it is likely:
/wp-includes/theme-compat/comments.php
you can also see this in https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/comments_template/ in the source code of comments_template()
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olliew
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Is it considered bad to not include a comment.php file if you are happy with the default?
Is it considered bad to not include a comment.php file
possibly, because you are creating problem for the future:
from the code of comments_template():
else // Backward compat code will be removed in a future release
require( ABSPATH . WPINC . ‘/theme-compat/comments.php’);
(@olliew)
9 years, 10 months ago
If I am building a theme and use comments_template() having not made a comments.php, what is the default comments template that is called?