Title: wp_comment_reply
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_comment_reply’, string $content, array $args )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the in-line comment reply-to form output in the Comments list table.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Returning a non-empty value here will short-circuit display of the in-line comment-
reply form in the Comments list table, echoing the returned value instead.

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [wp_comment_reply()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_comment_reply/)

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$content`string

The reply-to form content.

`$args`array

An array of default args.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $content = apply_filters(
    	'wp_comment_reply',
    	'',
    	array(
    		'position' => $position,
    		'checkbox' => $checkbox,
    		'mode'     => $mode,
    	)
    );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/template.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/template.php#L430)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/template.php#L430-L438)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_comment_reply()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_comment_reply/)`wp-admin/includes/template.php` |

Outputs the in-line comment reply-to form in the Comments list table.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_comment_reply/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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