Comments in the admin back-end don't have checkboxes

The comments are being added through some custom code using the wp_insert_comment function.

How do you know?

Have you tried:

– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

– switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

I know because I wrote the code. Sorry, I should have prefaced this by saying I am a PHP programmer and work on WordPress sites quite a bit.

– There are no plugins except one I created but it has nothing to do with comments.

– I used the Twenty Eleven theme as a base and then modify it to what I need.

– I’m confident that is not the issue.

The code that does the insert is:

$result = wp_insert_comment(array('comment_post_ID'	=> 0,
				   'user_id'			=> $id,
				'comment_content'	=> $message,
				'comment_karma'		=> 4,								   'comment_author_IP'	=> $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'],
'comment_date'		=> date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
'comment_approved'	=> '1'));

Wow trying to format code here is a challenge.

Okay well I managed to get the checkboxes to appear as well as the other moderating options.

At least one comment has to have its comment_post_ID field linking to a published post. The comments will appear, but you can’t do anything with them.

I should note that I am not using the comment system for its traditional purpose and instead leveraging it for something else (still comment-related, though) that doesn’t involve blog posts or pages.

In any case, I suppose this thread is solved. Thanks for the reply!