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shareyourpeace
shareyourpeace
3,244 Points
Posted by shareyourpeace
shareyourpeace
3,244 Points

When I comment out the php code to remove comments, the comment_template (); the comment text box is still visible.

In page.php,

<?php // comments_ template();  ?>

But the comment text box is still visible.

I then deleted the entire line of code but the comment text box is still visible.

2 Answers

Pol Martin
Pol Martin
8,200 Points
Pol Martin
Pol Martin
8,200 Points

Hi there,

if you removed the whole line and comments still appear, it is most likely that page.php is not the template used for this particular case.

It may be using a more specific template instead of the generic page.php

Check the Wordpress Codex for more info about Template Hierarchy:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

shareyourpeace
shareyourpeace
3,244 Points
shareyourpeace
shareyourpeace
3,244 Points

Thanks Pol. I will try this.

Josh Lipton
Josh Lipton
13,255 Points
Josh Lipton
Josh Lipton
13,255 Points

I had the same problem. I was able to apply the edit to the file single.php to get the comments to stop showing.