How to customize Wordpress comment_form();

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I am currently developing my own Wordpress theme and have been recently working on a custom `comments_template();`. I have read that using the `wp_list_comments();` method is best practice for pulling in and displaying the comments per page/post. I have successfully customized the way that the comments are pulled in through that method and displayed. I have also read that using the `comment_form();` method is the best practice for displaying the comment form. However, I am really struggling with trying to customize this. I am a little confused between the $args, filters and actions. Essentially I would like to drastically change parts of the comment form. How might I go about changing parts of the comment form while still using best practice with the `comment_form();` method? All I am really needing to do is wrap several of the existing `

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Accepted Answer

I use `functions.php` to modify comments display. I don't know if it is the way things are done now (last site that I was developing with WP and needed comments was in 2009 ;)), but here it is (place it in `functions.php` file!:

```
function THEMENAME_comment($comment, $args, $depth) {
  $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
  *your comment display code*
}
```

Remember to create pingback theme aswell. You do it similar to comments, only difference is the first line:

function THEMENAME_pings($comment, $args, $depth)

Other way may be using comments_template.

How to customize Wordpress comment_form();

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