Title: Missing Comment Box
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Missing Comment Box

 *  Resolved [ModernMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernman/)
 * (@modernman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/)
 * Hello, my website, [averageaccountant.com](http://averageaccountant.com) does
   not have any comment boxes at the bottom of the post I have made. I have tried
   to disable all of my plug-ins but the comment boxes do not come back.
 * In my single.php, I have the following code:
 * endwhile;
    mh_after_post_content(); comments_template(); endif; ?> </div> <?php
   get_sidebar(); ?> </div> <?php get_footer(); ?>
 * Only my most recent post has the comment box at the bottom. I have also tried
   to install the Jetpack comments and Discuz but there is still no comments on 
   the bottom of my posts.
 * I have absolutely no idea what to do. I have also tried different browsers and
   different computers and I am still stuck with this issue.
 * Please help. Thank you.

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 *  [ashiquzzaman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashiquzzaman/)
 * (@ashiquzzaman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513469)
 * instead of `comments_template();` add `<?php comments_template(); ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [ModernMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernman/)
 * (@modernman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513555)
 * Thanks for the reply, however, I have read that on another thread. I have just
   tried it again and I still get this error when I go to a post:
 * **Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home2/jbrauer/public_html/wp-
   content/themes/mh-magazine-lite/single.php on line 14**
 * I change it back to the other line and then I can view the post again.
 *  Thread Starter [ModernMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernman/)
 * (@modernman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513559)
 * Another thing I was wondering is if there is a comment box on only my most recent
   posts (yes, I have checked my settings and went to see if the box was checked
   under discussion below screen options) do you think that the issue is related
   to the code? I have tried other themes but there still is not comment boxes so
   I don’t think it is theme specific.
 *  [ashiquzzaman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashiquzzaman/)
 * (@ashiquzzaman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513571)
 * Could you kindly change to WordPress default theme like Twentyfifteen and see
   if there’s comment box or not ?
 *  Thread Starter [ModernMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernman/)
 * (@modernman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513576)
 * Yes I have tried that and the same occurs; there is only a comment box on the
   most recent post.
 *  Thread Starter [ModernMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernman/)
 * (@modernman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513577)
 * Also, this has happened a few days ago as well. What I did was copy and paste
   the posts to new posts. After I have done that, the comment boxes were there.
   Then they have disappeared after a couple of days. Don’t know if there may be
   something triggering this or after a while they just disappear for one reason
   or another.
 *  [ashiquzzaman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashiquzzaman/)
 * (@ashiquzzaman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513578)
 * Could be a 4.3 issue(not sure though)
 *  Thread Starter [ModernMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernman/)
 * (@modernman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513580)
 * Ok, thank you for trying.
 *  Thread Starter [ModernMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modernman/)
 * (@modernman)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-comment-box-1/#post-6513590)
 * SO I have fixed my issue FYI.
 * The reason why my comments seemed like they disappearing on my posts after awhile
   is because in the Discussion setting under Settings, there was a box that was
   checked that said to close discussions older than 1 day. I also noticed if I 
   made a post and put it to the date of the original post, the comment box would
   disappear again. This is the reason why.
 * Thanks for helping.

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