If you receive email notifications from WordPress about new blog posts, you might face difficulties leaving comments on certain blogs.
When I attempt to leave a comment, I receive an error message.
This issue only impacts comments made when opening posts from email, not those via the WordPress Reader or the bell icon in the notification centre of my blog.
The issue still exists at the time of this post. However, I have found that comments go through when replying to the You can also reply to this email to leave a comment message (see the image below).
You’ll see that it’s like replying to an email rather than leaving a comment on the post, so press the reply button to the email, draft your comment and click the send button. When you check the post, you’ll see your comment unless it’s waiting for approval by the blogger for which you’re leaving the comment.
I recently came across this message. I’m unsure how long it’s been appearing in WordPress emails, whether WordPress has temporarily added it to email notifications to address the issue, or whether it’s a permanent fix. Next time I talk with WordPress, I’ll ask them and update this post.
The important thing is that this method of leaving comments works, so there’s no longer a need to remember to copy comments before submitting them.
Update: See the below response from a staff member at WordPress to me.
I inquired with WordPress about whether the text ‘You can also reply to this email to leave a comment at the bottom of their notifications is a recent addition. They confirmed that this specific wording is new; however, the ability to leave comments by replying to emails has been available for a long time.
Update 2
WordPress has now resolved this problem. I’m no longer seeing the error message.
However, if you still get the ‘Sorry, this comment could not be posted’ message when leaving comments, please contact WordPress.
Is this commenting problem affecting you? Please feel free to ask any questions by leaving a comment.
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Appriciate the link. I copied it for another time.
I haven’t changed my theme in years because I am aftraid I won’t be able to do what I know how.
I understand progress is needed. It would just be nice if there were options instead of forced compliance. I do not like or use the Block Editor. And I am able to (at this point) still choose.
All the best.
If you’re having no problems with your blog, there is no reason to change your theme other than perhaps to refresh its look. However, if the theme you are using has been retired by WordPress, it will no longer receive support, which could lead to issues. I’ve seen many bloggers use workarounds to address difficulties caused by unsupported themes. Sadly, some have abandoned their blogs altogether rather than resolve the issues by switching to a supported theme.
WordPress provides tutorials on changing themes. If you’re still not confident, is there someone (who is tech-savvy) you could ask to sit with you while you explore changing the theme?
I know some users do not like the block editor, but there is an option to use it via the Block editor without using any of the other blocks. It just takes a few clicks to set up and is better supported by WordPress than the old-style classic editor.
Thanks – As I have no tech support locally and haven’t had much success with tutorials, I think I’ll just stick with what is working. At least for the moment.
As with any buisness… the buisness needs to address those who are not equipt to deal with more moderned updates. Especially dealing with computers. There is a whole generation that probably doesn’t even own PC’s though they might have smart phones… and even then only know how to use perhaps a 1/4 of what the phone can do. I know I’m still learning how to use my smart phone. But I don’t use it like a PC. I rarely text. But then that’s just me…
I appriciate your input. ~Thanks
yes yes yes you have addressed a common complaint I get from my readers. I hope this works.
It definitely works. Please let your readers know.