Title: Comments not posting – blank wp-comments-post.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Comments not posting – blank wp-comments-post.php

 *  [fembat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fembat/)
 * (@fembat)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-posting-blank-wp-comments-postphp/)
 * Strange phenomenon. Installed wordpress as normall, but comments are not working
   and it stalls at a blank wp-comments-post.php.
 * Have looked through the support forums and tried some of the suggestions but 
   nothing seems to work – can anyone advise?

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 *  [jean-luke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jean-luke/)
 * (@jean-luke)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-posting-blank-wp-comments-postphp/#post-506853)
 * I have found that any Apache re-writes does this. I have all HTTP requests to
   the wordpress and wp-admin directories rewritten to HTTPS and had the same issue.
   I did this to force login with SSL, and then have all the other directories rewritten
   back to HTTP.
 * I fixed it by putting the “WordPress address (URL)” to “[https://www.mysite.tld/blogpath&#8221](https://www.mysite.tld/blogpath&#8221);
   in the options. (Note the httpS)
 *  [standsalone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/standsalone/)
 * (@standsalone)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-posting-blank-wp-comments-postphp/#post-506861)
 * Thanks for the help, Jean-Luke. This put me on the right path to solving my own
   problem as well. I set up my host to take out the www in front of my site, and
   assumed that it would do it as well for wordpress. Not so much the case. I just
   took out the www on the options page and it worked.
 * I’ve been fiddling with php all weekend and all it took was a visit to the options
   page.
 * Thanks!
    brie
 *  [jean-luke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jean-luke/)
 * (@jean-luke)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-posting-blank-wp-comments-postphp/#post-506862)
 * Don’t feel stupid… it took me several days to figure it out!!
 * Since the last post, I’ve re-jigged the Apache rewrites so only calls to wp-login.
   php are forced to HTTPS and all others are rewritten to HTTP. I then put the “
   WordPress address (URL)” back to plain old HTTP and everything is still working.
 * It means I am now using SSL only for the login process and nothing else… as it
   should be to keep the server load as low as possible.
 *  [cctech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cctech/)
 * (@cctech)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-posting-blank-wp-comments-postphp/#post-506933)
 * We are having the same (or similar, at least) issues w/ comments on our blog.
   Until about 3 months ago we were getting comments fine – no problems at all. 
   All of a sudden, no comments, no email saying there is a comment awaiting moderation–
   nothing. Post a comment and it hangs on /wp-comment-post.php.
 * Akismet is catching all sorts of spam comments (on a daily basis) and holding
   them, but no legitimate comments are even being held.
 * It appears that if one is logged in, they can comment w/ no problems.
 * This is by far the best topic that I have found for this issue, but I am not 
   sure about the .htaccess necessary and what it should state.
 * Help me, Obi Wan! [crystalcoasttech.com/blog](http://crystalcoasttech.com/blog)
 *  [jtreiber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jtreiber/)
 * (@jtreiber)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-posting-blank-wp-comments-postphp/#post-506948)
 * I am still having problems with this. A reader of my blog just emailed me telling
   me that he doesn’t think his comment posted due to a bland screen after he tried
   to post his comments on [http://www.jonathantreiber.com/wp-comments-post.php](http://www.jonathantreiber.com/wp-comments-post.php).
 * I tried to make the edits to the WordPress Address (URL) as mentioned about but
   nothing seems to work. Please help.
 * JT
 *  [nephronim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nephronim/)
 * (@nephronim)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-posting-blank-wp-comments-postphp/#post-506949)
 * hey,
    in the last week i have been having the same problem-ish, when i try to
   leave a comment or someone who is not logged in tries to leave a comment, wordpress
   doesnt recognise the comment and just brings me back to the same screen as if
   i havent made the comment. i have posted elsewhere but i have not gotten any 
   responce so far. Can anybody here be of help to me? [http://andy.ie/type](http://andy.ie/type)

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