WordPress.com Forums » Topic: my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok WordPress.com Forums » Topic: my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok en Thu, 23 May 2013 13:31:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 panaghiotisadam on "my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok#post-320542 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:16:27 +0000 panaghiotisadam 320542@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @Jennifer: It also implies the reverse, i.e. that maybe the allow option in the Settings wasn't checked till very recently. (If I remember well, changing that setting will only affect new posts, not posts already published under a don't-allow-comments status.)

]]> justjennifer on "my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok#post-320539 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:56:33 +0000 justjennifer 320539@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ True, but pan's suggestion also implies that you've clicked each post to disallow comments on that post.

If you haven't done this, and as your first post suggests this was a recent change, I would recommend contacting Support directly with the problem. http://support.wordpress.com/contact/

]]> machetera on "my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok#post-320392 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:54:46 +0000 machetera 320392@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay, the override suggested by panaghiotisadam seems to have worked. Now I guess I just have to pull up posts individually to fix the problem. Thanks.

justjennifer, there is nothing checked on the "automatically close comments on articles older than x days"

]]> panaghiotisadam on "my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok#post-320382 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:57:48 +0000 panaghiotisadam 320382@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Also check the "Allow Comments" option in the Discussion module of the post editor: it overrides the general setting.

]]> justjennifer on "my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok#post-320377 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:43:08 +0000 justjennifer 320377@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Under "Settings>Discussion" is there anything under the "Automatically close comments on articles older than X days"?

]]> machetera on "my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok#post-320375 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:35:20 +0000 machetera 320375@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ sorry, I thought that came through automatically when I posted my question.

It is: http://machetera.wordpress.com

]]> justjennifer on "my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok#post-320372 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:26:57 +0000 justjennifer 320372@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ A link to your WordPress.COM blog might be in order, starting with http://

]]> machetera on "my readers can't leave comments but the settings are ok" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-readers-cant-leave-comments-but-the-settings-are-ok#post-320370 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:24:25 +0000 machetera 320370@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ A reader just wrote to me asking how to leave a comment, and the comment box seems to have disappeared from beneath the posts. Which might explain the lack of comments lately. I checked the settings/discussion and the box is checked to allow comments, so what is the problem?

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