[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34106: Comments should have real permalinks

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#34106: Comments should have real permalinks
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 Reporter:  boonebgorges  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Comments      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  needs-patch
  Focuses:                |
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 The closest think we have to comment permalinks are links like this:

 `example.com/my-post/comment-page-3/#comment-123`

 This is very fragile:
 * comment-page-x is sometimes optional, as when oldest comments are
 displayed first, and `my-post/comments-page-1/` is the same as `my-post/`
 * If you change the number of comments per page, the link is no longer
 correct
 * URL fragments (the stuff after `#`) are client-side only. Remember
 hashbangs? https://www.w3.org/blog/2011/05/hash-uris/
 * Pagination URLs are ugly and should not be used for canonical purposes

 I propose something along the following lines:
 * `example.com/comment/123` rewrites to `example.com/?comment_id=123`
 * `WP_Query` will translate `comment_id` into the proper values for `p`
 and `cpage`
 * `redirect_canonical()` will send you to `example.com/my-post/comment-
 page-3/#comment-123`

 Comment pagination settings can change at any time, and permalinks will
 continue to work.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/34106>
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