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class WPML_Post_Comments extends WPML_WPDB_User {
public function __construct( &$wpdb ) {
parent::__construct( $wpdb );
private function hooks() {
add_action( 'wpml_troubleshooting_after_setup_complete_cleanup_end', array( $this, 'troubleshooting_action' ) );
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'enqueue_scripts' ) );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_wpml_count_orphans', array( $this, 'count_orphans_action' ) );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_wpml_delete_orphans', array( $this, 'delete_orphans_action' ) );
public function count_orphans_action() {
if ( wpml_is_action_authenticated( 'wpml_orphan_comment' ) ) {
wp_send_json_success( $this->get_orphan_comments( true ) );
wp_send_json_error( 'Wrong Nonce' );
public function get_orphan_comments( $return_count = false, $limit = 10 ) {
$columns = 'count(c.comment_id)';
$columns = 'DISTINCT c.comment_id';
FROM {$this->wpdb->prefix}comments c
INNER JOIN {$this->wpdb->prefix}icl_translations tc
ON c.comment_id = tc.element_id
INNER JOIN {$this->wpdb->posts} p
ON c.comment_post_ID = p.ID
INNER JOIN {$this->wpdb->prefix}icl_translations tp
AND CONCAT('post_', p.post_type) = tp.element_type
WHERE tc.element_type = 'comment'
AND tp.language_code <> tc.language_code
$sql_prepared = $this->wpdb->prepare( $sql, $limit );
$results = $this->wpdb->get_var( $sql_prepared );
$comments = $this->wpdb->get_col( $sql_prepared );
$num_rows = $this->wpdb->num_rows;
$results = array( $comments, $num_rows );
public function delete_orphans_action() {
if ( wpml_is_action_authenticated( 'wpml_orphan_comment' ) ) {
$data = isset( $_POST['data'] ) ? $_POST['data'] : array();
if ( isset( $data['how_many'] ) && is_numeric( $data['how_many'] ) ) {
$how_many = (int) $data['how_many'];
$result = $this->delete_orphans( $how_many );
wp_send_json_success( $result );
wp_send_json_error( 'Wrong Nonce' );
public function enqueue_scripts( $hook ) {
wp_register_script( 'wpml-orphan-comments', ICL_PLUGIN_URL . '/res/js/orphan-comments.js', array( 'jquery' ), ICL_SITEPRESS_VERSION, true );
if ( WPML_PLUGIN_FOLDER . '/menu/troubleshooting.php' === $hook ) {
wp_enqueue_script( 'wpml-orphan-comments' );
public function troubleshooting_action() {
<h4><?php esc_html_e( "Remove comments that don't match the content's language", 'sitepress' ); ?></h4>
<div id="wpml_orphans_count" style="display:none;">
<?php esc_html_e( "This will check for comments that have a language different than the content they belong to. If found, we can delete these comments for you. We call these 'orphan comments'.", 'sitepress' ); ?>
<button type="button" class="button-secondary check-orphans">
<?php esc_html_e( 'Check for orphan comments', 'sitepress' ); ?>
<div class="count-in-progress">
<span class="spinner is-active" style="float:none;"></span>
<?php esc_html_e( 'Checking...', 'sitepress' ); ?>
<?php esc_html_e( 'Good news! Your site has no orphan comments.', 'sitepress' ); ?>
<div class="orphans-check-results">
<?php echo sprintf( esc_html__( '%s orphan comments found.', 'sitepress' ), '<span class="count">0</span>' ); ?>
<button type="button" class="button-secondary clean-orphans">
<?php esc_html_e( 'Clean orphan comments', 'sitepress' ); ?>
<?php esc_html_e( '* The clean task may take several minutes to complete.', 'sitepress' ); ?>
<div class="delete-in-progress">
<span class="spinner is-active" style="float:none;"></span> <?php esc_html_e( 'Deleted comments:', 'sitepress' ); ?> <span class="deleted">0</span>
<?php wp_nonce_field( 'wpml_orphan_comment_nonce', 'wpml_orphan_comment_nonce' ); ?>
public function delete_orphans( $how_many ) {
$results = $this->get_orphan_comments( false, $how_many );
$comment_ids = $results[0];
$comment_ids_flat = implode( ',', $comment_ids );
$post_ids = $this->get_post_ids_from_comments_ids( $comment_ids_flat );
$deleted_comments += $this->wpdb->query( "DELETE FROM {$this->wpdb->comments} WHERE comment_ID IN( {$comment_ids_flat} )" );
$this->wpdb->query( "DELETE FROM {$this->wpdb->commentmeta} WHERE comment_ID IN( {$comment_ids_flat} )" );
$update_arg_set = array();
foreach ( $comment_ids as $comment_id ) {
'element_id' => $comment_id,
'element_type' => 'comment',
$update_arg_set[] = $update_args;
do_action( 'wpml_translation_update', array_merge( $update_args, array( 'type' => 'before_delete' ) ) );
$this->wpdb->query( "DELETE FROM {$this->wpdb->prefix}icl_translations WHERE element_id IN( {$comment_ids_flat} ) AND element_type = 'comment'" );
foreach ( $update_arg_set as $update_args ) {
do_action( 'wpml_translation_update', array_merge( $update_args, array( 'type' => 'after_delete' ) ) );
$this->update_comments_count( $post_ids );
return $deleted_comments;
private function update_comments_count( $post_ids ) {
foreach ( $post_ids as $post_id ) {
wp_update_comment_count( $post_id );
* @param string|array|int $comment_ids
private function get_post_ids_from_comments_ids( $comment_ids ) {
if ( is_numeric( $comment_ids ) ) {
$comment_ids = array( $comment_ids );
if ( is_array( $comment_ids ) ) {
$comment_ids = implode( ',', $comment_ids );
return $this->wpdb->get_col( "SELECT DISTINCT comment_post_ID FROM {$this->wpdb->comments} WHERE comment_ID IN( {$comment_ids} )" );
new WPML_Post_Comments( $wpdb );