Title: WordPress comments & Facebook Comments box
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress comments & Facebook Comments box

 *  Resolved [yuravw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yuravw/)
 * (@yuravw)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/)
 * I want the wordpress comments and the facebook comments under a blog post. But
   I can not turn them both on. Can anyone help?
    [http://www.paradepaard.nl/](http://www.paradepaard.nl/)
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/)

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 *  [crossx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossx/)
 * (@crossx)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213304)
 * Remove the css_hide function inside comments file or delete the display:none;
   under hide.min.css file
 *  Thread Starter [yuravw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yuravw/)
 * (@yuravw)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213321)
 * Where can I find these… I don’t understand.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Niall Kennedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niallkennedy/)
 * (@niallkennedy)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213323)
 * The [Facebook Comments Box](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments/)
   is meant as a replacement for WordPress comments. New comments submitted through
   Comments Box are stored on Facebook servers; WordPress comments stored on your
   server are not synchronized.
 * By default most themes list existing comments for the post and invite new comments
   in a comments form. Displaying two comment submission areas (WordPress and Facebook
   Comments Box) could lead to visitor confusion.
 * The plugin loads [a CSS file to hide existing comments](http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/facebook/tags/1.1.5/static/css/hide-wp-comments.css)
   and the comments form.
 *  [sophistry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sophistry/)
 * (@sophistry)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213324)
 * any reason why the 1.1.5 version overrides the comments_number() customization
   i have in my theme? specifically, i use three params
    `comments_number('0','1','%')`
 * and the fb plugin seems to write its own version adding Comments as a string…
 * why?
 * thx
 *  Plugin Contributor [Niall Kennedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niallkennedy/)
 * (@niallkennedy)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213325)
 * sophistry: Facebook Comments Box stores comments on Facebook, not on WordPress.
   The comments_number function supports customizing text for no comments, one comment,
   or more than one comment. The Facebook comments number is filled in by the Facebook
   JavaScript SDK based on a special comments-count element added to the page.
 * [The comments_number function](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.4.2/wp-includes/comment-template.php#L562)
   would always evaluate based on a comments number of zero. The Facebook JavaScript
   SDK is able to fill-in a value after the page has loaded, which best matches 
   the __(‘% Comments’) default of WordPress for the outputted number.
 *  [vishnudath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vishnudath/)
 * (@vishnudath)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213328)
 * Niall : i want to display both WP comments and FB comments and i want to remove
   FB comments number (if possible)
 * can you please help me in this issue.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Niall Kennedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niallkennedy/)
 * (@niallkennedy)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213329)
 * sophistry: you may now customize the text through the `facebook_comments_number_more`
   filter. Default remains the translated string “% Comments”
 *  Plugin Contributor [Niall Kennedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niallkennedy/)
 * (@niallkennedy)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213330)
 * vishnudath: Facebook affects comments numbers by acting on filters. You can call
   [remove_filter](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_filter) 
   from your code.
    [http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/facebook/tags/1.1.8/facebook.php#L228](http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/facebook/tags/1.1.8/facebook.php#L228)
 *  [vishnudath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vishnudath/)
 * (@vishnudath)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213331)
 * Niall : is it possible show both WP and FB comments ?
 *  [crossx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossx/)
 * (@crossx)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213333)
 * vishnudath, yes is possible to show both comments form
 *  [vishnudath](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vishnudath/)
 * (@vishnudath)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213334)
 * crossX : but how, when i’m activating FB Comments it is automatically hiding 
   all existing WP comments and WP comment form.
 *  [JoshLovesIt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshlovesit/)
 * (@joshlovesit)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213344)
 * I see both FB comments box and the WP comment form, but I can’t figure out how
   to put the FB box first on the page. Any ideas?
 *  [crossx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossx/)
 * (@crossx)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213345)
 * [@josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh/)
 * place the code over the comment_form(); function in comments.php file.
 *  [lwnmag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lwnmag/)
 * (@lwnmag)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-comments-facebook-comments-box/#post-3213346)
 * Please can someone tell me how exactly should i do to display both facebook comment
   and wp comments on a post? i successfull did it but when someone try to post 
   a comment through “wp form” it returns a notification: “Comments are closed”
   
   But Facebook comments are working fine. Thank You

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