Comments ain’t working though set up right

do you mean that it loads properly with the URL reads
/wordpress/index.php?p=#comments
but does not if you leave out the /wordpress?
Although I *am* a newbie, I will hazard a guess that your index.php is installed in a /wordpress subdirectory. Ok, that may be too obvious and not the answer you are looking for. Is the index.php working if you simply type that in for a URL without the /wordpress preceeding it? Have you done some sort of redirect using — I don’t know — .htaccess or something similar? Are there any other idiosyncracies to your set-up?

What do you mean by “the latest wordpress “?? Nighly?
If yes, please visit this:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/3/12916

Do you have rewrite rules set up for your site?

the mingus version….
the index is in the root with the abspath to wpcomments.php..
code is this:
<?php
/* Don’t remove this line. */
require(‘wordpress/wp-blog-header.php’);
?>
<? include(“header.php”) ?>
<?php wp_get_archives(‘type=monthly&format=link’); ?>
<?php //comments_popup_script(); // off by default ?>
<?php wp_head(); ?>
<?php if ($posts) : foreach ($posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php static $counter = 1; if ( $counter > “20” ) { break; } else { if ( in_category(2) && !$single ) { ?>
<?php the_date(”,'<h5>’,'</h5>’); ?><h6><div align=”right”>Posted by <?php the_author() ?></div></h6>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php include(ABSPATH . ‘wp-comments.php’); ?>
<?php comments_popup_link(__(‘Comments (0)’), __(‘Comments (1)’), __(‘Comments (%)’)); ?>
<?php $counter++; } } ?>
<?php endforeach; else: ?>
<?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<? include(“footer.php”) ?>
Wordpress is installed to /wordpress, index is in root, blog url is set to have the /wordpress in it.