Title: Any tutorials for adding threaded comments that doesn’t have wp_list_comments()
Last modified: June 3, 2020

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# Any tutorials for adding threaded comments that doesn’t have wp_list_comments()

 *  [desbest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desbest/)
 * (@desbest)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-tutorials-for-adding-threaded-comments-that-doesnt-have-wp_list_comments/)
 * Hello
 * Do you have or know any step by step tutorials for adding threaded comments to
   wordpress themes that doesnt involve using wp_list_comments() so i can fully 
   customise the output?

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 *  Thread Starter [desbest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desbest/)
 * (@desbest)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-tutorials-for-adding-threaded-comments-that-doesnt-have-wp_list_comments/#post-12931951)
 * I’ve seen 2 tutorials online that use wp_list_comments() and they are not helpful
   for me because the themes I’m editing don’t use that.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years ago by [desbest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desbest/).
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-tutorials-for-adding-threaded-comments-that-doesnt-have-wp_list_comments/#post-12932746)
 * Well, there’s the problem. Any documentation to that end would depend upon what
   your theme specifically does. It’s infeasible to produce a step by step that 
   can apply to what ever any random theme chooses to do. Your best course of action
   may be to alter the theme to use wp_list_comments() instead of what they do now.
   Then the tutorials you found would be helpful.
 * If you do this, you shouldn’t directly alter theme templates. Keep your altered
   templates in a [child theme](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/).
 *  Thread Starter [desbest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desbest/)
 * (@desbest)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-tutorials-for-adding-threaded-comments-that-doesnt-have-wp_list_comments/#post-13021062)
 * But then I would lose the styling of the theme if I did that. The theme would
   look worse and be not usable. I am editing themes made years ago to improve them.
   The themes I’m editing are using
    foreach ($comments as $comment)
 * Does anyone know how to do threaded comments when the comments are being printed
   with a foreach loop?
 * If I have an example as a starting point, I should then know how to add threaded
   comments to existing themes which use foreach to print comments.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [desbest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desbest/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [desbest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desbest/).

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-tutorials-for-adding-threaded-comments-that-doesnt-have-wp_list_comments/#post-13021062)
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