Title: comments.php help
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# comments.php help

 *  [brianbattenfeld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianbattenfeld/)
 * (@brianbattenfeld)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-help/)
 * this should be quick to explain, but I’ve been confused a bit about customizing
   comments. I’ve read different articles and am getting confused by the similar
   terminology and file names: “comments template”, “comments-template.php”, “comments.
   php”, “comment.php” and so on. I need the output of my comments to be changed
   around (comment, then author, then date and so on), and don’t know where to edit
   this. I’ve heard “comments.php” but can’t find this file, but rather “comment.
   php”, and also heard people say it’s your comments template, but the “comments-
   template.php” file is so long I can’t find it, and I’m not sure this is even 
   what they’re referring to. Where do I look to change the output of individual
   comments? Please help.

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 *  [DudeThatsErin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dudethatserin/)
 * (@dudethatserin)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-help/#post-2220134)
 * You need to go into your template directory. There should be a file called, “
   comments.php” you open that up in your file editor, whether you are in the WP
   dashboard or not it doesn’t matter.
 * You need to find where it says the following
    `<?php // You can start editing
   here -- including this comment! ?>`
 * After that you can start editing. Everything after that shows the commentor’s
   name, url, comment, etc. You can also edit up the form to make it look different
   as well. All of that HTML code is in the “comments.php” file.

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 * [Comments](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comments/)
 * [comments template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comments-template/)
 * [template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/template/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [DudeThatsErin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dudethatserin/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/commentsphp-help/#post-2220134)
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