You can use pre_get_avatar filter to manipulate comment avatar html and stop WP from getting a default avatar for the comment. Passing a non-null value will effectively short-circuit get_avatar(), passing the value through the ‘get_avatar’ filter and returning early. E.g. add_filter( ‘pre_get_avatar’, ‘my_filter_pre_get_avatar’, 10, 3 ); function my_filter_pre_get_avatar( $avatar_html, $id_or_email, $args ) { if ( … Read more
thread_comments_depth is the option you need to change, and while the dropdown gives you several predefined values, the option can store any value. So if you use the dev tools to adjust the dropdown to add a 9999 option, you can set it to a max of 9999 nested comments, or more even. You can … Read more
function noindex_comments_pages() { global $cpage; if (!empty($cpage) && $cpage > 1) { echo ‘<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex”>’; echo “\n”; } } add_action( ‘wp_head’, ‘noindex_comments_pages’, 9 );
You can do this in the comments loop: if( empty( $comment->comment_parent ) ) { //if the comment does not have a parent, then it is L1 echo ‘my-custom-html’; }
If your theme is old (made for WP version before 2.7) you will need to upgrade its code to work with threaded comments. Probably both internal code and styling. Most fitting article I can find in docs is Migrating Plugins and Themes to 2.7/Enhanced Comment Display Plus there were major changes to comment form functionality … Read more
As Jan Fabry points out this is not possible by default as WordPress stores comments against post and post-like content and not the tags or organization of that content. That said, the template is so flexible that you could simple use the tag.php template to mimic this — using something like Disqus, JS-Kit/Echo or the … Read more
And I should have done some searching before asking. Looks like hooking the query might be the best way of doing this. Here’s a good answer from StackOverflow with practically the same question.
Your best bet might be simply to leave the comment in the moderation queue?
Simple-to-follow instructions would be something like: Install the Comment Form Quicktags Plugin But for some reason, you have specified that you want to do it “WITHOUT PLUGINS”. Further, you have specified “simple to follow instructions”. I do not believe your requirements are compatible. If you want “easy to follow instructions”, then use a Plugin. If … Read more
Disqus handles this use case.