[Resolved] Change comment text and create anchor link to "Leave a comment"

[Gian]

Hi,

in my blog I have articles with over 400 comments (see url attached), for this reason I would like to create an anchor link that, when clicked, goes to the “Leave a comment” section.

The anchor link should be placed at the end of the article after the text “430 comments on (article title). <a href="#anchorlink">New comment</a>" .

Do you know how I can implement this option?

Thank you in advance

[Tom]

Hi there,

You could use a Hook element in our Elements module.

Add a new hook and give it this content:

<a href="#respond">Leave a comment</a>

Then add to the after_content hook.

Then in Display Rules you can set it to only display in single posts.

Hope this helps 🙂

[Gian]

Thank you!

What if I’d like to place the anchor link after the text “430 comments… Leave a comment” only when there is at least 1 comment on single posts?

[David]

Hi there,

you would need the below_comments_title hook – this is very useful:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-visual-guide/#single-post

[Gian]

Hi David,

Excellent, thank you!

What if I’d like to give the anchor link the same styling as the other links of my website?

Also, is there a simple way to change the text “Leave a comment on…” and remove the post title?

[Tom]

Right now it’s a bit of a pain to change that text.

I added a filter in GP 2.2 which will make it much easier: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/commit/28d3c2acd7685e053e1f4f0baf442dffb966b5bb

You can make the above change to your comments.php file to take advantage of it right now if you’d like:

add_filter( 'generate_comment_form_title', function() {
    return 'Leave a comment';
} );

[Gian]

Ok, thank you 🙂

[Tom]

No problem! 🙂

[Paul]

Hi – I also want to remove the post title from this text, but don’t really understand what I need to do to achieve this. Please could you elaborate a little on the above.

[Tom]

Hi there,

As of right now you’d need to edit the comments.php file: https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/commit/28d3c2acd7685e053e1f4f0baf442dffb966b5bb

The red is what we removed, and the green is what we added. Note that if you copy/paste, you’ll need to remove the + characters from the start of each line.

Then you’ll be able to use the function I posted above to change the message.

[Paul]

That worked Thanks

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

[Iván]

Hi, Tom:

I made what you explained to create an anchor link to “Leave a Comment”. The problem is that my anchor link doesn´t redirect me anywhere. Could you explain to me what am I doing wrong, please? http://lasimplicite.es

Otherwise, how can I style the link? I would like it to be right aligned and with another font.

Thank you very much!!

[Tom]

Hi there,

What functions are you using to alter the link?

[Iván]

Hi Tom,

I have used a Hook element in your Elements module.
I have added a new hook and give it this content: <a href="#respond">Leave a comment</a>
Then I have added it to the after_content hook.
Then in Display Rules I have set it to only display in single posts.

That´s all! Sorry for my lack of knowledge…

Thanks!!

[Author]

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