Comment form/Comments not showing when logged out

@kweber,

Please leave some example URL to allow us to check the issue. Also leave a screenshot of the "Allow guests to comment" section. 

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Here is a link to the page that it should be showing on: http://tvfresourcecenter.wordpress-prod-linode-7.imavex.net/article/fiber-types-and-traits/

Attached are two screenshots. One shows the settings to show for guests and the other shows the section showing when you are logged in.

@kweber,

It seems the comments_template function is not called for guests. I may suggest you to deactivate the plugins/theme one by one and check after each deactivation to find a problem maker.

Also check the settings of the LearnDash plugin, probably there is also some setting that hides the comments from guests. 

Hi @kweber! I'm having the same issue. Could you find a solution?

@ueharasuemi21,

Have you deactivated the plugins/theme? 

@ueharasuemi21 I did find a solution. I had to add some code to the functions.php file, but it had to do with LearnDash. If you do not have LearnDash, then the function would not work for you.

add_filter(
'learndash_focus_mode_can_view_comments',
function( $can_view_comments = false ) {
if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {

// Alternate example check the course price type. If 'open' allow comments.
$course_id = learndash_get_course_id();
if ( ! empty( $course_id ) ) {
$course_price_type = learndash_get_setting( $course_id, 'course_price_type' );
if ( 'open' === $course_price_type ) {
$can_view_comments = true;
}
}
}

// Always return $can_view_comments.
return $can_view_comments;
},
30,
1
);

@kweber I'm not using LearnDash but thanks for the reply!

@asti Hi. I'm going to try that. Thanks!

@asti I was able to get the comments section to show at the bottom of the page, but now it doesn't show the comments. I can see on the example page below that there are two comments, but I can't see the comments. They have been approved on the backend.

http://tvfresourcecenter.wordpress-prod-linode-7.imavex.net/article/cotton-grades/

Thanks,

Kristen

@kweber,

Please disable the focus mode of Learndash plugin and check again. 

@asti Removing the focus mode did work, but I need that on. So is this a LearnDash problem then?

@kweber,

It'd be better if you contact the LearnDash plugin support with this issue. 

@kweber I can see the comments only if I click on Newest or Most Voted. Maybe if you check the configuration on this filter...

@ueharasuemi21 Thank you. I am not seeing any settings that would enable them to show or that would have the "newest" posts show first.