Title: Comments.php not sending comments Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Comments.php not sending comments * [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/) * (@jinsan) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/) * There’s something really weird going on with my comments.php. It calls it fine, it just seems to ignore any attempt to send a comment: [http://sekhu.net/wp/2005/04/19/some-junk-crap-wahtever/#comments](http://sekhu.net/wp/2005/04/19/some-junk-crap-wahtever/#comments) * Ideas? Thanks in advance Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191233) * I don’t see the problems described. Using Safari v1.0.3 (on an out-dated work computer). What browser are you using? * Thread Starter [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/) * (@jinsan) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191234) * well I just fixed it believe it ot not – I ended up creating a single.php file that followed the design – so that bit works great. Oh the inspiriation you give mac:) * Anyway, the problem of comments not going through is a problem though – as I still get a blank page. Using ff 1.0.1 * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191239) * Any anti-spam plugins enabled? * Thread Starter [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/) * (@jinsan) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191258) * Sadly, very sadly, it’s my favourite anti=spam plugin Hashcash. reading the author’s comments, and another user with the same problem, he asked if the user’s site was xhtml 1.1 – and then I thought that’s probably why it isn’t working. * If that is the case, then I can’t use it – as my site is 1.1 transitional – I can’t make it strict because of some of the code I use, and not all the plugins create valid code, so transitional is the best I can get. * That’s a real bugger. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191260) * And you are using WP-HashCash v1.7, right? * Thread Starter [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/) * (@jinsan) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191263) * aye it’s the only thing I did use and always check for updates, I did some test comments having disabled it, and the comments went through…so it works in that it stops comments…just all of them. * I’ve left a note on the author site, so I hope he has a solution to this as it’s the only non-intrusive, least troublesome dealer of spam. Install and Activate and let it do its work. No config or messing around with levels required. * Hmm gotta get up in the morning. * Thread Starter [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/) * (@jinsan) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191504) * fixed – for anyone having this problem. * you need `` inside the `` part of the document. The problem in my case was the contact form plugin using inline CSS borking the page. Once I removed the inline CSS and copied it over to the style.css and added the wp_head it worked again. The original theme did not contain the latter, so I added it myself. * [bering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bering/) * (@bering) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191579) * I have the same problem described here, but can’t really use the same solution… * My contact form looks fine and doesn’t give any error messages when people are posting comments, but they never appear at the site. I’ve disabled all comment- related plugins (auth-image) and even copied the comments.php template from an original installation just to make sure. I’ve tried switching themes and still the same problem. Very strange… try it for yourself here:[http://www.bering-express.dk/weblog/](http://www.bering-express.dk/weblog/) * I recently messed with permalinks, but they’ve been disabled again. Any aftereffects I need to deal with that could cause this? * [bering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bering/) * (@bering) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191594) * Ok, so it turns out that all the comments go in to the DB… but they show on the page. They’re all waiting in wp_comments… but how do I get them out? * [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/) * (@coldforged) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191596) * What’s the comment_status in the database for those comments? * [bering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bering/) * (@bering) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191602) * Well, something, somewhere is setting them all to “spam”… I can make them appear on the page by changing it to “1” but somehow the default value of every comment gets to be “spam”… but where? * [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/) * (@coldforged) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191603) * Do you have entries in the blacklist on the Discussion tab of the WP admin interface or do you have the checkbox checked for “Blacklist comments from open and insecure proxies”? * [bering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bering/) * (@bering) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191604) * I was thinking the same thing… and that was the solution! Now new comments appear! Thanks. So how do I make the old ones appear in the admin panel so I can edit them? Guess I could change the status of all comments with a SQL command… * [bering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bering/) * (@bering) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191605) * UPDATE `wp_comments` SET `comment_approved` = ‘1’ WHERE `comment_ID` > ‘1’; Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) The topic ‘Comments.php not sending comments’ is closed to new replies. * 14 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [bering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bering/) * Last activity: [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-not-sending-comments/#post-191605) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics