Title: custom comments.php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# custom comments.php

 *  [surrel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surrel/)
 * (@surrel)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-commentsphp/)
 * I’d like some helping customizing the comments section.
 * I’m currently using my own custom theme and I don’t have a comments.php in my
   theme so I’m assuming it’s pulling the template from somewhere else. This is 
   how the comments look right now.
 * [http://pristine.nu/review-april-ipsy-bag/#respond](http://pristine.nu/review-april-ipsy-bag/#respond)
 * I like the way it looks but I want to customize it more and add to it, however
   I can’t figure out what I need to do. If I take the comments.php from one of 
   the default themes and add it to my themes folder, it turns into this:
 * [https://24.media.tumblr.com/1bce5397d60c1e15665a95046234d86d/tumblr_n3unb9hD9s1rt59iio9_r2_1280.png](https://24.media.tumblr.com/1bce5397d60c1e15665a95046234d86d/tumblr_n3unb9hD9s1rt59iio9_r2_1280.png)
 * Currently, the style of my comments is customized through my style.css but I’ve
   read that its functions.php that determines the layout?
 * What can I add/upload to my themes folder to make my comments layout customizable?

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 *  [Rajesh Gupta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajeshcvani/)
 * (@rajeshcvani)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-commentsphp/#post-4828450)
 * Hi surrel!
 * Hope this tutorial will guide you in a better way to deal with comments.php
 * [http://themeshaper.com/2012/11/04/the-wordpress-theme-comments-template/](http://themeshaper.com/2012/11/04/the-wordpress-theme-comments-template/)
 *  Moderator [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/)
 * (@jcastaneda)
 * THEME COFFEE MONKEY
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-commentsphp/#post-4828465)
 * surrel, it’s actually the callback function used when you use: `wp_lis_comments()`
   that determines the layout. If it is not defined it will use core markup.
 * Rajesh linked to an awesome source so do not pass up that reading.
 *  Thread Starter [surrel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surrel/)
 * (@surrel)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-commentsphp/#post-4828665)
 * I’ll take a look at the site but overall I’m having the hardest time trying to
   figure out what php files I need and what to edit.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-commentsphp/#post-4828666)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)
 * a theme needs at least _style.css_ and _index.php_

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 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-commentsphp/#post-4828666)
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