comment_form() WordPress Function
The comment_form() function enables your visitors to leave comments on your Wordpress site. This function must be called in thecomments.php template file within the loop. It will display a form for the user to fill out and submit when they are finished. The form will include the following fields: name, email, website, and comment. Once the user has filled out the form and clicks the submit button, their comment will be added to the Wordpress site.
comment_form( array $args = array(), int|WP_Post $post_id = null ) #
Outputs a complete commenting form for use within a template.
Description
Most strings and form fields may be controlled through the $args
array passed into the function, while you may also choose to use the ‘comment_form_default_fields’ filter to modify the array of default fields if you’d just like to add a new one or remove a single field. All fields are also individually passed through a filter of the ‘comment_form_field_$name’ where $name
is the key used in the array of fields.
Parameters
- $args
(array)(Optional)Default arguments and form fields to override.
- 'fields'
(array) Default comment fields, filterable by default via the 'comment_form_default_fields' hook.- 'author'
(string) Comment author field HTML. - 'email'
(string) Comment author email field HTML. - 'url'
(string) Comment author URL field HTML. - 'cookies'
(string) Comment cookie opt-in field HTML.
- 'author'
- 'comment_field'
(string) The comment textarea field HTML. - 'must_log_in'
(string) HTML element for a 'must be logged in to comment' message. - 'logged_in_as'
(string) HTML element for a 'logged in as [user]' message. - 'comment_notes_before'
(string) HTML element for a message displayed before the comment fields if the user is not logged in. Default 'Your email address will not be published.'. - 'comment_notes_after'
(string) HTML element for a message displayed after the textarea field. - 'action'
(string) The comment form element action attribute. Default '/wp-comments-post.php'. - 'id_form'
(string) The comment form element id attribute. Default 'commentform'. - 'id_submit'
(string) The comment submit element id attribute. Default 'submit'. - 'class_container'
(string) The comment form container class attribute. Default 'comment-respond'. - 'class_form'
(string) The comment form element class attribute. Default 'comment-form'. - 'class_submit'
(string) The comment submit element class attribute. Default 'submit'. - 'name_submit'
(string) The comment submit element name attribute. Default 'submit'. - 'title_reply'
(string) The translatable 'reply' button label. Default 'Leave a Reply'. - 'title_reply_to'
(string) The translatable 'reply-to' button label. Default 'Leave a Reply to %s', where %s is the author of the comment being replied to. - 'title_reply_before'
(string) HTML displayed before the comment form title. Default:<h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">
. - 'title_reply_after'
(string) HTML displayed after the comment form title. Default:</h3>
. - 'cancel_reply_before'
(string) HTML displayed before the cancel reply link. - 'cancel_reply_after'
(string) HTML displayed after the cancel reply link. - 'cancel_reply_link'
(string) The translatable 'cancel reply' button label. Default 'Cancel reply'. - 'label_submit'
(string) The translatable 'submit' button label. Default 'Post a comment'. - 'submit_button'
(string) HTML format for the Submit button. Default:<input name="%1$s" type="submit" id="%2$s" class="%3$s" value="%4$s" />
. - 'submit_field'
(string) HTML format for the markup surrounding the Submit button and comment hidden fields. Default:<p class="form-submit">%1$s %2$s</p>
, where %1$s is the submit button markup and %2$s is the comment hidden fields. - 'format'
(string) The comment form format. Default 'xhtml'. Accepts 'xhtml', 'html5'.
Default value: array()
- 'fields'
- $post_id
(int|WP_Post)(Optional)Post ID or WP_Post object to generate the form for. Default current post.
