We are experiencing an issue with comment form visibility for a custom WordPress role.

Environment:

• WordPress
• Elementor Pro
• wpDiscuz
• Members plugin
• Custom role: k_member

Problem:
Users with the custom role k_member can see the comments area and are recognized as logged-in users, but the wpDiscuz comment editor/form does not appear.

Administrators can comment normally.

What we checked:

1. Comments are enabled on the post (Open for comments is checked).
2. wpDiscuz is active and working correctly for admins.
3. The custom role has the basic read capability.
4. In:
   wpDiscuz → User Roles and Badges
   the role k_member is enabled under:
   “Show comment form for post types”.
5. The issue occurs on newly created posts as well.
6. The user is logged in successfully and wpDiscuz recognizes the user name in the comments area.
7. We checked for obvious Elementor visibility conditions and did not find any.

Current behavior:

• Logged-in custom-role users see:
  “You are logged in as…”
  and the comments counter.
• But the actual comment textarea/editor is missing.

Question:
Does wpDiscuz require additional capabilities or configuration for custom roles created with the Members plugin?
Is there a known limitation or compatibility issue with custom roles and comment form visibility?

Thank you.

I should add that I am unable to find any settings for Private Messaging in the WPForo settings at all. It doesn't event come up when I do a search using the search bar.

Thanks

sorry I spoke too soon, the CSS you provided yesterday although sorted out the featured image gap at the top of the wpforo post, it introduced all manner of weird truncated post boxes. I only spotted this today, some examples. 

I have a problem on all my Blog-Cross posts. The blog post has a feature image set and as expected this displays OK on the blog. However, the cross-linked post on the forum ends up with a large gap where the set featured image would be. 

Try as I might I cannot figure how to remove the gap on the forum with css. I've searched this site and also cannot find it. Any ideas on how to resolve would be greatly appreciated.

Examples below, first shows the blog post with the featured image, the second shows the resulting forum cross post with the ugly gap at the top.

What is wrong with the installation that causes these issues?

When I type on my posts I get nothing as you can see here

How can I make this work correctly?

Thanks

Iain Morrison

Hi everyone,

We’ve been experimenting with turning wpDiscuz comment voting into something more meaningful than just static like/dislike numbers, and ended up building a custom system that adds real-time “status” badges to comments based on engagement.

The idea was simple:
If votes exist, they should say something.

So instead of just showing counts, comments now get labels like:

• 🔥 TRENDING
• 🧨 EXPLODING
• 🚨 CONTROVERSIAL
• 💀 RATIO’D
• 🗂️ ARCHIVED HOT

These are calculated from:

• total votes
• like vs dislike ratio
• recency of votes

And then injected into the frontend dynamically.

What it does:

• Logs every wpDiscuz vote into a custom database table
• Imports existing vote totals from comment meta (wpdiscuz_votes_seperate)
• Calculates engagement states per comment
• Adds visual badges above comments in real-time
• Highlights “hot” comments visually
• Optionally pins the hottest comment at the top
• Sends alerts when a comment gets heavily downvoted
  
  

Anyway, check it out: https://ratemyinsta.com/
Regards,
FixIt (RMI Web technician)

I've spent ages looking and I cannot find the answer, it's possible I'm just being stupid.

is there a short code for wpDiscuz that I can insert into a wordpress page, that will list all the comments.

All I want to do is have a " Recent Blog Comments" page where members can go where they can instantly see all the comments and click to the one they find interesting. Great if it was paginated or I could state recent xx as in number of.

Apologies if this has been asked and answered before