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Custom Nested WordPress Comments with avatar

Plugin recommendations are off topic, so you will need to search this on your own. As for without a plugin, you can customize the the output of wp_list_comments In wp_list_comments, there is a callback parameter which you can override with your own function. This is the customized callback function that I currently use. It differs … Read more

Is there a better way to check for a new comment?

This is the most efficient way to count comments. That line of code can be simplified by using the get_comments_number template tag. Both of them simplify down to a simple SQL query that queries for “count”. MySQL is highly optimized to count these records without scanning all of them.

No comments on static front page

This should not be do difficult to achieve. What I would suggest is to create yourself a child theme. It is quick and very easy. The reason for this is, never make changes to a theme/plugin that you are not the author of. Once you have your child theme up and running, copy the page.php … Read more

comment-reply.js always focuses on comment textarea

This is just good user experience (UX): When someone clicks on Comment or Answer, they have started writing their comment already in their mind. Don’t break that flow with secondary fields. This the reason why you should move the textarea to the top. To change that, you could listen to document changes, check the comment … Read more

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