Title: Comments closed in posts despite setting
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Comments closed in posts despite setting

 *  [km85264](https://wordpress.org/support/users/km85264/)
 * (@km85264)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-closed-in-posts-despite-setting/)
 * Up to a few months ago, comments on posts worked fine. I don’t have a lot of 
   comments, so I don’t know when it stopped working, but now the comments form 
   does not appear for any post. In Twenty Ten theme, all posts say “comments closed”
   at the end. If I go in to edit, all the posts have “Allow Comments” field ticked.
   
   I have tried:
    - Multiple themes including Twenty Fourteen
    - Multiple browsers
    - Upgrading to 4.0
    - Manually reinstalling
    - Turning comments off and then on again
    - Disabling all plugins
 * Still no comments. Any suggestions appreciated. As I say I don’t get a lot of
   comments on the site but it is important to me.

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 *  [WebPrezence](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webprezence/)
 * (@webprezence)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-closed-in-posts-despite-setting/#post-5317570)
 * It’s probably something in your theme’s settings. So the ultimate solution will
   be to check there.
 * If you don’t have a lot of posts / pages, for a quick fix, simply hover your 
   mouse above your post/page, select **quick edit**, and tick the **allow comments**
   box.
 * This feature is also available when creating a post or page; in the top-right
   of your screen, click the **screen options** drop-down. Ensure that the **discussion**
   box is ticked. Then, below your post/page, there will be a section where you 
   can choose to allow / disallow comments on a per-page/post basis.
 *  Thread Starter [km85264](https://wordpress.org/support/users/km85264/)
 * (@km85264)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-closed-in-posts-despite-setting/#post-5317575)
 * Many thanks for the response.
    I tried the Quick Edit tip but **allow comments**
   is already ticked. Tried untick, save, tick, still not seeing comments. I’ve 
   been through the theme setting looking for options that might have some impact.
   I’ve completely deleted the Twenty Ten theme and reinstalled. Still no joy.
 *  [WebPrezence](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webprezence/)
 * (@webprezence)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-closed-in-posts-despite-setting/#post-5317639)
 * You didn’t have to delete and reinstall; just switch to another theme, like 2014,
   and then see.
 * Did you install a plugin that might do this? A plugin like **Disable Comments**?
   How many plugins are you using?
 * This sounds like a pain, but it’s really not. Have you gone to your Plugins >
   > Installed plugins, and ticked the toggle box to check all plugins, and then
   select Deactivate, then Apply?
 * Once all plugins are deactivated, if things work, then just activate 3 or 4 at
   a time until you figure out the culprit.
 * Once you’ve figured out the culprit, either use an alternative to that plugin,
   or just find out where in the plugin the conflict is arising from and fix the
   code, if you know php halfway well.
 *  Thread Starter [km85264](https://wordpress.org/support/users/km85264/)
 * (@km85264)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-closed-in-posts-despite-setting/#post-5317683)
 * Thanks for your further attention. All plugins are currently disabled, and I 
   have tried half a dozen themes including Twenty Fourteen.
 * One thing I just noticed. I have two pages, one I use for my posts and another
   with a single ‘about me’ post. That single post still has it’s comments page,
   indeed just got a spam comment on it now.
 *  Thread Starter [km85264](https://wordpress.org/support/users/km85264/)
 * (@km85264)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-closed-in-posts-despite-setting/#post-5317686)
 * Ok, got it: “Automatically close comments on post older than NN days” was set
   on with 21 as the number. This appears to override the setting on the post itself,
   which seems counter intuitive.
    Thanks for responses.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [km85264](https://wordpress.org/support/users/km85264/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-closed-in-posts-despite-setting/#post-5317686)
 * Status: not resolved

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