Title: Reverse Comment Textarea
Author: Justin Tadlock
Published: <strong>November 20, 2015</strong>
Last modified: November 20, 2015

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Reverse Comment Textarea

 By [Justin Tadlock](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/reverse-comment-textarea.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-comment-textarea/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-comment-textarea/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-comment-textarea/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-comment-textarea/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-comment-textarea/)

## Description

WordPress version 4.4 moves the textarea to the top of the comment form. This plugin
moves the textarea back to the bottom to what it was like pre-4.4.

### Like this plugin?

Please consider helping the cause by:

 * [Making a donation](http://themehybrid.com/donate).
 * [Signing up at my site](http://themehybrid.com/club).
 * [Rating the plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/reverse-comment-textarea?rate=5#postform).

### Professional Support

If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can access
the support forums at [Theme Hybrid](http://themehybrid.com/board/topics), which
is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my 
plugins and themes for a community of 60,000+ users (and growing).

### Plugin Development

If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow
the development of this plugin on it’s [GitHub repository](https://github.com/justintadlock/reverse-comment-textarea).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Comment form with textarea at the bottom.

## Installation

 1. Upload `reverse-comment-textarea` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to “Settings > Reverse Comment Textarea” to select which settings you’d like
    to use.

## FAQ

  Why was this plugin created?

WordPress 4.4 puts the textarea at the top of the comment form. This plugin was 
created for users who want the old, pre-4.4 style with the textarea at the bottom.

  How do I use it?

Just install and activate. Nothing else to do.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Reverse Comment Textarea” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Justin Tadlock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/)

[Translate “Reverse Comment Textarea” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/reverse-comment-textarea)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reverse-comment-textarea/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/reverse-comment-textarea/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reverse-comment-textarea/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/reverse-comment-textarea/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

The change log is located in the `changelog.md` file in the plugin folder. You may
also [view the change log](https://github.com/justintadlock/reverse-comment-textarea/blob/master/changelog.md)
online.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-comment-textarea/)
 * Tag
 * [comments](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/reverse-comment-textarea/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Justin Tadlock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greenshady/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reverse-comment-textarea/)

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