Sometimes, you will need to manually move comments made in a particular post to a different one. There could be many reasons that require this kind of actions, maybe you are merging two posts and do not want to lose the comments that have been already made in the merged post, or the user made the comment in a wrong post by mistake, etc.
No matter the reasons, in order to move a comment from a post to a different one, you need to follow these steps:
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Edit the comment that you would like to move.
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In the comment edit form, click on the Link to Another Post button.
Comment edit form -
A modal window will pop up to let you select the post where you want to move the comment. Click on the post title to select it.
Select the post where the comment will be moved or linked to -
A preview of the post will be shown. Click on the Link comment to this post button to confirm your choice and move the comment to the selected post. This will save the changes and redirect you back to the comment edit form.
Preview of selected comment
Required Permissions
The user performing this action must be a Collection Admin on both the source and the destination collection.