<?php
/**
* Customize comment form
*
* @param array $fields Comment form fields.
*/
function wd_customize_comment_form_fields( $fields ) {
// get value of fields and save as variable
$author = $fields['author'];
$email = $fields['email'];
$comment = $fields['comment'];
$url = $fields['url'];
// unset other fields to allow reordering
unset( $fields['url'] );
unset( $fields['comment'] );
unset( $fields['author'] );
unset( $fields['email'] );
// set fields in proper order with placeholder
$fields['author'] = $author;
$fields['email'] = $email;
$fields['comment'] = $comment;
$fields['url'] = $url;
return $fields;
}
add_filter( 'comment_form_fields', 'wd_customize_comment_form_fields' );
This snippet includes adding placeholder text
<?php
/**
* Customize comment form
*
* @param array $fields Comment form fields.
*/
function wd_customize_comment_form_fields( $fields ) {
// remove URL field
unset( $fields['url'] );
// unset other fields to allow reordering
unset( $fields['comment'] );
unset( $fields['author'] );
unset( $fields['email'] );
// create placeholder variables
$comment_placeholder = __( 'Comment', 'slug' );
$author_placeholder = __( 'Name', 'slug' );
$email_placeholder = __( 'Email', 'slug' );
// set fields in proper order with placeholder
$fields['author'] = '<p class="comment-form-author">' . '<label for="author">' . $author_placeholder . '</label> ' . ( $req ? '<span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) . '<input id="author" name="author" type="text" placeholder="' . $author_placeholder . '" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ) . '" size="20"' . $aria_req . ' /></p>';
$fields['email'] = '<p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">' . $email_placeholder . '</label> ' . ( $req ? '<span class="required">*</span>' : '' ) . '<input id="email" name="email" type="text" placeholder="' . $email_placeholder . '" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_email'] ) . '" size="30"' . $aria_req . ' /></p>';
$fields['comment'] = '<p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment">' . _x( 'Comment', 'noun' ) . '</label><textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" placeholder="' . $comment_placeholder . '" aria-required="true"></textarea></p>';
return $fields;
}
add_filter( 'comment_form_fields', 'wd_customize_comment_form_fields' );