Title: Cannot post comments
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Cannot post comments

 *  [pearlanddotty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pearlanddotty/)
 * (@pearlanddotty)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/)
 * When I attempt to post comments on my site, I get the following message:
 * Error: This file cannot be used on its own.
 * Any idea why this is happening? My sister, who is another user, is still able
   to comment as usual.

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 *  [JNeal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jneal/)
 * (@jneal)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/#post-394151)
 * I am having the exact problem.
 *  [catryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catryan/)
 * (@catryan)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/#post-394269)
 * I have just upgraded from 1.5.3 to 2.0.2. Everything else works except the comments.
   All my old comments remain, but no one can post new comments. When I click on
   the comment button, it just opens the same site page again.
 *  Thread Starter [pearlanddotty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pearlanddotty/)
 * (@pearlanddotty)
 * [19 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/#post-394714)
 * There must be some sort of filter at my work, because I can post comments from
   my home computer just fine.
 *  [syntax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syntax/)
 * (@syntax)
 * [19 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/#post-394715)
 * there are a small handful of people i know who get the exact same error.
 *  [tobrien1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobrien1/)
 * (@tobrien1)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/#post-394716)
 * Hi Catryan,
 * I went up to 2.0.3 last week and like you am getting the same behaviour – noone
   can post a comment.
 * Haven’t found a solution/explanation yet but will keep on plugging away!
 *  [tobrien1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobrien1/)
 * (@tobrien1)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/#post-394717)
 * As per above, I’ve just stepped through the code and found the problem symptom
   in comments.php:
    Line 70 comments.php <?php if ( get_option(‘comment_registration’)&&!
   $user_ID ) : ?> You must be /wp-login.php?redirect_to=<?php the_permalink(); ?
   >”>logged in to post a comment. <?php else : ?>
 * As you can see above, the variable user_ID is the culprit (although I also took
   the redirect to the permalink in the login url below this code – it never allowed
   you to login and just threw you back to the permalink).
 * Even when someone goes and logs in, when they navigate back to a particular post,
   the user_ID variable is not set and as a result they could never post.
 * As a stop gap solution, I have edited out this code to allow for user comments.
 * All the best,
    Tom
 *  [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/#post-394718)
 * Would this be classified as a bug, then? Maybe something that can be changed 
   in the future?

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 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-post-comments-1/#post-394718)
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