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									How-to and Troubleshooting - wpDiscuz Support Forum				            </title>
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            <description>wpDiscuz WordPress Comment Plugin Community. Support and Resources.</description>
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                        <title>How to add a donate button for users to donate to wpdiscuz</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/how-to-add-a-donate-button-for-users-to-donate-to-wpdiscuz/</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi I just added wpDiscuz to my small blog, and would like to leave the commenting users with an easy way to donate to you. How do I do that? I would love to have a small &quot;Give wpDiscuz a bee...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi I just added wpDiscuz to my small blog, and would like to leave the commenting users with an easy way to donate to you. How do I do that? I would love to have a small "Give wpDiscuz a beer" button under the comments.<br />The tiny icon under the comments are <strong>super</strong> discrete, and even if people find it, it does not lead them to a place where they can 'give a beer'.... I have not found a place to donate myself...</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>EskeRahn</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Discuz cookie is slowing page load and disabling cache</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/discuz-cookie-is-slowing-page-load-and-disabling-cache/</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi,I’m troubleshooting a caching/performance issue with wpDiscuz + LiteSpeed Cache on my WordPress site.When wpDiscuz is active, my homepage response sets this cookie even though comments ar...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,<br /><br />I’m troubleshooting a caching/performance issue with wpDiscuz + LiteSpeed Cache on my WordPress site.<br /><br />When wpDiscuz is active, my homepage response sets this cookie even though comments are closed on the homepage and wpDiscuz is not enabled for Pages:<br /><br />set-cookie: wpdiscuz_nonce_...<br /><br />The homepage then consistently shows:<br />x-cache: MISS<br />server-timing wp-total around 4–5 seconds<br /><br />When I deactivate wpDiscuz entirely, the homepage becomes very fast and the cache starts behaving normally.<br /><br />Current wpDiscuz settings:<br />- Pages removed from wpDiscuz enabled post types/forms<br />- Homepage comments closed<br />- Comment List Loading Type: Initiate AJAX loading after page<br />- Pagination: Load more button<br />- Guest commenter credentials cookie setting changed from -1 to 0<br />- LiteSpeed ESI enabled with ESI Nonces: wpdiscuz_*<br /><br />Question:<br />How can I prevent wpDiscuz from initializing or setting wpdiscuz_nonce cookies on pages where comments/wpDiscuz are disabled, especially the homepage, archives, and pages?<br /><br />I only want wpDiscuz active on single blog posts.<br /><br />Thanks!</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>Caitlin Havener</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Upvote counter broken when &gt; 2.1k comments</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/upvote-counter-broken-when-2-1k-comments/</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[For some reason when users have more than a certain amount of comments (around 2.1k) the number of upvotes will no longer display correctly and instead show 0.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For some reason when users have more than a certain amount of comments (around 2.1k) the number of upvotes will no longer display correctly and instead show 0. </p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>doctorofcredit</dc:creator>
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                        <title>wpDiscuz completely broken</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/wpdiscuz-completely-broken/</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hello,
i can&#039;t seem to find any solution, as to why this is happening, but wpDiscuz is completely broken on my site. It&#039;s non-functional and every icon and f.ex. the ratings, are exorbitant...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello,</p>
<p>i can't seem to find any solution, as to why this is happening, but wpDiscuz is completely broken on my site. It's non-functional and every icon and f.ex. the ratings, are exorbitantly huge. I was not able to resolve this issue by myself.</p>
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						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>gooloode</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Display comment editing Information</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/display-comment-editing-information/</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Shows an edit icon fine, but doesn’t show the new timestamp or who it was edited by. Already enabled &#039;https://wpdiscuz.com/docs/wpdiscuz-7/plugin-settings/comment-moderation/#display-comment...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Shows an edit icon fine, but doesn’t show the new timestamp or who it was edited by. Already enabled 'https://wpdiscuz.com/docs/wpdiscuz-7/plugin-settings/comment-moderation/#display-comment-editing-information'. Sample: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/site-updates-requests/#comment-2306672</span></p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>doctorofcredit</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Comments in Bold</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/comments-in-bold/</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi there! I think the recent update might have changed something—all the comments are appearing in bold now. Is there a way to reverse this and make them unbold again?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there! I think the recent update might have changed something—all the comments are appearing in <b data-path-to-node="2,0" data-index-in-node="100">bold</b> now. Is there a way to reverse this and make them unbold again?</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>tripwinego</dc:creator>
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                        <title>How to make comments that have reached a certain number of votes change color</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/how-to-make-comments-that-have-reached-a-certain-number-of-votes-change-color/</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hello, I am trying to make it so that comments that receive 4 or more upvotes turn a different background color.
I inserted this code in Custom CSS code under Styles and Colors, and cleared...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello, I am trying to make it so that comments that receive 4 or more upvotes turn a different background color.</p>
<p>I inserted this code in Custom CSS code under Styles and Colors, and cleared the comment cache, but it didn't seem to take.</p>
<pre contenteditable="false">#wpdcom .wpd-comment .wpd-comment-wrap {
background-color: #fbbea0 !important;
border: 1px solid #f45d11 !important;
}</pre>
<p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>For reference, here is a page on the site that has a comment with 4 upvotes (about 8 comments in by vulpesvulpes): <a href="https://launch-angle.com/2026/04/03/moonshot-astros-at-athletics-4-3-26-840-ct-game-7-thread-and-discussion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://launch-angle.com/2026/04/03/moonshot-astros-at-athletics-4-3-26-840-ct-game-7-thread-and-discussion/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>mhatter106</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Why is Email optional in Article Inline Feedback?</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/why-is-email-optional-in-article-inline-feedback/</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi Team,
I&#039;m using the Article Inline Feedback feature, and I&#039;ve run into a logical inconsistency that I hope you can clarify.
