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namespace Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Front_End;
use Yoast\WP\SEO\Conditionals\Front_End_Conditional;
use Yoast\WP\SEO\Helpers\Redirect_Helper;
use Yoast\WP\SEO\Helpers\Robots_Helper;
use Yoast\WP\SEO\Integrations\Integration_Interface;
* Class Comment_Link_Fixer.
class Comment_Link_Fixer implements Integration_Interface {
* Returns the conditionals based in which this loadable should be active.
public static function get_conditionals() {
return [ Front_End_Conditional::class ];
* Comment_Link_Fixer constructor.
* @codeCoverageIgnore It only sets depedencies.
* @param Redirect_Helper $redirect The redirect helper.
* @param Robots_Helper $robots The robots helper.
public function __construct( Redirect_Helper $redirect, Robots_Helper $robots ) {
$this->redirect = $redirect;
* Initializes the integration.
* This is the place to register hooks and filters.
public function register_hooks() {
if ( $this->clean_reply_to_com() ) {
\add_filter( 'comment_reply_link', [ $this, 'remove_reply_to_com' ] );
\add_action( 'template_redirect', [ $this, 'replytocom_redirect' ], 1 );
// When users view a reply to a comment, this URL parameter is set. These should never be indexed separately.
if ( $this->get_replytocom_parameter() !== null ) {
\add_filter( 'wpseo_robots_array', [ $this->robots, 'set_robots_no_index' ] );
* Checks if the url contains the ?replytocom query parameter.
* @codeCoverageIgnore Wraps the filter input.
* @return string|null The value of replytocom or null if it does not exist.
protected function get_replytocom_parameter() {
// phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended -- Reason: We are not processing form information.
if ( isset( $_GET['replytocom'] ) && \is_string( $_GET['replytocom'] ) ) {
// phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended -- Reason: We are not processing form information.
return \sanitize_text_field( \wp_unslash( $_GET['replytocom'] ) );
* Removes the ?replytocom variable from the link, replacing it with a #comment-<number> anchor.
* @todo Should this function also allow for relative urls ?
* @param string $link The comment link as a string.
* @return string The modified link.
public function remove_reply_to_com( $link ) {
return \preg_replace( '`href=(["\'])(?:.*(?:\?|&|&)replytocom=(\d+)#respond)`', 'href=$1#comment-$2', $link );
* Redirects out the ?replytocom variables.
* @return bool True when redirect has been done.
public function replytocom_redirect() {
if ( isset( $_GET['replytocom'] ) && \is_singular() ) {
$url = \get_permalink( $GLOBALS['post']->ID );
$hash = \sanitize_text_field( \wp_unslash( $_GET['replytocom'] ) );
if ( isset( $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ) ) {
$query_string = \remove_query_arg( 'replytocom', \sanitize_text_field( \wp_unslash( $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ) ) );
if ( ! empty( $query_string ) ) {
$url .= '?' . $query_string;
$url .= '#comment-' . $hash;
$this->redirect->do_safe_redirect( $url, 301 );
* Checks whether we can allow the feature that removes ?replytocom query parameters.
* @codeCoverageIgnore It just wraps a call to a filter.
* @return bool True to remove, false not to remove.
private function clean_reply_to_com() {
* Filter: 'wpseo_remove_reply_to_com' - Allow disabling the feature that removes ?replytocom query parameters.
* @param bool $return True to remove, false not to remove.
return (bool) \apply_filters( 'wpseo_remove_reply_to_com', true );