Title: Comments appear on wrong post
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Comments appear on wrong post

 *  Resolved [asadal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asadal/)
 * (@asadal)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/)
 * My test website is [http://bloter2.ufofactory.net](http://bloter2.ufofactory.net)
 * First, thanks for the great plugin.
    I’ve activated v2.1.2 and set selectors ‘.
   single-post .entry-content p, span, blockquote’. It seems work good. But when
   I comment on any posts, the comments appear only specific post([http://bloter2.ufofactory.net/archives/204713](http://bloter2.ufofactory.net/archives/204713)).
 * I wonder why this happens.
    Could you please tell me how I can solve it.
 * Best Regards,
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/inline-comments/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/inline-comments/)

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 *  Plugin Author [kevinweber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinweber/)
 * (@kevinweber)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/#post-5881673)
 * Hi,
    I don’t see the problem on your site yet. However, you should update your
   selector to ‘.single-post .entry-content p, .single-post .entry-content span,.
   single-post .entry-content blockquote’ and note that the plugin doesn’t work 
   on archive pages that list several posts.
 * Best regards,
    Kevin
 *  [doctorproctor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorproctor/)
 * (@doctorproctor)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/#post-5881795)
 * Kevin, I’m now hearing reports of this from my students, and have duplicated 
   the problem. Interestingly, the comment seems always to appear on an earlier 
   post by the same author one wishes to comment on! (There’s no problem with regular
   comments on form at bottom of post; only with inline comments.)
 * I’m pretty sure this may have started with your recent update.
 * Btw, current selectors are
 * `.single .entry-content p, .single .entry-content img, .single .entry-content
   h2`
 * Many thanks,
 * Jim P.
 *  Plugin Author [kevinweber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinweber/)
 * (@kevinweber)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/#post-5881798)
 * Hi Jim,
    I logged in to your site and posted an inline comment. Everything works
   fine for me, however. Would you please try one of the older versions of Inline
   Comments to ensure that the issues is caused by an update? You can get every 
   previous version from here: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/inline-comments/developers/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/inline-comments/developers/)
 * Then send me the exact steps/pages/links you’ve done to reproduce the problem.
 * Best regards,
    Kevin
 *  [doctorproctor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorproctor/)
 * (@doctorproctor)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/#post-5881802)
 * I went back to v2.1.1 and experienced same problem…did not attempt to go back
   to earlier versions as I suspect database may not be backward-compatible. It’s
   weird, as I think it worked correctly, once, but just once…in all other cases
   my comment is posted on another post of the same author, typically (but not always)
   an earlier post by that author. I’ll email our WP service provider WPEngine to
   see if they have ideas on whether the database could have gotten messed up in
   some way, but go ahead and try a couple more quick comments at [ds.lclark.edu/envs160sp15/](https://ds.lclark.edu/envs160sp15/)
   and you should see what we’re experiencing. (Again, this does not happen with
   regular comments on form at bottom of post.)
 * Regards,
 * Jim P.
 *  [doctorproctor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorproctor/)
 * (@doctorproctor)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/#post-5881816)
 * The below comes from the WPEngine tech support person…let me know how we may 
   test further…Jim P.
 * ***
    I’ve confirmed that caching isn’t the issue here, as I’ve exempted the subsite
   from caching and posted an inline comment and it appeared on the incorrect post.
   I’ve also exempted the entire network from caching and the issue persisted. Furthermore,
   when logged in to the dashboard (as is required to post) pages aren’t cached….
   I haven’t seen this issue on our platform when searching through past tickets
   so I’d recommend working with the developer of the plugin…As far as I can tell,
   there aren’t any issues with the database so it’d be best to get additional input
   from the developer.…When I made a test comment on [https://ds.lclark.edu/envs160sp15/2015/02/15/more-than-tgal](https://ds.lclark.edu/envs160sp15/2015/02/15/more-than-tgal)(
   post ID 755) it looks like the comment was posted to [https://ds.lclark.edu/envs160sp15/2015/02/01/blurred-lines](https://ds.lclark.edu/envs160sp15/2015/02/01/blurred-lines)(
   post ID 332). It’s odd because those posts both have very different post IDs 
   and different authors. That information could also be good to bring up with the
   developer.
 * If there’s anything he says we need to do from our end, please let us know!
 *  [doctorproctor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorproctor/)
 * (@doctorproctor)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/#post-5881851)
 * Kevin, hope we can move forward with this one soon, as it persists…Jim P.
 *  [doctorproctor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorproctor/)
 * (@doctorproctor)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/#post-5881854)
 * I’ve now attempted to replicate the above on other sites on our multisite, and
   it appears that the problem is limited to the above site only. This suggests 
   that there is some database issue that is affecting this one site only (though
   recall that it does not affect regular comments, which post okay; what would 
   be the difference?). I’ll check back with WPEngine to see if they have ideas.
 * Regards,
 * Jim P.
 *  [doctorproctor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doctorproctor/)
 * (@doctorproctor)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-appear-on-wrong-post-1/#post-5881855)
 * Inexplicably, without Inline Comments update not explicit word from our WPEngine
   host that they changed something in the database, the above problem has now disappeared,
   at least for comments on the last three days of posts…I can only hope that it
   doesn’t return! I’ll mark as closed for now.
 * Jim P.

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