Title: Comments not working: 404 error on wp-comments-post.php
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Comments not working: 404 error on wp-comments-post.php

 *  [nobboddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nobboddy/)
 * (@nobboddy)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-not-working-404-error-on-wp-comments-postphp/)
 * Hi all,
 * This is driving me crazy, so I will be very grateful for any advice. My web [http://eritja.com](http://eritja.com)
   was working OK after opening it five days ago. However, the comments system failed
   and I can’t see why.
 * What happens: users may enter their comments but they are not forwarded, the 
   form collapses nicely and shows again the comment with no error message and no
   further action. According to Firebug there is a 404 on wp-comments-post.php.
 * I have my WP install in a /wp/ folder but my site is defined on the root. Forcing
   comments.php to output Siteurl var, it shows correctly as “/wp”. However, the
   404 error message (originated a few code lines below, at the click of the ‘Submit’
   button) refers to a “/wp-comments-post.php” so that it searches the php file 
   in the root, where it is not found of course. Subsequent chained code files are
   also searched in that folder (giving subsequent error messages), as I can see
   by placing a copy of wp-comments-post.php in the root folder for testing.
 * Can’t understand why or who is looking for code in a place where it is not defined
   to be. My knowledge is limited, anyway. I have checked my root .htacces and index.
   php and they are ok; and if they were wrong, it would affect the whole site, 
   not only the comment section. Other sections are working nicely.
 * This is happening from a couple of days ago, it was previously working OK. The
   only thing that changed were probably a couple of activated/deactivated plugins
   in final web production.
 * Any help will be much appreciated!
 * Roger

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