Comments disappeared from Wordpress? Solution
I don’t know how did that happen, but yesterday I noticed all of the comments were vanished from one of my wordpress blog : Calcutta Tube.
I Panicked, as I should, and then tried to search Google to see if anybody else had the same trouble. I found few cases for older version of Wordpress. Such as for wordpress 2.3, the solution for “disappeared comments” are given by Steve Ferson. I found that David Perkinson had the same problem but he mentioned that it was related to some plugin issue. He thought “google analytics” was the problem plugin for “disappearing comments”. Well I do not have “Google Analytics” installed in my blog, so what is the solution? I checked all plugins to make sure they are “up to date”. Updated few plugins that were not up to date. But still the problem remained. So, I did the most useful thing that I should have done in the first place.
I have Cpanel installed in my server. So, my trick is useful if you have Cpanel or you know how to repair your database!
Log on to your cpanel and you should see something like the image below. Click on the “MySQL Databases”. It will list all the databases you are using in your site.
Browse to the database that you are using for your wordpress. Then click on repair. There are three buttons next to each databases – Delete, Check and Repair. Do not click on “delete” even by mistake!
Hopefully it will solve your problem. It did for my blog!
Enjoy Blogging now!
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Glad that wasn’t my problem – I’m not sure how long it would have taken me to work that out!
Glad to hear you got it sorted.
Ya! I am glad to solve the issue too!
I’ve no idea why the plugin caused my comments to go away. I panicked so much it was un true. I went as far as checking the database and looking in the sql for any clues. I thought i will disable all plugins, once i disabled them my comments came back. I had to disable each plugin 1 by 1 to see which one was making the comments disappear and it was the Google Analytics plugins and it did need upgraded, upgraded and my comments were back forever!
Glad you got it sorted though.
Ya, I can feel that you panicked as much as I did! Still I trust wordpress and more I use it more I am learning.
Next few months I will focus on learning on theaming wordpress. It looks like it is time to learn some CSS and php coding.
Guess what?
I am going to buy Dreamweaver CS3 (400 USD) by the middle of next month. I am hoping to do some experiment with themes and so on.
Thanks for the replies guys.
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this is the 2nd time i am encountering such problem. the first time, the comments disappeared, and after 1 week when i was already about to accept the end of it, the comments just returned. now, they’re going again. HELP!
[...] For three days all the comments in this blog disappeared—for reasons I do not know about, techie challenged that I am. This was the second time that this happened. A few months back, they disappeared, but returned after 1 week, when I was about to accept that they were gone. I was helpless, until Tonyo Cruz came to my rescue for diagnostics, and shared with me this link: Comments disappeared from Wordpress? Solution. [...]
I F-in love you. I have been freaking out and wondering why nothing was working. Thank you so much for this post! This is proof of why we blog and I give you a great big pat on the back.
Thank You Wesley.
I am very happy that my simple trick worked for you. I am not a tech guy at all. I knew that someone would have the same problem sometime. So, just shared my own solution to all. Thank you for leaving such a nice comment.
Thanks from Canada!
My comments disappeared gradually. For example yesterday I was told that there were 160 Akismet SPAMs waiting for review, but I couldn’t get to see them, and then today it reported 0 Akismet SPAMs (even though I hadn’t cleared them out).
Hope your problem has been resolved my friend from Canada.
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A fantastic read….very literate and informative. Many thanks….what theme is this you are using and also, where is your RSS button ?
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Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.
Awesome job !!! keep it up.
This is standard in terms of search engine optimization. Nothing appears to irritate towards them than that!