Title: Anonymous Comment Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Anonymous Comment Problem

 *  Resolved [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I was customizing my WP theme, and then when I got to the comments, I posted 
   2 test comments and all I got was:
 * > Anonymous Says:
   >  at edit
 * Help! Is this a PHP error or something?
 * Thanks 🙂

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 *  Thread Starter [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796027)
 * Even when i edit it, its still the same
 *  [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/)
 * (@greenshady)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796032)
 * Is this when you’re logged in?
 * If so, go check to see what your user display name is.
 * **Edit**
    Hmm…rethinking this. If you’ve edited it, it should show up correctly.
 * What code are you using to show the commenter’s name?
 *  Thread Starter [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796037)
 * <?php comment_author_link() ?> + it doesnt show the comment or meta data
 *  Thread Starter [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796038)
 * this is the whole code for a comment
 *     ```
       <?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
   
       		<center>
               <div class="navigation">
       			<div class="header2"><b><?php comment_author_link() ?></b></div>
   
       		<div class="content">
   
       			<?php comment_text() ?>
                   </div>
   
                   <div class="details"><a href="#comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" title=""><?php comment_date('F jS, Y') ?> at <?php comment_time() ?></a> <?php edit_comment_link('edit','&nbsp;&nbsp;',''); ?></div>
   
       		</div>
   
              </center>
   
       	<?php endforeach; /* end for each comment */ ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796052)
 * Bump =D
 *  Thread Starter [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796057)
 * hello?
 *  [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/)
 * (@greenshady)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796063)
 * You know, bumping the thread up like this isn’t going to get you help any faster.
   Actually, it’s the quickest way to ** not** get help.
 * This should work:
 *     ```
       <?php comment_author_link(); ?>
       ```
   
 * Post a link to your blog, so someone can go test the comments.
 * You’ve yet to answer my question, “Is this when you’re logged in?”
 *  Thread Starter [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796125)
 * yes, login in and out
 * [http://www.big-show.net/wp-index.php](http://www.big-show.net/wp-index.php)
 * And sorry about the bumping, its just im really excited about using WP for my
   site 😀
 *  Thread Starter [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796129)
 * your comment isnt showing up… I’m guessing its a PHP error?
 *  [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/)
 * (@greenshady)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796130)
 * The problem isn’t what I thought you were saying. So, no comments are showing
   up at all is what’s happening.
 * The code you posted above isn’t the entire contents of your `comments.php` file
   is it?
 * I would try copying the contents of the Default theme over into your `comments.
   php` file to be sure there’s not a code problem there.
 * Then, if that still produces the same results, I’d start deactivating plugins.
 *  Thread Starter [shaibani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaibani/)
 * (@shaibani)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796131)
 * Ok thanks, i fixed it! It was from a phpbb recent topics plugin; thanks ;D

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-comment-problem/#post-796131)
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