Title: WordPress remove comment_form( 'cancel_reply_link' )?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WordPress remove comment_form( 'cancel_reply_link' )?

 *  Resolved [Cory.Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corynickerson/)
 * (@corynickerson)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remove-comment_form-cancel_reply_link/)
 * Customizing my comment templates and I’m working with the `comment_form` function.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_form](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_form)
 * It seems easy enough to remove some things such as the text below the form that
   says “you may use these tags and attributes” and other things by overwritting
   the defaults with blank values. However it doesn’t let you remove the `cancel_reply_link`
   from the template as removing its value from the array still makes it display
   the default.
 *     ```
       <?php
           comment_form(
               array(
                   'comment_notes_after'   => '',
                   'title_reply'           => '',
                   'comment_field'         => '<textarea id="comment" name="comment" aria-required="true" placeholder="Leave a comment..."></textarea>',
                   'logged_in_as'          => '',
                   'cancel_reply_link'     => ''
               )
           );
       ?>
       ```
   
 * As you can see the `cancel_reply_link` is left empty, but it will still output
   the following HTML before my comment textarea.
 *     ```
       <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">
           <small>
               <a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/websites/wordpress/post-6/comment-page-1/#respond">Click here to cancel reply.</a>
           </small>
       </h3>
       ```
   
 * How can i remove this h3 and its content?
 * The reason I want it removed is so I can simply add a “cancel” button next to
   the “submit” button below the textarea when people are replying to others comments.
 * Thanks.
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/Gsjdi)

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 *  [discoparrot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/discoparrot/)
 * (@discoparrot)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remove-comment_form-cancel_reply_link/#post-5818581)
 * I was just searching for the answer to the very same problem. I want to move 
   it under the submit. I haven’t had any luck, but I’ll let you know if I do.
 * Frustrating!
 *  Thread Starter [Cory.Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corynickerson/)
 * (@corynickerson)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remove-comment_form-cancel_reply_link/#post-5818648)
 * I think I’m just going to make a new function rewriting the default function 
   for this. Will post it if I do.
 *  Thread Starter [Cory.Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corynickerson/)
 * (@corynickerson)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remove-comment_form-cancel_reply_link/#post-5818652)
 * Okay so if you are using the `<?php comment_form(); ?>` function in your template
   to display the comment form and adjusting the variables within the array to change
   things, just replace it with this.
 *     ```
       <form action="<?php echo get_bloginfo( 'url' ); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form">
       	<textarea id="comment" name="comment" aria-required="true" placeholder="Leave a comment..."></textarea>
       	<p class="form-submit">
       		<input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="submit" value="Post Comment" />
       		<input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo get_the_ID(); ?>" id="comment_post_ID" />
       		<input type="hidden" name="comment_parent" id="comment_parent" value="<?php if ( isset( $_GET['replytocom'] ) ) { echo $_GET['replytocom']; } else { echo 0; } ?>" />
       	</p>
       	<?php wp_comment_form_unfiltered_html_nonce(); ?>
       </form>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Cory.Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corynickerson/)
 * (@corynickerson)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remove-comment_form-cancel_reply_link/#post-5818653)
 * test. its not letting me past code.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remove-comment_form-cancel_reply_link/#post-5818654)
 * Your posts were getting caught in the spam filter – I just fished them out.
 *  Thread Starter [Cory.Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corynickerson/)
 * (@corynickerson)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remove-comment_form-cancel_reply_link/#post-5818656)
 * What was I doing wrong? for reference.
 *  Thread Starter [Cory.Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corynickerson/)
 * (@corynickerson)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-remove-comment_form-cancel_reply_link/#post-5818657)
 * Edit: this is working good now.
 *     ```
       <?php
       	comment_form(
       		array(
       			'comment_notes_after'	=> '',
       			'title_reply'				=> '',
       			'comment_field'			=> '<textarea id="comment" name="comment" aria-required="true" placeholder="Leave a comment..."></textarea>',
       			'logged_in_as'				=> '',
       			'cancel_reply_link'		=> ''
       		)
       	);
       ?>
       ```
   
 * I replaced this line in `comments.php` with the following:
 *     ```
       <div id="respond" class="comment-respond">
       	<form action="<?php echo get_bloginfo( 'url' ); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form">
       		<textarea id="comment" name="comment" aria-required="true" placeholder="Leave a comment..."></textarea>
       		<p class="form-submit">
       			<input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="submit" value="Post Comment" />
       			<?php if ( $_GET['replytocom'] != 0 ) : ?>
       				<a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" class="button" href="/websites/wordpress/post-6/#respond">Cancel Reply</a>
       			<?php else : ?>
       				<a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" class="button" href="/websites/wordpress/post-6/#respond" style="display: none;">Cancel Reply</a>
       			<?php endif; ?>
       			<input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo get_the_ID(); ?>" id="comment_post_ID" />
       			<input type="hidden" name="comment_parent" id="comment_parent" value="<?php if ( isset( $_GET['replytocom'] ) ) { echo $_GET['replytocom']; } else { echo 0; } ?>" />
       		</p>
       		<?php wp_comment_form_unfiltered_html_nonce(); ?>
       	</form>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * Works great
 * Screenshot of how it looks.
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/oVf6kvM)

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