Merge pull request #126 from Emilia-Capital/jdv/fix-comment-policy

Allow changing comments when you have comment moderation rights

Author: jdevalk

inc/forms.php

@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ public function comment_form_fields() {
 	public function check_comment_policy( $comment_data ) {
 		// phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing -- Comment forms (unfortunately) are always without nonces.
 		if ( ! isset( $_POST['comment_policy'] ) || ! ( $_POST['comment_policy'] === 'on' || $_POST['comment_policy'] === true ) ) {
-			\wp_die( \esc_html( $this->options['comment_policy_error'] ) . '<br /><br /><a href="javascript:history.go(-1);">' . \esc_html__( 'Go back and try again.', 'comment-hacks' ) . '</a>' );
+			if ( ! \current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) ) {
+				\wp_die( \esc_html( $this->options['comment_policy_error'] ) . '<br /><br /><a href="javascript:history.go(-1);">' . \esc_html__( 'Go back and try again.', 'comment-hacks' ) . '</a>' );
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $comment_data;