Comments on: Displaying Comment Number Next to Posts

By: Kenneth Hardy

Kenneth Hardy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:22:47 +0000

I loved your tutorial <3 Worked out great. Going to use this to many things

Thanks !

By: Suraj Reddy

Suraj Reddy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:20:42 +0000

This was very helpful, thanks for posting it – it'd be great if your links were updated though

Also, if anyone's having trouble with the comments_number function, there's another one you can also use called get_comments_number – you'll have to use an echo before it.

God bless

By: Suraj Reddy

Suraj Reddy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:20:42 +0000

This was very helpful, thanks for posting it – it'd be great if your links were updated though

Also, if anyone's having trouble with the comments_number function, there's another one you can also use called get_comments_number – you'll have to use an echo before it.

God bless

By: rwscold

rwscold — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:26:53 +0000

Good stuff here. I've never really considered this but I can see the reason. Just like digg the momentum builds as users see more diggs or ratings.

By: 7 Strategies for Increasing Your Blog Comments

7 Strategies for Increasing Your Blog Comments — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:55:59 +0000

[...] Display your comment count prominently. I can’t explain this, but I can tell you that since I started displaying the comment count next to my post titles, the number of my comments has increased dramatically. If the number is low, people want to jump in and be among the first to comment. If the comment count is high, readers think the topic is hot and want to get in on the action. Either way, you win. (I did this on my WordPress blog by modifying some code originally posted by Mitch Canter.) [...]