Title: Missing Comment Box Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Missing Comment Box * [Arinya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arinya/) * (@arinya) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/) * Hi all! I’m a noob and was finally able to upload blog for a fiend of mine but I notice that the comments section is not working! Right now there is no content in the site but if you click on the comments link it shows nothing. I have comments showing in my control panel so I don’t know what gives. Anyone have an idea of what I might need to do? I have no singlepage.php file by the way. I read that I need to add the comment page template code in my loop in the index.php page but I’m not sure about that either. * OH sorry…here’s the link [http://demureandchic.com](http://demureandchic.com) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1795967) * > Right now there is no content in the site * if there is no content, there is nothing to comment on. * Add some content to check. * Thread Starter [Arinya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arinya/) * (@arinya) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1795979) * Really? There is the generic Hello world post right now…You saying you can’t see it? * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796009) * I see hello world has 1comment. But when clicked on “1comment”, nothing happens. * Thread Starter [Arinya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arinya/) * (@arinya) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796125) * Err…yeah that’s the problem… * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796129) * have you tried: * -deactivating ALL plugins temporarily to narrow down and possibly fix the problem. If the problem goes away, activate them individually to find the culprit? * -switching to the default theme (“twentyten”) for a moment by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes. The idea is to force WordPress to fall back to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific issue? * Thread Starter [Arinya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arinya/) * (@arinya) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796137) * I’m sure it’s my theme. I tried to make my own and forgot that I’m terrible at html! * I switched to Twenty Ten and comments works fine. I don’t know what I did but any advice on how to fix it? * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796151) * > I switched to Twenty Ten and comments works fine. * It means your theme (the one you was using before switching to twentyten theme) is either broken or not compatible with 3.0.1 * > I don’t know what I did but any advice on how to fix it? * Either you can fix yourself. * Or you have the option of hiring a peofessional to fix it (I am not a consultant, I do this just for fun!). See [http://jobs.wordpress.net/](http://jobs.wordpress.net/) if you want to follow that option. * Thread Starter [Arinya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arinya/) * (@arinya) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796216) * How can I check if I left comments out of my theme? No one can tell me how to add it to a theme? I took the old default theme and re-skinned it. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796217) * The Kubrick theme included comments, so you must have removed them when you edited the theme. * Thread Starter [Arinya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arinya/) * (@arinya) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796220) * Does anyone know where the comments code went? The only major thing I did was remove the single.php file…maybe I should start from scratch and redesign the site using TwentyTwo as my base? * Thread Starter [Arinya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arinya/) * (@arinya) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796221) * Alright so I found the old single.php file and uploaded it and I have comments back! but the reason I took out single.php is because if you click on the post it changes the layout of the site! It removes the side bard and centers the post which I don’t want. Anyone know how I can make sure that the layout stays the same? * [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * (@mercime) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796222) * > maybe I should start from scratch and redesign the site using TwentyTwo as > my base? * Recommended. * Thread Starter [Arinya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arinya/) * (@arinya) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796223) * Thanks for all your help? lol * [Shadowz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadowz/) * (@shadowz) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796224) * i believe if you added `` at the bottom of Single.php. before `` it should show the side bar and do what you wanted to do. Also deleting the single.php would just make things worse you just need to edit it to work the way you want. But yeah i would say using twenty ten to build your own site is good, since its less likely to have bugs and built by wordpress as the latest version of wordpress. * Thats what i used to make my own site and you can make it do anything you want just need to figure out what code to edit and add. * Also make sure you learn how to use a child theme. Use a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) when you edit twenty ten, because if you don’t you will lose all you changes when you update wordpress, i learned the hard way. * [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * (@mercime) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box/#post-1796225) * > Use a child theme when you edit twenty ten, because if you don’t you will lose > all you changes when you update wordpress, * Good point Shadowz, thanks for sharing. 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