Default value: null
Source
File: wp-includes/comment-template.php
function comment_form( $args = array(), $post_id = null ) { if ( null === $post_id ) { $post_id = get_the_ID(); } // Exit the function when comments for the post are closed. if ( ! comments_open( $post_id ) ) { /** * Fires after the comment form if comments are closed. * * @since 3.0.0 */ do_action( 'comment_form_comments_closed' ); return; } $commenter = wp_get_current_commenter(); $user = wp_get_current_user(); $user_identity = $user->exists() ? $user->display_name : ''; $args = wp_parse_args( $args ); if ( ! isset( $args['format'] ) ) { $args['format'] = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'comment-form' ) ? 'html5' : 'xhtml'; } $req = get_option( 'require_name_email' ); $html5 = 'html5' === $args['format']; // Define attributes in HTML5 or XHTML syntax. $required_attribute = ( $html5 ? ' required' : ' required="required"' ); $checked_attribute = ( $html5 ? ' checked' : ' checked="checked"' ); // Identify required fields visually. $required_indicator = ' <span class="required" aria-hidden="true">*</span>'; $fields = array( 'author' => sprintf( '<p class="comment-form-author">%s %s</p>', sprintf( '<label for="author">%s%s</label>', __( 'Name' ), ( $req ? $required_indicator : '' ) ), sprintf( '<input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="%s" size="30" maxlength="245"%s />', esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ), ( $req ? $required_attribute : '' ) ) ), 'email' => sprintf( '<p class="comment-form-email">%s %s</p>', sprintf( '<label for="email">%s%s</label>', __( 'Email' ), ( $req ? $required_indicator : '' ) ), sprintf( '<input id="email" name="email" %s value="%s" size="30" maxlength="100" aria-describedby="email-notes"%s />', ( $html5 ? 'type="email"' : 'type="text"' ), esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_email'] ), ( $req ? $required_attribute : '' ) ) ), 'url' => sprintf( '<p class="comment-form-url">%s %s</p>', sprintf( '<label for="url">%s</label>', __( 'Website' ) ), sprintf( '<input id="url" name="url" %s value="%s" size="30" maxlength="200" />', ( $html5 ? 'type="url"' : 'type="text"' ), esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] ) ) ), ); if ( has_action( 'set_comment_cookies', 'wp_set_comment_cookies' ) && get_option( 'show_comments_cookies_opt_in' ) ) { $consent = empty( $commenter['comment_author_email'] ) ? '' : $checked_attribute; $fields['cookies'] = sprintf( '<p class="comment-form-cookies-consent">%s %s</p>', sprintf( '<input id="wp-comment-cookies-consent" name="wp-comment-cookies-consent" type="checkbox" value="yes"%s />', $consent ), sprintf( '<label for="wp-comment-cookies-consent">%s</label>', __( 'Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.' ) ) ); // Ensure that the passed fields include cookies consent. if ( isset( $args['fields'] ) && ! isset( $args['fields']['cookies'] ) ) { $args['fields']['cookies'] = $fields['cookies']; } } $required_text = sprintf( /* translators: %s: Asterisk symbol (*). */ ' <span class="required-field-message" aria-hidden="true">' . __( 'Required fields are marked %s' ) . '</span>', trim( $required_indicator ) ); /** * Filters the default comment form fields. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param string[] $fields Array of the default comment fields. */ $fields = apply_filters( 'comment_form_default_fields', $fields ); $defaults = array( 'fields' => $fields, 'comment_field' => sprintf( '<p class="comment-form-comment">%s %s</p>', sprintf( '<label for="comment">%s%s</label>', _x( 'Comment', 'noun' ), $required_indicator ), '<textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="65525"' . $required_attribute . '></textarea>' ), 'must_log_in' => sprintf( '<p class="must-log-in">%s</p>', sprintf( /* translators: %s: Login URL. */ __( 'You must be <a href="%s">logged in</a> to post a comment.' ), /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/link-template.php */ wp_login_url( apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink( $post_id ), $post_id ) ) ) ), 'logged_in_as' => sprintf( '<p class="logged-in-as">%s%s</p>', sprintf( /* translators: 1: Edit user link, 2: Accessibility text, 3: User name, 4: Logout URL. */ __( '<a href="%1$s" aria-label="%2$s">Logged in as %3$s</a>. <a href="%4$s">Log out?