) I looked on my server, and the wp-comments-post.php IS in place in my root directory. * I have the theme Cave installed. I had to switch from An Ordinary Theme a couple of months ago because my site was hacked, and my web host suggested I change to a different theme. * Incidentally, I went to the comments section in my dashboard and tested posting a reply to a comment through that way. I was able to post the comment there and have it show up when I viewed that particular blog post outside of my dashboard. * Thanks! Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-404-error-3/#post-3972070) * I do not get a 404. I get `You have entered the wrong CAPTCHA phrase.` but there is no captcha. There is a comment luv link or whatever. * Start with a basic debug. Try – deactivating all plugins (yes, all) to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * > my site was hacked, and my web host suggested I change to a different theme. * I hope that is not all you did after being hacked. * Thread Starter [araney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/araney/) * (@araney) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-404-error-3/#post-3972086) * > I do not get a 404. I get You have entered the wrong CAPTCHA phrase. but there > is no captcha. There is a comment luv link or whatever. * Oh, sorry. I had just installed CommentLuv right before I posted this topic on the forums. I was just curious if it overrides the way comments normally function. * > – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems. * If I switch themes, will that lose the customization I’ve done to Cave since activating it, in case I want to use Cave again without starting from scratch? * > I hope that is not all you did after being hacked. * We changed all the passwords to everything possible involved with my site (FTP, cpanel, wordpress admin,e tc.) And my host went through and deleted the toxic code that was put there by the hacker. Also restored from a back-up of my site that was made before I started having problems. * Thread Starter [araney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/araney/) * (@araney) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-404-error-3/#post-3972174) * Weirdly, I’m getting spam comments again after I turned off my captcha. However, I still cannot get comments to post. But spam bots can?? * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-404-error-3/#post-3972181) * It may also be trackback spam. Try turning trackbacks off in dashboard. * What spam plugins are you running? * Check out plugins, for example: – [http://www.homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/](http://www.homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/).– Akismet – Spam Karma2 can help too. -http://wordpress.org/plugins/cookies-for- comments/ * Thread Starter [araney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/araney/) * (@araney) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-404-error-3/#post-3972207) * Hi Tara- * I’ll try to trackback thing. * I was just using a captcha plugin, and I hadn’t had to deal with even one spam comment since activating it. As soon as I deactivated all my plugins, as some solutions to the comment 404 error suggest, the spam comments started rolling back in. I had not changed anything when the 404 error for comments began. So I still don’t know if it happened when I activated a new theme. * I don’t mind activating Twenty Eleven to see if my current them (Cave)is the issue, but I don’t want to leave Twenty Eleven the theme for any length of time– I really like Cave and would like to continue using it, if possible. Should I just disable comments for now? * Thread Starter [araney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/araney/) * (@araney) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-404-error-3/#post-3972208) * Wanted to add: I did delete wp-comments-post.php from my server and replace it with the same file from a fresh download of WP 3.5.2. I get the same 404 error. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Comments 404 error’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [araney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/araney/) * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-404-error-3/#post-3972208) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics