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1. elanaspantry
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Since we hide trackbacks/pingbacks, we also don't want them counted when using the comments_number function. For instance, if we have a post that has 8 comments and 1 pingback, we want the comments_number output to be 8 comments (instead of 9).

   Here's an example post: http://www.elanaspantry.com/cooked-veggies/how-to-roast-a-pumpkin-in-10-steps/

   Is this possible?

   Thanks!

2. elanaspantry
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   No one knows the answer to this?

3. wp_guy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   It's a little complicated, but can be done.

   You have to add this bit of code to the 'functions.php' file of your theme: (preferably at the end, before the '?>')

   add_filter('get_comments_number', 'comment_count', 0);
   function comment_count( $count ) {
   	global $id;
   	$comments = get_approved_comments($id);
   	$comment_count = 0;
   	foreach($comments as $comment){
   		if($comment->comment_type == ""){
   			$comment_count++;
   		}
   	}
   	return $comment_count;
   }

   If the functions.php file doesn't exist, create it.

4. elanaspantry
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   thx for your reply wp_guy...

   i created a file called functions.php, inserted the code above and uploaded it to my themes directory.

   no luck though. it still counts the pingbacks:

   http://www.elanaspantry.com/desserts/chocolate-orange-truffles/

   this is what the code looks like for displaying comments on single.php:
   comments_number('0 comments','1 comment','% comments');
   and comments.php:
   comments_number('no comments', '1 comment', '% comments' );

   any thoughts?

5. elanaspantry
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   i did forget to mention that i was using the Separate Comments & Pings Plugin - this seems to be confusing WP.

   i disabled that and of course the numbers are correct now - but the pingback shows up in the comments (which is what we don't want)

   thanks again...

6. wp_guy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Weird, because that plugin is supposed to adjust the comments number.

   Could it be that you are using an older version of the plugin?

7. elanaspantry
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   nope - using version 1.0 (the current version)

   i disabled the plugin for now...

8. elanaspantry
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   OK - i decided to search for a better plugin with support: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/comment-sorter/.

   I installed it, set it up and it appears to work fine. Thanks for your efforts again wp_guy.

9. jloayza
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   @wp_guy: It worked like a charm. Thanks!

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