how to move comment that was nested in error

  • Resolved ejm

    (@llizard)


    1 year, 3 months ago

    I have enabled threaded comments on my wordpress. Someone recently “replied to” when it should be a brand new comment. I have searched as best I can, but suspect that I need to know the answer before asking the question in a search of the documentation.

    Without using a plugin, how do I move the comment up one level from “reply to”? I hope that made sense!

    Thank you.

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  • Hi, I don’t know if there is an easier way to do that than accessing the database but you can go into your databasetable wp_comments and then set the comment parent to null on this comment

    Thread Starter ejm

    (@llizard)

    Thank you, !Benni. I was hoping there was a way from the admin area of wp, but if going into the database itself is the only option, that will have to do.

    I’m going to leave this as “unresolved” just in case someone knows a better way.

    Hi, I have found a plugin that makes modifying the comment parent possible in the admin area: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/modify-comment-parent/

    Thread Starter ejm

    (@llizard)

    Thanks for finding that, !Benni. Others may find this plugin useful. (I am not wild about installing a plugin just for this; I don’t get enough comments to make it worthwhile.)

    Going directly into the databasetable did the trick. Still, it would be handier if there were a place in the comments area of WP-admin where this could be done.

    With reluctance, I’ll mark this question as resolved.

    I wouldn’t install a plugin for that too.

    You are right, maybe this should even be included into the core. And you can start that change! I suggest you to go to Core Trac (Ticket Tracker) and create a new ticket. Developers will give feedback if the feature request is valid or not and if it is they will implement it into core.

    Thread Starter ejm

    (@llizard)

    Thank you, !Benni. I have created a ticket and hope that I filled everything in correctly. Fingers crossed….

    Hi,

    I’ve seen your ticket, I have searched for duplicates before encouraging you to write a new ticket but because the initial ticket is so old I could not find it.

    If you really want to start this change I recommend you to join the WordPress slack channel, it is a chat where WordPress users can connect and discuss topics.

    You can either just join the #core slack channel and write a message where you mention the ticket or you can wait for the next #core team meeting which is on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 9:00 pm (UTC+01:00) and mention your ticket there ??

    This way you can get attention from developers that are interested on implementing this feature.

    Thread Starter ejm

    (@llizard)

    re: “If you really want to start this change I recommend you to join the WordPress slack channel, […snip…] and mention your ticket there.”

    Because I am not a programmer, and considering that there has been little attention from developers interested on implementing this feature in 13 years since someone first placed the ticket, and the sporadic replies offering solutions or stating that this is indeed a good idea (indicating statistically that there must be others wanting this improvement to the WP core), I confess that I’m not sure that I’m ready for the disappointment when/if nothing happens again.

    If there is a mis-threaded comment on my WP again, I will probably just resort to delving into the database as you suggested. Thank you again, !Benni, for pointing to that plugin-free solution.

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