Title: Comments.php Issue…?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Comments.php Issue…?

 *  Resolved [Seromi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seromi/)
 * (@seromi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-issue/)
 * I demand answers.
 * And I shall tell you of my tale:
 * So there I was, frustrated that the comments weren’t working at _all_. As in 
   the comments weren’t showing up, there was just empty space in where they were
   supposed to show up. So, I installed a plugin (Sexy Comments) that messes around
   with my comment section. It to my utter surprise, actually worked. However, when
   I added `comments.php` to my theme directory, the whole thing disappeared. That
   confused me to no end.
 * Still not understanding the issue, I came here searching for answers as to why
   this was occurring. None dared to give me a solution. Not even the Codex would
   provide me reprieve from this horrid problem!
 * And so, I ask of you WordPress nerds:
 * what the hell’s up with the `comments.php` in this strange case?

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 *  [hedronist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hedronist/)
 * (@hedronist)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-issue/#post-1804048)
 * So you added `comments.php` to your theme … but what did you put _in_ it? If 
   it’s empty then you ain’t gonna get no stinkin’ comments.
 *  Thread Starter [Seromi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seromi/)
 * (@seromi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-issue/#post-1804065)
 * It was supposed to have a ready-made comment template from this [handy tutorial](http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-themes-templates-tutorial/),
   but nothing showed up at all. I even made a thread about it but nobody answered
   it. As of now, I’ve deleted the `comments.php` template because I was so frustrated
   that nothing was working correctly. The comments are working perfectly, however,
   I want to customize the `comments.php` template further.
 * One problem: I’m a complete n00b at PHP. I do know about the includes and _the
   Loop_ WordPress uses though.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-issue/#post-1804086)
 * > It was supposed to have a ready-made comment template from this handy tutorial,
   > but nothing showed up at all.
 * I seen that template and is for WordPress 2.7 and we using using 3.0 so there
   are changes made since that tutorial
 * All I can say is upload that comment.php back I am using twenty ten theme.
 * Have tried switching to twenty ten theme see if you are having same problem could
   be is theme related.
 *  Thread Starter [Seromi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seromi/)
 * (@seromi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-issue/#post-1804210)
 * Thanks a bunch, govpatel!
 * I finally solved my problem, turns out that the template didn’t work well for
   3.0+. Finally, I’ll get on with life!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Seromi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seromi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-issue/#post-1804210)
 * Status: resolved

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