Title: Plugin to change :"must loggin" Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Plugin to change :"must loggin" * Resolved [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * (@ybalias1) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/) * The “Comment Guestbook” plugin I am using for a WP installation is producing a message on my website that reads “You must be logged in to post a comment.” * Is there a plugin or another method to change this sentence? * My site is rami.ybarniv.com click on the Guestbook tab. * Thanks, Mike * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-guestbook/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-guestbook/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Plugin Author [mibuthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mibuthu/) * (@mibuthu) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523146) * First question: Do you want users to login before they can post a comment? * Thread Starter [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * (@ybalias1) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523148) * Thanks a bunch, Mibuthu. I do want my site visitors to register and log in, but my question is about changing the text of the message itself. * I just want to change the wording of “you must login”, plus the font, size, and color of that message. * Is there a way you to access this sentence and change its contents? * Thanks again, Mike * Plugin Author [mibuthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mibuthu/) * (@mibuthu) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523182) * I will add an option for this. * Thread Starter [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * (@ybalias1) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523183) * Thanks much, Mibuthu. I’ll be waiting for that! * Plugin Author [mibuthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mibuthu/) * (@mibuthu) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523184) * It’s available in the today released version 0.7.0. * Thread Starter [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * (@ybalias1) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523185) * Thank you, Mibuthu, for your latest update, 0.7.0. * I do see the additional controls related to my original question, but they don’t seem to work for me. * I tried to insert your sample code into the box “Comment form styles:” * ``` .form-submit { text-align:center; } #submit { font-weight:bold; } ``` * but it has no effect on the “must login” message. * That message is still determined in code line 2226 of wp-includes/comment-template. php. * I changed the string to: `sprintf( __( 'Please LOG IN to post a comment.' ), wp_login_url( apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink( $ post_id ) ) ) )` and that works—although I know that’s NOT the correct way to do it. * Here is the page that contains the Guestbook, [http://rami.ybarniv.com/?page_id=314](http://rami.ybarniv.com/?page_id=314) * Thread Starter [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * (@ybalias1) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523186) * Mibuthu, Hello once again: * I wish I knew how to edit my previous message because I need to correct it. * Changing the text of the “must login” message DOES WORK!!! * But changing the - Style * of that single line doesn’t. * The Field in * > Comment Guestbook Settings * called * > Comment form styles: * DOES affect the whole page of messages, but I only want to change the style of this single sentence “must login” while NOT touching the rest of the page. * Thanks again, Mike * Plugin Author [mibuthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mibuthu/) * (@mibuthu) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523187) * What if you add an additional

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tag in your text where you can specify your own class for selecting only this message? * Thread Starter [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * (@ybalias1) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523188) * Mibuthu, thank you for your tip but my programming ability is too limited to actually write what’s necessary. * Maybe you can tell me how to exactly write this code in your “Comment Guestbook Settings” > Comment-Form Settings > * **Must login message:** `Please register and log in to post a comment.` * This sentence appears in my website, [http://rami.ybarniv.com/?page_id=314](http://rami.ybarniv.com/?page_id=314) * Thanks much, Mike * Plugin Author [mibuthu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mibuthu/) * (@mibuthu) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523189) * If you set the “Must login message” to: `
Please register and log in to post a comment.
` * Then you can define a “Comment form style” like this: `div.mustlogin { color: red }` * Thread Starter [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * (@ybalias1) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523190) * Thank you Mibuthu, * I know how to edit the message per your first sentence, `` but I don’t know how to define a “Comment form style”. * Specifically, where do I write `div.mustlogin { color: red }` ? * Thanks again, Mike * Thread Starter [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * (@ybalias1) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523191) * Mibuthu, it’s me again, and this time with GOOD NEWS. * I now figured out that you meant to add `div.mustlogin { color: red }` to **YOUR OWN** “Comment form styles” > “Comment Guestbook Settings”. In other words, it’s inside my Dashboard and ready to be edited right there. * FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, THIS PROBLEM IS REALLY SOLVED—AT LAST!!!!! * Thank you so much, Mibuthu, for sticking this out with me until this Happy Ending. I am now ready to praise your Plugin as being an EXCELLENT contribution to the WP community. * Yours, Mike Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Plugin to change :"must loggin"’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/comment-guestbook_ebebeb.svg) * [Comment Guestbook](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-guestbook/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-guestbook/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-guestbook/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-guestbook/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-guestbook/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-guestbook/reviews/) * 12 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [ybalias1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ybalias1/) * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-to-change-must-loggin/#post-5523191) * Status: resolved