Change Comment Form Title "Leave a comment" to Custom

23 July 2026

Here is simple WordPress PHP filter to change comment form title "Leave a comment" to your own custom text, filter comment_form_defaults help you to change it using your theme function.php file easily but make sure. comment form name

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add_filter('comment_form_defaults', 'set_my_comment_title', 20);
function set_my_comment_title( $defaults ){
 $defaults['title_reply'] = __('MY CUSTOM NAME', 'customizr-child');
 return $defaults;
}

MYTHEME > Function.php (usually found with this name and path) Before editing code make sure take backup of file. If you have any question please post comment below.

13 comments

Kapil Garg 9 December 2017
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maxi 1 March 2018
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Matt Johnson 24 July 2018
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foster 31 August 2018
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Website development Agency 5 January 2019
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Aditya 27 July 2019
I was looking for a way to change the form title for a plugin that i am writing and found this snippet. Solved my problem. Thanks
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aa 11 March 2020
Nice
Christopher Emmanuel 21 September 2020
Thank you
Jide 18 January 2021
Thanks, it works