Title: Comments Not Working
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Comments Not Working

 *  [RealityRecaps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realityrecaps/)
 * (@realityrecaps)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-working-94/)
 * I was wondering if anybody can help. Im not sure how long ive had the problem,
   but I am no longer notified of new comments with the orange circle and number.
   I also never get notifications in the bubble in the upper right next to me name.
 * Also, I have several bloggers who are of “author” status. When they click on 
   comments in the sidebar, (then all comments) they don’t have the option to reply
   to comments. All of the comments for the site show up, but when they hover over
   they don’t have the option to reply. How can I change that?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-working-94/#post-4920201)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins 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 default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [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 or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder and wp-
   config.php & root .htaccess files – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make
   sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new
   ones.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-working-94/#post-4920201)
 * Status: not resolved

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