Title: comments.php – Children Comments
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# comments.php – Children Comments

 *  [Baldtel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baldtel/)
 * (@baldtel)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-children-comments/)
 * Hi guys.
 * I need a bit of advice on my site, as I am having a few problems and I cannot
   seem to fix them. So I am wandering if someone can help me please.
 * Basically I built this theme myself and I am trying to work out why the children
   comments are not indenting or nesting correctly. Apparently it is not a CSS issue,
   but something wrong with the comments template or the template containing the
   comment’s php call. Its listing all the comments as if they are unique comments,
   even though some of them are child comments.
 * [http://bmdnewdesign.eighthqz.com/2011/02/20/this-is-a-test-post-see-how-we-go/](http://bmdnewdesign.eighthqz.com/2011/02/20/this-is-a-test-post-see-how-we-go/)
 * The other thing is I am trying to see what controls the size of the avatar. Is
   that a WP default size? if so where can it be located.
 * I am hoping someone can help me with this. This is my first build from scratch
   somewhere and I have come unstuck big time. 🙁
 * Is anyone alble to look at my code/templates and tell me what I have done?
 * Any help or links would be appreciated.
 * Terry

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 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-children-comments/#post-1964133)
 * Have you set the appropriate setting (Dashboard -> Settings -> Discussion) to
   display nested comments?
 * Customizing the size of the avatar is quite simple. Just pass an argument to `
   wp_list_comments()`. For example, if you want an 80x80px avatar:
 *     ```
       wp_list_comments( 'avatar_size=80' );
       ```
   
 * (I assume you are outputting comments via `wp_list_comments()`?)
 *  Thread Starter [Baldtel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baldtel/)
 * (@baldtel)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-children-comments/#post-1964173)
 * Hi.
 * Thanks for the info about the avatars.
 * As for the nested comments. Yeah, I have nested comments being displayed, but
   it is still not showing. As I said, I think it might be something to do with 
   the templates, but I am unsure about this. This is what someone else told me.
 * I’m banging my head on a brick wall about this.
 *  [Alwyn Botha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/123milliseconds/)
 * (@123milliseconds)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-children-comments/#post-1964194)
 * >>>Its listing all the comments as if they are unique comments, even though some
   of them are child comments.
 * [http://www.niharsworld.com/2008/12/16/how-to-implement-threaded-comments-in-wordpress-themes/](http://www.niharsworld.com/2008/12/16/how-to-implement-threaded-comments-in-wordpress-themes/)
 * [http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/adding-wordpress-27-threaded-comments-to-your-theme/](http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/adding-wordpress-27-threaded-comments-to-your-theme/)
 * —
 * Alternative
 * Download a theme that shows threaded comments and study their code
 *  [Alwyn Botha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/123milliseconds/)
 * (@123milliseconds)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-children-comments/#post-1964195)
 * Second guessing myself here
 * I think its css issue; maybe your coding is correct
 * If you install Firefox Firebug then when you visit your website you can immediately
   see the css styling plus line numbers for that comments
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-children-comments/#post-1964204)
 * What 123ms said: if you have the appropriate option (threaded comments) enabled,
   and you’re outputting comments via `wp_list_comments()`, then the issue is almost
   certainly CSS.

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-children-comments/#post-1964204)
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