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How To: Rearrange WordPress Comments (Latest On Top)
A few days ago i had to make a minor change to my friend’s site, he wanted the latest comments to be right on top instead of the usual at the bottom of a page, so I had to re-arrange how the comments appeared and if for some reason you need this function all you have to do is a minor edit of /wp-includes/comment-template.php.
Original Code:
// TODO: Use API instead of SELECTs.
if ( $user_ID) {
$comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = '$post->ID' AND (comment_approved = '1' OR ( user_id = '$user_ID' AND comment_approved = '0' ) ) ORDER BY comment_date");
} else if ( empty($comment_author) ) {
$comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = '$post->ID' AND comment_approved = '1' ORDER BY comment_date");
} else {
$author_db = $wpdb->escape($comment_author);
$email_db = $wpdb->escape($comment_author_email);
$comments = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = '$post->ID' AND ( comment_approved = '1' OR ( comment_author = '$author_db' AND comment_author_email = '$email_db' AND comment_approved = '0' ) ) ORDER BY comment_date");
}Amazingly enough all you have to do is add a four letter word… DESC :
// TODO: Use API instead of SELECTs.
if ( empty($comment_author) ) {
$comments = $wpdb->get_results(”SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = ‘$post->ID’ AND comment_approved = ‘1′ ORDER BY comment_date DESC“);
} else {
$author_db = $wpdb->escape($comment_author);
$email_db = $wpdb->escape($comment_author_email);
$comments = $wpdb->get_results(”SELECT * FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = ‘$post->ID’ AND ( comment_approved = ‘1′ OR ( comment_author = ‘$author_db’ AND comment_author_email = ‘$email_db’ AND comment_approved = ‘0′ ) ) ORDER BY comment_date DESC“);
}That’s it!
UPDATE: I fired up my Dreamwever and can confirm that you’ll find the code in just about line 290
From : WP_Design
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