Wondering if anyone has a better solution for this than I do. I turned off comments on my blog, but that makes each post say "Comments Off" at the top, and I don't want it to say this. The only solution I found that works is to go into the comment-template.php file, which is in the wp-includes folder, and is not one of the ones you can reach through the WP dashboard. On this file there is a comments_popup_link function where I removed the words "Comments Off" and just left empty quotes. This solution is fine, but it goes away every time I upgrade to the new WP release. I'm wondering if there is something within my theme files I can do to remove this note on each post. Any ideas? thanks
Thanks Ronnie, I didn't want to edit my core files but I couldn't find the solution using the theme files. I'm using a theme called Brightster from Templatesquare, and the solution you point to on WP Codex doesn't work for those files. The index.php doc in my theme doesn't have the php comments_popup_link section, although it points to a file called loop.php, which does have the following code: <?php comments_popup_link(__('', 'templatesquare'), __('| 1 Comment ', 'templatesquare'), __('| % Comments ', 'templatesquare')); ?> Code (markup): I wasn't sure how to edit this because it doesn't contain the phrase "comments off". Some of my older posts do have comments on them, so the language above seems to dictate how this appears, which is fine. But does the above have anything to do with whether "Comments Off" appears? thanks for your help
Hmm. Not sure. You do have a premium theme. Have you tried their support forum, or asked the developer?
I tried awhile back... I can't even find a support section of their site. All they have is a FAQ section with the answers to five common questions. So much for customer support!
Can you post the code for loop.php in a PM to me so I can take a look at it. PM it, don't post it, I am not sure about copyright issues and would like to avoid any gotchas to that effect.