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BlueSite
9-12-08, 02:18 AM
Not sure if anyone is familiar with Wordpress...but I use it for my website
thebluesite.com

For some reason, I'm seeing that posts after about a month automatically close comments. I don't know much about code or php or sql or any of that stuff...it's been so long since I've even attempted to mess with any of that stuff. I;ve checked and I have the default set to allow comments on posts, I don't see any plugin that is closing comments. There might be code somewhere, somehow, but I never set up anything to disable comments after a certain period of time. I've no idea where to even look for this code in my files to make sure no code exists on my site.

No idea why comments are disabled on posts a month old, but I think this is a new problem. I did upgrade a month or so ago to the new version of wordpress at the time. Haven't yet upgraded this month to the newest new version, but I can't imagine that's the cause.

I tried to use this global reopen all comments commad thry MyPHPadmin, but I installed that and get the error saying this:

phpMyAdmin - Error
Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly.

No idea what that means or how to fix it. I saw the error mentioned in the forums here, but I couldn't even follow the steps to resolve it (it was above my level of knowledge basically).

Any ideas?

Doc C
9-12-08, 09:23 AM
You might also try posting on the Wordpress forums and/or searching there.

mjandreau
9-12-08, 10:39 AM
By default, WordPress wouldn't do that.

There's probably a plugin that you're utilizing that is doing it, that you're not aware of.

troycawley
9-13-08, 03:15 PM
Try changing your akismet setting:
"[ ] Automatically discard spam comments on posts older than a month."
[your wp directory]/wp-admin/plugins.php?page=akismet-key-config

Pavlos
10-5-08, 08:20 PM
I'm experiencing the exact same problem. I don't know what caused it, but now it seems the only way to fix it is on each individual post's page to set the "Allow Comments" back to checked.

Does anyone know of an sql command to bulk reset these to allow? Thanks :)