Title: Oldest message ontop?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Oldest message ontop?

 *  Resolved [Emerogorek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emerogorek/)
 * (@emerogorek)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oldest-message-ontop/)
 * Up until now, my site has been read only and now I want to allow comments on 
   one page. IT is all set up and working but the oldest messages are on the bottom.
   How do I reverse this and get oldest at the top?
 * Is this a user setting? I have no registry and don’t require (actually not allow)
   login but will approve messages before they are posted.

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 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * (@kidsguide)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oldest-message-ontop/#post-5314856)
 * > Is this a user setting? I have no registry and don’t require (actually not 
   > allow) login but will approve messages before they are posted.
 * No, the administrator sets this up. The subscribers or just guests on your website
   can not change any of this unless you allow them to by download a plugin that
   enables them to.
 * > How do I reverse this and get oldest at the top?
 * What theme are you using on your website? There may be a setting in there Theme
   Options or in the Discussion section in the WordPress settings to change the 
   order of them. I am not sure.
 * If you can not find any option for that, then it is time to go into the coding.
   Don’t get scared.
 * The following code can be added to you function.php in your child theme, main
   theme, or a plugin.
 *     ```
       if (!function_exists('iweb_reverse_comments')) {
           function iweb_reverse_comments($comments) {
               return array_reverse($comments);
           }
       }
       add_filter ('comments_array', 'iweb_reverse_comments');
       ```
   
 * That should reverse the comments order to make it oldest to newest.
 * Let me know if that works for you or not.
 *  [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * (@senff)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oldest-message-ontop/#post-5314857)
 * You shouldn’t need coding or a plugin for this.
 * In your dashboard, go to **Settings -> Discussion**.
 * Then under **Other comment settings**, there is a setting for “_Comments should
   be displayed with the **OLDER / NEWER** comments at the top of each page_“
 * Set that to **Newer** and save all settings.
 *  Thread Starter [Emerogorek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emerogorek/)
 * (@emerogorek)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oldest-message-ontop/#post-5314868)
 * Yep, Settings–Discussion did it.
    Thanks…..
 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * (@kidsguide)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oldest-message-ontop/#post-5314870)
 * Great!

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 * Last reply from: [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oldest-message-ontop/#post-5314870)
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