Moving comments section to left of content (Twenty Thirteen)

Comments aren’t in the “footer”, they are in the Loop, and they need to be to keep their association with the parent post. That is why you are having trouble. You are moving them out of the context that Core expects. What you are going to have to do, I think (and I haven’t tested this), is explicitly pass the post ID to the relevant functions– comments_open() and is_single().

if ( comments_open($post->ID) && ! is_single($post->ID) ) :

Related Posts:

  1. What is the best way to include a widget in a Page?
  2. How to hack recent comments default widget?
  3. Display attachment, post and page in recent comments widget
  4. How to stop comments widget conflicting with theme comments
  5. Recent Comments from Specific Category Widget
  6. recent comments filter by author, page, category
  7. Need two sidebar (right and left)in Twenty Seven theme
  8. How to get widget content in WordPress based on it’s ID?
  9. Full Width Container Colour Problems
  10. Limit number of Widgets in Sidebars
  11. How to load Widget javascript + css files only if used?
  12. check if registered sidebar is active & has widget content
  13. Adding iframe Content to Sidebar Widget
  14. How to use wp_dequeue_style() for style enqueued in WP_Widget class
  15. Storing custom dashboard widget options in wordpress
  16. Programmatically edit the text of a widget
  17. How can I whitelist only specific shortcodes for processing in text widgets?
  18. Create a Widget Area in the Navigation Bar for the Genesis Theme Framework?
  19. Manual display of widget
  20. Customized widget area – how to override or filter class xoxo?
  21. How to access widget data from outside widget?
  22. How to add a description to Widgets?
  23. the_widget() and widget’s ID
  24. How to put Stack Exchange Flair as widget?
  25. How do i display the built-in gallery inside a widget?
  26. Forcing the title of a text widget on to a new line in the admin area
  27. Image Upload Widget Issue
  28. Wp Customizer event for when a new widget has been added
  29. Sidebar not show customizer!
  30. Customizing wordpress default widgets?
  31. different class (css) for sidebar widgets
  32. Adding widgets with Featured Image via the Customizer run hundreds of queries
  33. How to make this change without changing the core? [duplicate]
  34. Add pagination to listing plugin
  35. how to put functions inside of widgets
  36. Adding a Widget : what to put in plugin URL
  37. How to list all custom post types in a custom widget?
  38. How to extend WP_Widget_Media
  39. Drafts widget for admin page
  40. Global $wpdb is not showing correct data with function call
  41. Dynamic created widget id value of multi-instance in jQuery
  42. Post ID displayed instead of title [closed]
  43. Color picker in widget appears twice when added via the Customizer
  44. Hide widget (and white space) on specific resolution [closed]
  45. Adding Widgets to Draft Pages
  46. How to select multiple media files for a widget form?
  47. How do I pass the id of my widget to javascript in the form function?
  48. Widget – link to page rather than absolute url
  49. Programmatically add widgets to sidebars
  50. Are widgets meant to be used outside of sidebars?
  51. Is there a WordPress widget for my webpage?
  52. Validating widget’s configuration data on Admin page
  53. FTP Widget Location
  54. Inserting Read More Tag in Widget
  55. dynamic sidebar in front page
  56. Display posts from category in post content?
  57. display widget checkbox selection on frontend
  58. Enabled checkbox by default in WordPress widgets
  59. Widgets in WP 4.3 disappearing – How to fix?
  60. Making jQuery .change() event persistent after widget save
  61. Widget background images missing on second blog excerpt page
  62. How should I add a “widget” like element?
  63. All Posts Have The Same Comments
  64. modifying title (in dashboard) for different widget instances
  65. How to translate Widget Description in constructor?
  66. What conditional to use for dynamic sidebar check?
  67. How to test if the widgetized area has any widgets?
  68. Saving widget gets an undefined variable
  69. Trouble accessing a multidimensional array to add classes to default WordPress widgets
  70. Distinguish between different widgets of the same type
  71. links to Media Library content in sidebar per page
  72. Why is registering a sidebar for each page causing my sidebars to reset?
  73. How do I customize the positioning of WordPress widgets?
  74. widgets in footer?
  75. Quick Draft widget in weird place on dashboard after being re-added
  76. How can I remove WordPress element IDs and Class names in the HTML?
  77. Remove widgets on mobile front page without affecting desktop
  78. Widget display nothing
  79. How can I have sidebar widgets on Twenty Seventeen theme on all pages?
  80. Collapsible widgets [closed]
  81. Loop through Widgets in sidebar using widget array number?
  82. How to display author meta in a sidebar widget
  83. Is it ok not to set widget in the main page of a one page WordPress Theme?
  84. Recent Posts Widget URL / Domain change
  85. New Custom Widget Call a Different Widget Function
  86. Loading scripts only if a particular shortcode or widget is present
  87. include exception inside theme for empty widget area
  88. Always show the widget title in a wordpress widget
  89. Custom php Widget keeps disappearing from the front end
  90. Insert to wp_footer if widget is found in the sidebar
  91. Using javascript on the new widget preview / customizer page
  92. Conditionally enable autoplay when using oEmbed in a custom widget
  93. Custom tabs widget don’t work in google chrome, is blocked, do not change the tabs. Why?
  94. WordPress Hide Widget If $_Session Is Active?
  95. Widget which displays thumbnails, but links to urls?
  96. Recent posts with different class name for each post and a scrollbar?
  97. wordpress pinboard theme [closed]
  98. Classic widgets with 5.9+?
  99. Can’t edit the widgets sidebar or footer
  100. Custom dashboard widget – load style only for added widget