Title: [Plugin: Better WordPress Recent Comments] problem with comment link
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Better WordPress Recent Comments] problem with comment link

 *  Resolved [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * (@electrolund)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wordpress-recent-comments-problem-with-comment-link/)
 * For some reason, the template use of %link% is returning links formatted like
   this:
 * [http://yoursite.com/path/postname/comment-page-1/](http://yoursite.com/path/postname/comment-page-1/)
 * …instead of a permalink to that comment.
 * I’m using the Thematic Theme framework if that matters. Is this some sort of 
   comment grouping problem?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bwp-recent-comments/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bwp-recent-comments/)

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 *  Thread Starter [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * (@electrolund)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wordpress-recent-comments-problem-with-comment-link/#post-2860046)
 * Hmm, I see it’s because I have the comment pagination setting in WordPress set.
 * However, it’s a shame that the permalink can’t go to the comment page, AND to
   the comment. For instance, a format like this:
 * `http://yoursite.com/path/postname/comment-page-3/#comment-95492`
 *  Plugin Author [Khang Minh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oddoneout/)
 * (@oddoneout)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wordpress-recent-comments-problem-with-comment-link/#post-2860112)
 * What is your current setting? I have #comment-ID here without issue.
 *  Thread Starter [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * (@electrolund)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wordpress-recent-comments-problem-with-comment-link/#post-2860135)
 * Thanks for the help, OddOneOut. I’m not sure where that variable is on the BWP
   RC template settings page. There’s a %comment_number% referred to with comment
   grouping, which seems like what I’m doing. Yet, only the template for non-grouped
   is affecting the output.
 * I tried using this format href=”%comment_number%”, but this didn’t output anything
   other that my site root. I also tried a combination: %link%%comment_number%, 
   but this too was no good.
 * Here’s my site where this is running:
 * [http://blog.cbeinternational.org/](http://blog.cbeinternational.org/)
 *  Thread Starter [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * (@electrolund)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wordpress-recent-comments-problem-with-comment-link/#post-2860277)
 * OddOneOut, this appears to be a problem with the Thematic theme. I switched it
   to the WP Twenty Eleven and now your shortcode %link% works fine. Hmm, I will
   have to investigate over on those forums.
 * But before I leave, can you tell me what function your plugin is calling that
   Thematic doesn’t understand?
 *  Thread Starter [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * (@electrolund)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wordpress-recent-comments-problem-with-comment-link/#post-2860294)
 * Well this is funny. As of today, my comment links are now working. I see them
   in the expected form:
 * [http://blogsite.com/2012/06/post-title/comment-page-1/#comment-96453](http://blogsite.com/2012/06/post-title/comment-page-1/#comment-96453)
 * Trying to think what changed up until now… I installed the Move WordPress Comments
   plugin. Not too much else except for some (supposedly) unrelated functions.php
   work last night. Whatevs.
 *  Thread Starter [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * (@electrolund)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wordpress-recent-comments-problem-with-comment-link/#post-2860304)
 * Funny again, now those links seem not to work. Very, very odd. Not sure what’s
   happening in between these times I’m checking.

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 * [Better WordPress Recent Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-recent-comments/)
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 * Last reply from: [electrolund](https://wordpress.org/support/users/electrolund/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wordpress-recent-comments-problem-with-comment-link/#post-2860304)
 * Status: resolved