Go to your theme open comments.php if you have one:
and find the line:
comment_form();
Replace it with this code which you could change as you like:
$commenter = wp_get_current_commenter(); $fields = array( 'author' => '<p>' . '<input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author'] ) . '" size="30"' . $aria_req . ' /><label for="author">' . __( 'Name' ) . '</label> ' . ( $req ? '<span>*</span>' : '' ) . '</p>', 'email' => '<p><input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_email'] ) . '" size="30"' . $aria_req . ' /><label for="email">' . __( 'Email' ) . '</label> ' . ( $req ? '<span>*</span>' : '' ) . '</p>', 'url' => '<p><input id="url" name="url" type="text" value="' . esc_attr( $commenter['comment_author_url'] ) . '" size="30" /><label for="url">' . __( 'Website' ) . '</label>' . '</p>', ); $defaults = array( 'fields' => apply_filters( 'comment_form_default_fields', $fields ), ); comment_form($defaults);
For more information check the wordpress docs: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/comment_form
Hey this is really useful, thanks!
Curious though, how do I change the php so that the label comes first wrapped in its own p tag, before the input field which Id like to also wrap in a p tag? I tried simply copy pasting the label part in front of the input field and then wrapping p tags around the label but it broke my theme. I dont really have a lot of php experience yet.
thanks.