Essentially, the plugin would need to recognize the new URL, pull the comment ID value out of it there, then use the get_page_of_comment() function to find the page number to use. From there, you can do set_query_var(‘cpage’, NNNN) to set the comments page to whatever the result it.

This would all have to happen before the query runs, meaning that you’re not going to get nice bits like is_single() and so forth.

My suggestion would be to alter your links to look like /link/?comment=NNN instead. This avoids complexity, and you can just do something like $commment_id = (int) $_GET['comment'] to safely get the comment id, without opening a security hole.

Everything after a hash mark in a URL literally doesn’t get sent to the server. Hash marks indicate “in-page” links. When you have a URL that looks like example.com/link/morelink#hashtag then the only bit the server gets is “GET /link/morelink”. The browser then finds the hashtag in the page and auto-scrolls to it.

So WordPress never knows that you want to see comment-NNN, it just sees that you want the post. With links like that, it’s impossible for WordPress to know you want a comment, because the browser never tells it that fact. And you can’t even fix this with .htaccess, because the webserver itself (Apache) doesn’t get the hashtag bit either.

So, the only solution for leaving those old links working is to not have paging.

Is there perhaps a way to use a .haccess rule to morph a /#comment-NNN to a form which could be recognised by the server and the correct page calculation made within a plugin?

As for the other thing, hey, the blog owner can change anything on a whim, so they’re as “permanent” as anything else.

At me all has turned out, except one – comments turn out NOT threaded though the necessary point in options WP is noted.

And it just what I try to achieve from comments in a blog http://allpa.ru/- what to do? How to rectify situation?
Very much I hope for your help…

It would be desirable to allocate still comments of the author of a blog with other colour how it is made at you – you could not prompt the necessary actions?

Thanks!:)

All the hours I wasted with IntenseDebate can now be redeemed by Wordpress’ genius integration of these new comment enhancements. Not only is it completely functional, but I can make it look cool too.