Title: xmlrpc_prepare_comment
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘xmlrpc_prepare_comment’, array $_comment, WP_Comment $comment )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_prepare_comment/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_prepare_comment/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_prepare_comment/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_prepare_comment/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters XML-RPC-prepared data for the given comment.

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

 `$_comment`array

An array of prepared comment data.

`$comment`[WP_Comment](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_comment/)

Comment object.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'xmlrpc_prepare_comment', $_comment, $comment );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php#L1232)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php#L1232-L1232)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::_prepare_comment()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/_prepare_comment/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Prepares comment data for return in an XML-RPC object.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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