How To: Quote Someone in WordPress Comments

Posted on 12 December 2008 by Naomi

You know how some blog posts spawn comment-conversations that go on forever? Ever needed to quote part of someone else’s comment so that your reply makes sense, and been stuck on how to do it gracefully?

On WordPress blogs, this is quite easy – and it might work on Blogger blogs too. No promises, though.

So, you read this comment on your fave blog:

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been told I’m an idiot, I’d have… ummm… I dunno

… and you can’t help wanting to respond.

Type this into the comments section:

<blockquote>If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been told I’m an idiot, I’d have… ummm… I dunno</blockquote>

… and then type your response.

It should come out looking like this:

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been told I’m an idiot, I’d have… ummm… I dunno

Have another dollar! Idiot.

Don’t that look purty?

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132 Responses

  1. Jayne, on 12 December 2008 at 11:46 am said:

    But I can just use the quote doo-hickeys in Blogger dashboard ner ner ner ner 😛

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  2. Naomi, on 12 December 2008 at 12:35 pm said:

    Jayne – when you’re making a comment? Neat!

    Reply
  3. Mistress B, on 12 December 2008 at 12:36 pm said:

    ahhh

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    I was wondering how I’d do that.

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  4. Anja, on 12 December 2008 at 2:29 pm said:

    What an eyecatching example. We’re all sure to remember it now. Thanks. 🙂

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  6. widdleshamrock, on 16 December 2008 at 8:53 am said:

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    Reply
  8. Viktor, on 25 February 2010 at 11:05 pm said:

    I wish I had a million already!

    Testing.

    Reply
  9. Islam is what's up, on 29 October 2010 at 5:36 pm said:

    On WordPress blogs, this is quite easy – and it might work on Blogger blogs too. No promises, though.

    if that works – then that’s what’s up.

    Reply
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    anon, on 17 February 2011 at 9:31 am said:

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