In my Default Form settings, the Email field is set to &quot;Requi...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-path-to-node="6,0"><b data-path-to-node="6,0" data-index-in-node="0">Hi Team,</b></p>
<p data-path-to-node="6,1">I'm using the <b data-path-to-node="6,1" data-index-in-node="14">Article Inline Feedback</b> feature, and I've run into a logical inconsistency that I hope you can clarify.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="6,2">In my <b data-path-to-node="6,2" data-index-in-node="6">Default Form</b> settings, the Email field is set to <b data-path-to-node="6,2" data-index-in-node="55">"Required."</b> However, in the Inline Feedback pop-up, guests can still post comments without providing an email address. The system then generates a random temporary email (like <code data-path-to-node="6,2" data-index-in-node="231">xxxx@example.com</code>) for them.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="6,3"><b data-path-to-node="6,3" data-index-in-node="0">My concern is this:</b> &gt; Right below the comment box, there is a <b data-path-to-node="6,3" data-index-in-node="62">"Notify me via email when a new reply is posted"</b> checkbox. If the email field isn't mandatory, how is this feature supposed to work for guests? It seems like a broken user experience if they opt-in for notifications but the system never collected their real address.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="6,4">Is there a specific setting to force <b data-path-to-node="6,4" data-index-in-node="37">Email as Required</b> specifically for the Inline Feedback module? I've checked General Settings and User Authorization, but the "optional" behavior persists.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="6,5">Thanks for the great plugin otherwise!</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>louqi1990</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Compatibility issue between wpDiscuz and GTranslate subdomain proxy mode</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/compatibility-issue-between-wpdiscuz-and-gtranslate-subdomain-proxy-mode/</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I would like to report a compatibility issue we identified between wpDiscuz and GTranslate when GTranslate is used in translated subdomain proxy mode.
We noticed that after visiting a trans...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1">I would like to report a compatibility issue we identified between wpDiscuz and GTranslate when GTranslate is used in translated subdomain proxy mode.</p>
<p class="p1">We noticed that after visiting a translated version of the site such as <span class="s1">en.example.com</span>, wpDiscuz comment behavior on the original site can break because of nonce cookie conflicts.</p>
<p class="p1">After investigating, we found the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="p1">wpDiscuz itself appears to generate its nonce cookies correctly as host-only cookies</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="p1">in wpDiscuz code, the cookies are created with an empty domain</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="p1">however, on translated subdomains using GTranslate, the AJAX response from <span class="s1">wp-admin/admin-ajax.php</span> is returned with rewritten <span class="s1">Set-Cookie</span> headers</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="p1">GTranslate changes the wpDiscuz nonce cookies to use <span class="s1">domain=example.com</span>, which makes them shared across the original and translated subdomains</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="p1">In our case, the response headers on the translated subdomain looked like this:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="p1">server: gtranslate</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="p1">set-cookie: wpdiscuz_nonce_...; domain=example.com; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict</p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="p1">set-cookie: wpdiscuz_nonce_exp_...; domain=example.com; SameSite=Strict</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="p1">This creates a conflict because a nonce cookie generated on a translated subdomain can then interfere with the original site version.</p>
<p class="p1">From what we observed, wpDiscuz is not the component introducing the shared cookie domain. The issue seems to come from GTranslate rewriting the <span class="s1">Set-Cookie</span> headers at proxy level. Still, I wanted to report this to you in case it is useful for compatibility tracking or future documentation.</p>
<p class="p1">It may be helpful for other users if wpDiscuz documentation mentions that translation proxy solutions which rewrite cookie domains can cause nonce conflicts, especially with subdomain-based translated versions.</p>
<p class="p1">If you have any recommendation for this kind of setup, I would be glad to hear it.</p>
<p class="p1">Thank you.</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>willybob</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Trouble with Advanced &quot;Likers Not authorized to vote&quot;</title>
                        <link>https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/trouble-with-advanced-likers-not-authorized-to-vote/</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hello,Since last day, I&#039;ve been getting this message in the documentaries section of my site:&quot;You are not authorized to vote for this comment&quot;.« Vous n&#039;êtes pas autorisé à voter pour ce comm...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello,<br />Since last day, I've been getting this message in the documentaries section of my site:<br />"You are not authorized to vote for this comment".<br />« Vous n'êtes pas autorisé à voter pour ce commentaire. » (The site is in French and private)<br />(See attached image).</p>
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<p>And this applies to everyone (Admin, moderator, or member).<br />I've looked in the WpDiscuz settings, without success.<br />I've also cleared the site cache using "WP Fattest Cache" and the Firefox cache.<br />I'm a complete newbie.<br />Can anyone help me?<br />Thank you.</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://wpdiscuz.com/community/troubleshooting/">How-to and Troubleshooting</category>                        <dc:creator>Jacques</dc:creator>
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