# Empty \`discourse\_permalink\` Causes Silent Comment Sync Failures

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-discourse-permalink-causes-silent-comment-sync-failures/395962>\
**Category:** WordPress\
**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-discourse-permalink-causes-silent-comment-sync-failures/395962 "2026-02-12T21:39:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-discourse-permalink-causes-silent-comment-sync-failures/395962/2 "2026-02-13T08:38:48Z")

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Hey there, thanks for your detailed report.

> [@jeremyhixon](#):
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> The issue appears to have started around mid-December 2025.

As the [WP Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) plugin didn’t change any of the implementation around the feature you’re having an issue with, let’s think about what else may have changed around then. Did you perhaps update another plugin at that time?

> [@jeremyhixon](#):
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> **WP-Discourse version:** 2.5.7

One initial issue you can address here is to update to the latest version of the [WP Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) plugin, `2.6.1`.

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