Title: Why comment section doesn't appear ?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Why comment section doesn't appear ?

 *  Resolved [Florent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frappi/)
 * (@frappi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-comment-section-doesnt-appear/)
 * For some reason the comment section doesn’t appear in the single event page. `
   <?php comments_template( '', true ); ?>` should load the default template file(`
   comments.php` is present in my theme directory) but there is no input for comment.
   I added one comment in the admin back-end without any change.
 * It is not clear for me what could be the reason, do you have an idea ?
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-simple-events/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-simple-events/)

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 *  Plugin Author [shanebp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shanebp/)
 * (@shanebp)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-comment-section-doesnt-appear/#post-6927132)
 * Go to the events page in wp-admin.
    Scroll down to ‘Discussion’. Is ‘Allow comments’
   checked? If not, click on the checkbox and then click ‘Update’ so that the page
   settings are saved.
 * If comments still do not appear, then there is an issue with your theme or your
   changes to the `single-event.php` template.
    To test if issues are particular
   to your theme or your changes, switch to a WP theme like 2013.
 *  Thread Starter [Florent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frappi/)
 * (@frappi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-comment-section-doesnt-appear/#post-6927141)
 * Hi, felt back to “2015” WP Theme and uninstall/reinstall the pluggin but still
   I have the problem. I can guaranty that comments are enable in the discussion
   setting as explain [here](https://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments-for-future-posts-pages/).
 * I also deactivate all the plugin except BP and BP Simple Event. What I notice
   is that the “Event” tab in the back-end doesn’t exist anymore but `event/my-event`
   still exist (could be corruption due to Event Manager plugin that use the same
   table ?). `my-event` is the name of one of my two event : `event/sport` and `
   event/journee-a-la-plage/`
 * You can find my website under construction in 2015 Theme at www *dot* decole *
   dot* fr
 * Other thing strange is that one of the two events has comment section enable 
   but closed despite the fact that setting are the more permissive (no aprovale,
   no ned to be register, no close after x days, etc) and the other event doesn’t
   have (the one I was checking for test). At this time I have no access to these
   events in the backend.
 *  Thread Starter [Florent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frappi/)
 * (@frappi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-comment-section-doesnt-appear/#post-6927149)
 * My two events were created by two users : admin and user1.
 * Another strange behavior is that user1 still has the possibility to edithis event
   in front-end or add new event but admin has loss his right on the event capabilities.
 * The plugin I activate to read capability show admin lost all capabilities except
   read-private-event. Looks like I’m going to restart from scratch.
 *     ```
       publish_events
       edit_events
       delete_events
       edit_published_events
       delete_published_events
       edit_others_events
       delete_others_events
       read_private_events OK
       edit_private_events
       delete_private_events
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Author [shanebp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shanebp/)
 * (@shanebp)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-comment-section-doesnt-appear/#post-6927150)
 * I see a comments area on both your posts. One is closed, the other is partially
   hidden and doesn’t work.
 * If you disable the plugin, _of course_ you won’t see the Event tab in wp-admin.
 * This plugin _does not create tables_. It uses the same structure as any other
   WP post.
 * I don’t know why you are having problems.
    I cannot duplicate those issues. Those
   issues have not been reported by anyone else for either the free or pro version
   of the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [Florent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frappi/)
 * (@frappi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-comment-section-doesnt-appear/#post-6927157)
 * > If you disable the plugin, of course you won’t see the Event tab in wp-admin.
 * Yes but then I reactivated.
 * > This plugin does not create tables. It uses the same structure as any other
   > WP post.
 * Sorry I was talking about the ‘Event’ menu in the left that list events created
   by the plugin. I understand it disappear because admin lost his rights over the
   plugin capabilities. WP Roles plugin has an option to “restore” capabilities,
   I used it and my admin recover his rights to your plugin 🙂 So the “event” menu
   re-appear and I’m able to delete and recreate again, but still the other user
   cannot see the comment section area, even on newly event. I suppose it is problem
   with EM plugin, I noticed that events of the two plugins (yours and EM) appeared
   in the same list when both where activated.
 *  Thread Starter [Florent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frappi/)
 * (@frappi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-comment-section-doesnt-appear/#post-6927160)
 * I reinstall and I can see the comments section now. Sorry for that

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