How to modify the WordPress comment Form

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Code Of the comment.php that i had in my theme, here the section marked in red is the “Form” section that needs to be edited.

<!– You can start editing here. –>
<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
<h3 id=”comments”><?php comments_number(‘No Responses’, ‘One Response’, ‘% Responses’ );?> to &#8220;<?php the_title(); ?>&#8221;</h3>
<ol>
<?php wp_list_comments(‘avatar_size=60′); ?>
</ol>
<div>
<div>
<?php previous_comments_link() ?>
</div>
<div>
<?php next_comments_link() ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
<?php if (‘open’ == $post->comment_status) : ?>
<!– If comments are open, but there are no comments. –>
<?php else : // comments are closed ?>
<!– If comments are closed. –>
<p>Comments are closed.</p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (‘open’ == $post->comment_status) : ?>
<div id=”respond”>
<h3>
<?php comment_form_title( ‘Leave a Reply’, ‘Leave a Reply to %s’ ); ?>
</h3>
<div> <small>
<?php cancel_comment_reply_link(); ?>
</small> </div>
<?php if ( get_option(‘comment_registration’) && !$user_ID ) : ?>
<p>You must be <a href=”<?php echo get_option(‘siteurl’); ?>/wp-login.php?redirect_to=<?php echo urlencode(get_permalink()); ?>”>logged in</a> to post a comment.</p>
<?php else : ?>
<form action=”<?php echo get_option(‘siteurl’); ?>/wp-comments-post.php” method=”post” id=”commentform”>
<?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
<p>Logged in as <a href=”<?php echo get_option(‘siteurl’); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php”><?php echo $user_identity; ?></a>. <a href=”<?php echo wp_logout_url(get_permalink()); ?>” title=”Log out of this account”>Log out &raquo;</a></p>
<?php else : ?>
<p>
<input type=”text” name=”author” id=”author” value=”<?php echo $comment_author; ?>” size=”22″ tabindex=”1″ <?php if ($req) echo “aria-required=’true’”; ?> />
<label for=”author”><small>Name
<?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?>
</small></label>
</p>
<p>
<input type=”text” name=”email” id=”email” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>” size=”22″ tabindex=”2″ <?php if ($req) echo “aria-required=’true’”; ?> />
<label for=”email”><small>Mail (will not be published)
<?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?>
</small></label>
</p>
<p>
<input type=”text” name=”url” id=”url” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>” size=”22″ tabindex=”3″ />
<label for=”url”><small>Website</small></label>
</p>
<?php endif; ?>
<!–<p><small><strong>XHTML:</strong> You can use these tags: <code><?php echo allowed_tags(); ?></code></small></p>–>
<p>
<textarea name=”comment” id=”comment” cols=”100%” rows=”10″ tabindex=”4″></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input name=”submit” type=”submit” id=”submit” tabindex=”5″ value=”Submit Comment” />
<?php comment_id_fields(); ?>
</p>
<?php do_action(‘comment_form’, $post->ID); ?>
</form>
<?php endif; // If registration required and not logged in ?>
</div>
<?php endif; // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head ?>
<div style=”clear: both;”></div>

How to: Remove the “Comments are closed Notice” So the Form part is the part of the wordpress comment code that is of our interest to edit. so what all modifications could be made to this comments section. usually when comments are disabled it shows a message on the page as ” <p>Comments are closed.</p> This looks a bit unprofessional, so this needs to be removed, do a ctrl + F and find the section and remove part  <p>Comments are closed.</p> and replace with <p> </p>

How to: Edit the Comment Form .  Some websites would be of a kind where in the comment form would only require website and name, while some require only name and email, while some wanted to make it simple and just require the name only. Here is the form part and i will break up the highlighted part into 3 name, email and website. Just remove the section from the code that you dont want. simple as that.

Author Name

<p>
<input type=”text” name=”author” id=”author” value=”<?php echo $comment_author; ?>” size=”22″ tabindex=”1″ <?php if ($req) echo “aria-required=’true’”; ?> />
<label for=”author”><small>Name
<?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?>
</small></label>
</p>

Author Email

<p>
<input type=”text” name=”email” id=”email” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>” size=”22″ tabindex=”2″ <?php if ($req) echo “aria-required=’true’”; ?> />
<label for=”email”><small>Mail (will not be published)
<?php if ($req) echo “(required)”; ?>
</small></label>
</p>

Comment Author website

<p>
<input type=”text” name=”url” id=”url” value=”<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>” size=”22″ tabindex=”3″ />
<label for=”url”><small>Website</small></label>
</p>

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