[Support request] Add Comment Form To Custom Post Type

[Scott]

Hi,

I created a CPT using CPT UI plugin. I also created a template page to display the single CPT using the single.php as the template source.

How do you add a comment form to the bottom of a custom post type.

For example, I would like to add the same comment form at the bottom of this post:

https://sites.arizonabirdingtrail.com/hello-world/

to the bottom of this custom post type:

https://sites.arizonabirdingtrail.com/site/fountain-hills-lake/

thanks!

[Leo]

Hi there,

Give this solution a shot:
https://gist.github.com/davidperezgar/8b07e739b56b08e915581ae2e57d5766

[Scott]

Hi,

Yes, I added a hook with those settings. This displays a link at the bottom of the single CPT, but the link doesn’t work.

The link is appending ‘#respond’ to the post title.

Should the comment form be loading in a pop up window, or inline?

You can view the ‘Leave a Comment’ link at the bottom of the post here:
https://sites.arizonabirdingtrail.com/site/fountain-hills-lake/

-s

[Tom]

Hi there,

You would want to do something like this: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/3.0.2/inc/structure/comments.php#L177-L204

You’d just need to replace this condition:

if ( 'single' === $template || 'page' === $template ) {

With one for your CPT:

if ( is_singular( 'My Post Type' ) ) {

[Scott]

Just a followup in case others have a similar issue.

1) Created a custom post type single template by copying single.php -> single-cpt.php

2) Created a custom template by copying content-single.php -> content-cpt.php

In the file single-cpt.php, I had to replace the function call:

generate_do_template_part( 'single' );

with

get_template_part( 'content', ‘cpt’ );

When using the function get_template_part, the comment form was not rendered at the bottom of the single CPT post. Therefore, I added the following snippet to the end of content-cpt.php:

<?php generate_do_comments_template('single'); ?>

Correct me if I’m mistaken, but it appears that generate_do_template_part will load the comment form, but calling get_template_part, will not.

[Tom]

That’s correct, you would have to use generate_do_template_part() in order to use the generate_after_do_template_part hook.

Using generate_do_comments_template( 'single' ) works as well 🙂

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