Not sure how it’ll behave with Disqus, but try the following filter: add_filter( ‘comments_number’, ‘comments_text_wpse_87886’, 10, 2 ); function comments_text_wpse_87886 ( $output, $number ) { return $number; } The original return is $output, and instead we are returning only the number of comments. That filter happens in the following core function, reproduced here if you … Read more
There is definitely a performance advantage in keeping your comment spam to a minimum. If you have a lot of comments, the query time can get pretty out of control. To make it easier, you should install Akismet if you haven’t already. Akismet will automatically detect spam comments and move them to WordPress spam section. … Read more
The comment_notification_text filter is in wp-includes/pluggable.php in the wp_notify_postauthor function. You can copy and paste the $notify_message stuff and edit out what you don’t want. function wpd_comment_notification_text( $notify_message, $comment_id ){ // get the current comment and post data $comment = get_comment( $comment_id ); $post = get_post( $comment->comment_post_ID ); // don’t modify trackbacks or pingbacks if( … Read more
It’s not a bug (gasp!) really just not provided for. You have to add a filter to do this, eg add_filter( ‘comments_clauses’, function ( $pieces, $query ) { if ( empty( $query->query_vars[‘wpse_no_password’] ) ) return $pieces; global $wpdb; $pieces[ ‘where’ ] .= $wpdb->prepare( ‘ AND ‘ . $wpdb->posts . ‘.post_password = %s’, ” ); return … Read more
Ok I feel stupid now. The problem was that for whatever reason some of the posts had comments disabled. I did not know that the only place where they could be toggled was under “Quick Edit”. Problem solved…
In Settings > Discussion Uncheck An administrator must always approve the comment Check Comment author must have a previously approved comment This way comments from people (identified by combination of name, email and site) who have previously approved comments will not require moderation. Rest of comments will.
functions.php: function remove_nofollow($link, $args, $comment, $post){ return str_replace(“rel=”nofollow””, “”, $link); } add_filter(‘comment_reply_link’, ‘remove_nofollow’, 420, 4);
This answer can change depending on the theme or plugins you have installed, but the code can usually be found in similar places of the theme editor. For example, if you are using the default Twenty Eleven theme in WordPress 3.2.1, you can verify the location of the comments call by checking here: Login to … Read more
Comment type is similar to post type, because it allow to query only a specific type of comments, just like post type allow to query one or more post types. And just like core post types (page, post) there are core comment type as well: ‘comment’, ‘pingback’, ‘trackback’. A difference between the two is that, … Read more
The other two answers probably answer your question, but here’s a way look at WordPress source code to be able to determine for yourself whether a certain hook exists for your purposes. You ask whether there is a hook for the comment author link. So let’s look at the source for that function: comment_author_link(). We … Read more