Why does my name appear as the comment author when I approve comments?
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I just started blogging so I am new to all of this. I had a commented posted to my blog by another WordPress user today. When I approved the comment it was posted to my blog and her gravatar showed up next to them comment but instead of her display name, my display name was the next to the comment, making it look as if I had posted it using a different gravatar. I guess my name was there because I approved the comment so technically I posted it to the comments board via my approval. How do I get the comment author’s name to show up next to the comment instead of my own?
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Hi there. Approving a comment shouldn’t change the comment author. You should be able to change it by editing the comment under the Comments tab on the dashboard, but I’m also tagging this for staff to follow up as this appears to be a bug.
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Here’s the support doc on editing comments: http://en.support.wordpress.com/manage-comments/
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Thanks for your reply! I think you’re right in saying that it’s a bug. When I went to go edit the comment the comment author’s name was in the Name field. However, when I go back and look at the comment below my first post it has my display name beside it. The link to the post is below.
http://sunburntskin.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/i-am-still-learning/
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Thanks for that extra information. Staff will look into it, but it might take a while, considering also that it’s the weekend. Please be patient while waiting for them to respond.
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Over the weekend I answered another thread with this same problem, also tagged. Both of them use the new Eighties theme (I only picked up on the theme with the second thread and couldn’t find this one to check). -
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OK, this is a relief, as it is the exact issue I am having. Just launched my blog yesterday, also 80’s theme. Commenters all have their own gravatars but each comment shows my username. As a newbie to wordpress, I have not the slightest clue whether this is something I can fix, or a gliche in wordpress, or a bug in the 80’s theme. Glad to see staff is looking into this! Thanks
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Also, I should note that when I look at my comments from my phone, all the names and gravatars are correct. It’s only on the desktop that my own username is on every single comment.
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I’m seeing all three posts having the correct names now:
http://sunburntskin.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/i-am-still-learning/
Are you seeing something different?
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Perfect! It appears to be working now. Sorry I took so long to reply. I was flying to Australia. Thanks so much for your help.
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