Comment – Put an optional under the Email and Website options.

[James]

Hi,

I have went into Settings -> Discussion and uncheck “Comment Author must filled out Name and Email”.

There’s still an Asterisk * beside both Name and Email but I have checked and filled out a dummy comment without inputting email and it works.

How can i remove the Asterisk * and replace it with an “(optional)” word instead?

Thanks.

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[David]

Hi there,

Tom provides a snippet here:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/comment-form-required-fields-to-anonymous-posting/#post-1249567

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[James]

Thanks David.

That link worked but it just made the Asterisk * disappear. I am looking to add the “(Optional)” word beside Email & Website.

Thanks.

[David]

try this:

add_filter( 'comment_form_default_fields', function( $fields ) {
  $commenter = wp_get_current_commenter();
  
  $fields['email'] = sprintf(
    '<label for="email" class="screen-reader-text">%1$s</label><input placeholder="%1$s" id="email" name="email" type="email" value="%2$s" size="30" />',
    esc_html__( 'Email optional', 'generatepress' ),
    esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_email'] )
  );
  $fields['url'] = sprintf(
    '<label for="url" class="screen-reader-text">%1$s</label><input placeholder="%1$s" id="url" name="url" type="url" value="%2$s" size="30" />',
    esc_html__( 'Website optional', 'generatepress' ),
    esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] )
  );
  
  return $fields;
}, 20 );

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[James]

Thanks David, this was what I needed.

[David]

Glad to be of help

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

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