Say goodbye to ?replytocom=123 links and their URL pollution.

* Comment reply links continue to use JS as before.
* ?replytocom=123 links are deprecated.

props joostdevalk
fixes #22889
Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@33038


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@33009 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

wp-includes/comment-template.php

@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ function get_comment_reply_link( $args = array(), $comment = null, $post = null
 		);
 
 		$link = sprintf( "<a class='comment-reply-link' href='%s' onclick='%s' aria-label='%s'>%s</a>",
-			esc_url( add_query_arg( 'replytocom', $comment->comment_ID, get_permalink( $post->ID ) ) ) . "#" . $args['respond_id'],
+			esc_url( get_permalink( $post->ID ) ) . "#" . $args['respond_id'],
 			$onclick,
 			esc_attr( sprintf( $args['reply_to_text'], $comment->comment_author ) ),
 			$args['reply_text']
@@ -1571,10 +1571,9 @@ function get_cancel_comment_reply_link( $text = '' ) {
 	if ( empty($text) )
 		$text = __('Click here to cancel reply.');
 
-	$style = isset($_GET['replytocom']) ? '' : ' style="display:none;"';
+	$link = '#respond';
-	$link = esc_html( remove_query_arg('replytocom') ) . '#respond';
 
-	$formatted_link = '<a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="' . $link . '"' . $style . '>' . $text . '</a>';
+	$formatted_link = '<a id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="' . $link . '">' . $text . '</a>';
 	/**
 	 * Filter the cancel comment reply link HTML.
 	 *
@@ -1610,9 +1609,8 @@ function get_comment_id_fields( $id = 0 ) {
 	if ( empty( $id ) )
 		$id = get_the_ID();
 
-	$replytoid = isset($_GET['replytocom']) ? (int) $_GET['replytocom'] : 0;
 	$result  = "<input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='$id' id='comment_post_ID' />\n";
-	$result .= "<input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='$replytoid' />\n";
+	$result .= "<input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' />\n";
 
 	/**
 	 * Filter the returned comment id fields.
@@ -1621,9 +1619,9 @@ function get_comment_id_fields( $id = 0 ) {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $result     The HTML-formatted hidden id field comment elements.
 	 * @param int    $id         The post ID.
-	 * @param int    $replytoid The id of the comment being replied to.
+	 * @param int    $deprecated No longer used.
 	 */
-	return apply_filters( 'comment_id_fields', $result, $id, $replytoid );
+	return apply_filters( 'comment_id_fields', $result, $id, 0 );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1648,27 +1646,18 @@ function comment_id_fields( $id = 0 ) {
  *
  * @param string $noreplytext  Optional. Text to display when not replying to a comment.
  *                             Default false.
- * @param string $replytext    Optional. Text to display when replying to a comment.
+ * @param string $deprecated   No longer used.
- *                             Default false. Accepts "%s" for the author of the comment
+ * @param string $deprecated_2 No longer used.
- *                             being replied to.
- * @param string $linktoparent Optional. Boolean to control making the author's name a link
- *                             to their comment. Default true.
  */
-function comment_form_title( $noreplytext = false, $replytext = false, $linktoparent = true ) {
+function comment_form_title( $noreplytext, $deprecated = null, $deprecated_2 = null ) {
-	global $comment;
+	if ( ! is_null( $deprecated ) )
+		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '4.3' );
+	if ( ! is_null( $deprecated_2 ) )
+		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '4.3' );
 
 	if ( false === $noreplytext ) $noreplytext = __( 'Leave a Reply' );
-	if ( false === $replytext ) $replytext = __( 'Leave a Reply to %s' );
 
-	$replytoid = isset($_GET['replytocom']) ? (int) $_GET['replytocom'] : 0;
-
-	if ( 0 == $replytoid )
 	echo $noreplytext;
-	else {
-		$comment = get_comment($replytoid);
-		$author = ( $linktoparent ) ? '<a href="#comment-' . get_comment_ID() . '">' . get_comment_author() . '</a>' : get_comment_author();
-		printf( $replytext, $author );
-	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2294,7 +2283,7 @@ function comment_form( $args = array(), $post_id = null ) {
 			do_action( 'comment_form_before' );
 			?>
 			<div id="respond" class="comment-respond">
-				<h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title"><?php comment_form_title( $args['title_reply'], $args['title_reply_to'] ); ?> <small><?php cancel_comment_reply_link( $args['cancel_reply_link'] ); ?></small></h3>
+				<h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title"><?php comment_form_title( $args['title_reply'] ); ?> <small><?php cancel_comment_reply_link( $args['cancel_reply_link'] ); ?></small></h3>
 				<?php if ( get_option( 'comment_registration' ) && !is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>
 					<?php echo $args['must_log_in']; ?>
 					<?php

wp-includes/default-filters.php

@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ add_action( 'init',                'check_theme_switched',            99    );
 add_action( 'after_switch_theme',  '_wp_sidebars_changed'                   );
 add_action( 'wp_print_styles',     'print_emoji_styles'                     );
 
-if ( isset( $_GET['replytocom'] ) )
-    add_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_no_robots' );
-
 // Login actions
 add_action( 'login_head',          'wp_print_head_scripts',         9     );
 add_action( 'login_footer',        'wp_print_footer_scripts',       20    );

wp-includes/theme-compat/comments.php

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ _deprecated_file( sprintf( __( 'Theme without %1$s' ), basename(__FILE__) ), '3.
 
 <div id="respond">
 
-<h3><?php comment_form_title( __('Leave a Reply'), __('Leave a Reply to %s' ) ); ?></h3>
+<h3><?php _e('Leave a Reply'); ?></h3>
 
 <div id="cancel-comment-reply">
 	<small><?php cancel_comment_reply_link() ?></small>

wp-includes/version.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.3-alpha-33037';
+$wp_version = '4.3-alpha-33038';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.