page displaying wrong comments

[dcostalis]

Depending on how widgets are set up, and the layout of the page, WordPress may display the wrong comments for a post.

The widget.php file uses a variable $id, which is used frequently throughout code. That variable is not unset, and moving the sidebar code above the comment code while this widget is active will cause the comments_template function to instead display comments from the last post on the "recent posts" list. solution proposed.

[dcostalis]

updated proposed fix

[ionfish]

Tarski ​hacks around this issue by adding the following code below the sidebar widgets block, but it would be much better if this weren't necessary.

$wp_the_query->current_post--;
setup_postdata($wp_query->next_post());

[ionfish]

Patch from 12/07/07 doesn't work for me. Included post reset does fix it, but obviously ideally the widgets code would be better isolated from the page or post loop.

[ionfish]

Added a patch that seems to fix this.

[ryan]

How about having wp_reset_query() reset the global post data? See patch (untested).

[ryan]

Does that patch work for anyone?

[ionfish]

Sorry, been a really busy week. Having just tested this, it doesn't seem to fix my Tarski issue. I commented out the hack I mentioned above, applied the hack, and found all my posts getting the same comments, from the last article on the 'Recent Articles' widget list.

[ryan]

Maybe that will work better.

[ionfish]

Doesn't work... but this does.

[ryan]

(In [6653]) Restore global post when resetting the query. Props ionfish. fixes #5439

[ryan]

(In [6688]) Don't advance post counter when resetting query. see #5439

[ryan]

Using next_post() causes problems with other themes. Reverting and reopening.

[ionfish]

#6687 has resolved this for me.

[ionfish]

[6687], rather.