Title: Which comments.php file?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Which comments.php file?

 *  Resolved [idycommunity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idycommunity/)
 * (@idycommunity)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-commentsphp-file/)
 * I make changes to the comments.php file in my theme’s directory. The changes 
   don’t show/take effect. How do I link to the proper comments.php?

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 *  [macsoft3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsoft3/)
 * (@macsoft3)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-commentsphp-file/#post-712742)
 * Try making changes to comments.php in the default theme and using it.
 *  Thread Starter [idycommunity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idycommunity/)
 * (@idycommunity)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-commentsphp-file/#post-712752)
 * None of my themes seem to reflect any changes to comments.php. Tried mine, default
   and classic.
 *  Thread Starter [idycommunity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idycommunity/)
 * (@idycommunity)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-commentsphp-file/#post-712869)
 * Found the problem. Paged Comments plugin.

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 * Last activity: [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/which-commentsphp-file/#post-712869)
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