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Different ways of customizing the WordPress comment form
<?php
// Customized the comment form fields ( not the comment text area )
add_filter('comment_form_default_fields', 'my_comment_form_args');
// Customizes the text area - you have to do this here, rather than in comment_form_default_fields
add_filter('comment_form_field_comment', 'my_comment_form_field_comment');
// Customized the comment notes above the form fields
add_filter( 'comment_form_defaults', 'my_comment_form_defaults' );
// Customize the comments title
add_filter('comment_form_defaults','my_comment_form_title');
// Show the comments count in the comments title ( Genesis Child Theme )
add_filter( 'genesis_title_comments', 'sp_genesis_title_comments' )
/**
* Customize the text prior to the comment form fields
* @param array $defaults
* @return $defaults
*/
function my_comment_form_defaults($defaults) {
$defaults['comment_notes_before'] = '<p class="comment-notes">'. __( 'Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked','my-text-domain' ).'</p>';
return $defaults;
}
/**
* Customize the Comments form title
* @param array $args
* @return $args
*/
function my_comment_form_title ($defaults) {
$defaults['title_reply'] = __( 'Post a new comment','my-text-domain' );
return $defaults;
}
/**
* Modify the comment form input fields
* @param $args http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_form
* $args['author']
* $args['email']
* $args['url']
*
* @return $args
*/
function my_comment_form_args($args) {
$args['author'] = '<p class="comment-form-author"><input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ) . '" size="40" tabindex="1" aria-required="true" title="'. __( 'Your Name (required)','my-text-domain' ) .'" placeholder="'. __( 'Your Name (required)','my-text-domain' ) .'" required /><!-- .comment-form-author .form-section --></p>';
$args['email'] = '<p class="comment-form-email"><input id="email" name="email" type="email" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_email'] ) . '" size="40" tabindex="2" aria-required="true" title="'. __( 'Email Address (required)','my-text-domain' ) .'" placeholder="'. __( 'Email Address (required)','my-text-domain' ) .'" required /><!-- .comment-form-email .form-section --></p>';
$args['url'] = '<p class="comment-form-url"><input id="url" name="url" type="url" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] ) . '" size="40" tabindex="3" aria-required="false" title="'. __( 'Website (url)','my-text-domain' ) .'" placeholder="'. __( 'Website (url)','my-text-domain' ) .'" required /><!-- .comment-form-url .form-section --></p>';
return $args;
}
/**
* Customize the comment form comment field
* @param string $field
* @return string
*/
function my_comment_form_field_comment($field) {
$field = '<p class="comment-form-comment"><textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" tabindex="4" title="' . __( 'Comment','my-text-domain' ) . '" placeholder="' . __( 'Comment','my-text-domain' ) . '" aria-required="true"></textarea><!-- #form-section-comment .form-section --></p>';
return $field;
}
/**
* Show how many comments there are in the commments title
* @return string $title
*/
function sp_genesis_title_comments() {
global $post;
$comment_count = wp_count_comments( $post->ID )->approved;
$title = '<p class="comments_title"><b>'. __( 'Comments','austin' ) .' ('. $comment_count .')</b></p>';
return $title;
}
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BITCOIN-TIDINGS-SUPPORT commented Dec 2, 2021

Would you be able to enter a code that would check if the email address provided in the form is the one used and if it is not on spam blacklists?

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