</a>' ), get_edit_user_link(), /* translators: %s: User name. */ esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Logged in as %s. Edit your profile.' ), $user_identity ) ), $user_identity, /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/link-template.php */ wp_logout_url( apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink( $post_id ), $post_id ) ) ), $required_text ), 'comment_notes_before' => sprintf( '<p class="comment-notes">%s%s</p>', sprintf( '<span id="email-notes">%s</span>', __( 'Your email address will not be published.' ) ), $required_text ), 'comment_notes_after' => '', 'action' => site_url( '/wp-comments-post.php' ), 'id_form' => 'commentform', 'id_submit' => 'submit', 'class_container' => 'comment-respond', 'class_form' => 'comment-form', 'class_submit' => 'submit', 'name_submit' => 'submit', 'title_reply' => __( 'Leave a Reply' ), /* translators: %s: Author of the comment being replied to. */ 'title_reply_to' => __( 'Leave a Reply to %s' ), 'title_reply_before' => '<h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">', 'title_reply_after' => '</h3>', 'cancel_reply_before' => ' <small>', 'cancel_reply_after' => '</small>', 'cancel_reply_link' => __( 'Cancel reply' ), 'label_submit' => __( 'Post Comment' ), 'submit_button' => '<input name="%1$s" type="submit" id="%2$s" class="%3$s" value="%4$s" />', 'submit_field' => '<p class="form-submit">%1$s %2$s</p>', 'format' => 'xhtml', ); /** * Filters the comment form default arguments. * * Use {@see 'comment_form_default_fields'} to filter the comment fields. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param array $defaults The default comment form arguments. */ $args = wp_parse_args( $args, apply_filters( 'comment_form_defaults', $defaults ) ); // Ensure that the filtered arguments contain all required default values. $args = array_merge( $defaults, $args ); // Remove `aria-describedby` from the email field if there's no associated description. if ( isset( $args['fields']['email'] ) && false === strpos( $args['comment_notes_before'], 'id="email-notes"' ) ) { $args['fields']['email'] = str_replace( ' aria-describedby="email-notes"', '', $args['fields']['email'] ); } /** * Fires before the comment form. * * @since 3.0.0 */ do_action( 'comment_form_before' ); ?> <div id="respond" class="<?php echo esc_attr( $args['class_container'] ); ?>"> <?php echo $args['title_reply_before']; comment_form_title( $args['title_reply'], $args['title_reply_to'] ); if ( get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) { echo $args['cancel_reply_before']; cancel_comment_reply_link( $args['cancel_reply_link'] ); echo $args['cancel_reply_after']; } echo $args['title_reply_after']; if ( get_option( 'comment_registration' ) && ! is_user_logged_in() ) : echo $args['must_log_in']; /** * Fires after the HTML-formatted 'must log in after' message in the comment form. * * @since 3.0.0 */ do_action( 'comment_form_must_log_in_after' ); else : printf( '<form action="%s" method="post" id="%s" class="%s"%s>', esc_url( $args['action'] ), esc_attr( $args['id_form'] ), esc_attr( $args['class_form'] ), ( $html5 ? ' novalidate' : '' ) ); /** * Fires at the top of the comment form, inside the form tag. * * @since 3.0.0 */ do_action( 'comment_form_top' ); if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : /** * Filters the 'logged in' message for the comment form for display. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param string $args_logged_in The logged-in-as HTML-formatted message. * @param array $commenter An array containing the comment author's * username, email, and URL. * @param string $user_identity If the commenter is a registered user, * the display name, blank otherwise. */ echo apply_filters( 'comment_form_logged_in', $args['logged_in_as'], $commenter, $user_identity ); /** * Fires after the is_user_logged_in() check in the comment form. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param array $commenter An array containing the comment author's * username, email, and URL. * @param string $user_identity If the commenter is a registered user, * the display name, blank otherwise. */ do_action( 'comment_form_logged_in_after', $commenter, $user_identity ); else : echo $args['comment_notes_before']; endif; // Prepare an array of all fields, including the textarea. $comment_fields = array( 'comment' => $args['comment_field'] ) + (array) $args['fields']; /** * Filters the comment form fields, including the textarea. * * @since 4.4.0 * * @param array $comment_fields The comment fields. */ $comment_fields = apply_filters( 'comment_form_fields', $comment_fields ); // Get an array of field names, excluding the textarea. $comment_field_keys = array_diff( array_keys( $comment_fields ), array( 'comment' ) ); // Get the first and the last field name, excluding the textarea. $first_field = reset( $comment_field_keys ); $last_field = end( $comment_field_keys ); foreach ( $comment_fields as $name => $field ) { if ( 'comment' === $name ) { /** * Filters the content of the comment textarea field for display. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param string $args_comment_field The content of the comment textarea field. */ echo apply_filters( 'comment_form_field_comment', $field ); echo $args['comment_notes_after']; } elseif ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) { if ( $first_field === $name ) { /** * Fires before the comment fields in the comment form, excluding the textarea. * * @since 3.0.0 */ do_action( 'comment_form_before_fields' ); } /** * Filters a comment form field for display. * * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$name`, refers to the name * of the comment form field. * * Possible hook names include: * * - `comment_form_field_comment` * - `comment_form_field_author` * - `comment_form_field_email` * - `comment_form_field_url` * - `comment_form_field_cookies` * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param string $field The HTML-formatted output of the comment form field. */ echo apply_filters( "comment_form_field_{$name}", $field ) . "\n"; if ( $last_field === $name ) { /** * Fires after the comment fields in the comment form, excluding the textarea. * * @since 3.0.0 */ do_action( 'comment_form_after_fields' ); } } } $submit_button = sprintf( $args['submit_button'], esc_attr( $args['name_submit'] ), esc_attr( $args['id_submit'] ), esc_attr( $args['class_submit'] ), esc_attr( $args['label_submit'] ) ); /** * Filters the submit button for the comment form to display. * * @since 4.2.0 * * @param string $submit_button HTML markup for the submit button. * @param array $args Arguments passed to comment_form(). */ $submit_button = apply_filters( 'comment_form_submit_button', $submit_button, $args ); $submit_field = sprintf( $args['submit_field'], $submit_button, get_comment_id_fields( $post_id ) ); /** * Filters the submit field for the comment form to display. * * The submit field includes the submit button, hidden fields for the * comment form, and any wrapper markup. * * @since 4.2.0 * * @param string $submit_field HTML markup for the submit field. * @param array $args Arguments passed to comment_form(). */ echo apply_filters( 'comment_form_submit_field', $submit_field, $args ); /** * Fires at the bottom of the comment form, inside the closing form tag. * * @since 1.5.0 * * @param int $post_id The post ID. */ do_action( 'comment_form', $post_id ); echo '</form>'; endif; ?> </div><!-- #respond --> <?php /** * Fires after the comment form. * * @since 3.0.0 */ do_action( 'comment_form_after' ); }
Expand full source codeCollapse full source codeView on TracView on GitHub
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
5.5.0 | Introduced the 'class_container' argument. |
4.9.6 | Introduced the 'cookies' default comment field. |
4.6.0 | Introduced the 'action' argument. |
4.5.0 | The 'author', 'email', and 'url' form fields are limited to 245, 100, and 200 characters, respectively. |
4.4.0 | Introduced the 'class_form', 'title_reply_before', 'title_reply_after', 'cancel_reply_before', and 'cancel_reply_after' arguments. |
4.2.0 | Introduced the 'submit_button' and 'submit_fields' arguments. |
4.1.0 | Introduced the 'class_submit' argument. |
3.0.0 | Introduced. |