Modify Comment Parent

Description

Sometimes when replying to a comment, I fail to reply and instead create a new
comment. This prevents the comment thread from displaying properly. In the
past, I’ve fixed this directly in the database. This plugin, allows me to fix
it from the backend comment edit screen.

There are other plugins with similar functionality, however they either worked differently than I prefer or included additional functionality. One of these other plugins may meet your needs better.

• Change Comment Parent allows you to modify the parent comment by clicking on the comments on the front-end.
• Yoast Comment Hacks includes many different pieces of comment related functionality, this is one of them.

Image Credit

Pixabay

Author

Built by Sal Ferrarello / @salcode

Screenshots

Installation

1. Install plugin from WordPress plugin repository https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/
2. Activate Stop Emails through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Manual Installation

1. Upload the entire stop-emails directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate Stop Emails through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

mu-plugin Installation

1. If the directory wp-content/mu-plugins/ does not exist, create it.
2. Upload the single file modify-comment-parent.php to the wp-content/mu-plugins/ directory

FAQ

What if I assign a parent ID that does not exist?

The comment will not appear.

What if I assign a parent ID for a comment on another post?

The comment will not appear.

How do I remove the parent ID?

You can either delete the parent ID entirely or set it to zero.

Where can I report a bug?

Please report bugs at https://github.com/salcode/modify-comment-parent/issues

Reviews

work as expected, finally!

Salvatore Noschese November 23, 2023

about comments parent issue, I wrote a topic here: www.ads-software.com/support/topic/any-way-to-move-comments/#post-17222049 finally, fixed with this plugin.

Simple, light and very effective!

Annonnimmo September 15, 2021

All my compliments to the coder of this little handy plugin. You avoid to me to argue with WordPress database, thank you. I hope you’ll keep this plugin simple (and updated, only when will be necessary). UPDATE: Also with Wordpress 5.8.x it works perfectly!

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.0.2

• Replace FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING with FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW (#2)

1.0.1

• Increase text input box width. Previously, it was too narrow for large numbers.

1.0.0

• Initial release.