How to display the most accurate comment count in WordPress

Do you want to display the most accurate number of comments in WordPress?

Your WordPress site may have comments, spam, quote announcements, and pings that are pending review. This makes it difficult to display the exact number of comments on your website.

In this article, we will show you how to easily display the most accurate comment count on your WordPress website.

Why display accurate comment counts in WordPress?

Comments allow readers to interact with you and other visitors. This helps create a sense of community and bring people back to your website. That being said, you will want to do everything you can to get more comments on your WordPress posts.

You can allow users to subscribe to comments, ask questions in each post to try to spark discussions, and more. Another option is to display accurate comment counts.

High comment counts will make visitors want to join the conversation. It's also a social proof, as readers may visit your post just to understand why so many people have commented.

There is no default way to display accurate comment counts in WordPress, especially when your website receives a lot of citations and pings. Spam can also make it difficult to display accurate comment counts.

That being said, let's see how to use the free plugin to display accurate comment counts on WordPress websites. Just use the quick link below to jump directly to the method you want to use:

• Method 1: Use simple blog statistics (fast and easy)
• Method 2: Use custom shortcodes (including ping, citations, and unapproved comments)

Method 1: Use simple blog statistics (fast and easy)

The easiest way to display accurate comment counts is to use simple blog statistics. This plugin displays the total number of approved comments and reviewed comments. However, ping and reference are not included in its count.

Many websites turn off Trackback and pingback to block spam in WordPress, so this may not be a big problem for your website. However, if you want to include reference references and pings in your comment count, then we recommend using Method 2.

First, you need to install and activate the Simple Blog Statistics plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install WordPress plug-ins.

Once activated, you can view all the short codes for the plugin by going to the Settings » Simple Blog Statistics page.

Here, just click to expand the Shortcode section.

To display the total number of approved comments on your WordPress blog, simply use the following shortcode: [sbs_approved]

If you want to display the total number of approved comments and comments that are still in the WordPress comment review queue, you can use [sbs_comments].

For more information on how to place shortcodes, see our guide on how to add shortcodes in WordPress.

After adding the shortcode, you can visit the WordPress website to view the total number of comments in real time.

Method 2: Use custom shortcodes (including ping, citations, and unapproved comments)

If you want to include pingback and trackback in the total number of comments, you need to add custom code to your website.

Typically, the tutorial will ask you to add custom code snippets to the theme's functions.php file. However, we do not recommend using this method, as a small error in the code can cause many common WordPress errors. Or worse yet, completely destroy your website.

This is why we recommend using WPCode. This is the easiest and safest way to add custom code in WordPress without editing any WordPress theme files.

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the free WPCode plugin on your website. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install WordPress plug-ins.

Once activated, you need to go to Code Snippet » Add snippet .

Here you will see all the ready-made snippets of WPCode that you can add to your website.

We will create a custom shortcode that allows you to add accurate comment counts to any page, post, or widget ready area. First, hover over Add Custom Code and click Use Code Snippets.

First, you need to enter the title of the custom code snippet. This can be anything that can help you identify snippets of code in your WordPress dashboard.

After that, just open the Code Type drop-down list and select PHP Fragment.

Once done, just paste the following code snippet into the code editor:

After that, scroll to the top of the screen and click Inactive to change it to Active.

Once you're done, just click Save Code Snippet to make the code snippet appear on your website.

You now have a shortcode that can be used to display the total number of comments, including quotes, pings, and unapproved comments.

[actual_comment_count] Just add a shortcode anywhere you want to display the number of comments. For more information on how to place shortcodes, see our guide on how to add shortcodes in WordPress.

Show comment counts for specific WordPress posts

Do you want to display the number of comments for a single post or page?

You can add the following PHP code snippet to WPCode by following the same procedure above:

 functionwpbeginner_post_comment_count() { functioncomment_count( $count) { if( ! is_admin() ) { global$post; $comments_by_type= &separate_comments(get_comments('status=approve&post_id='. $post->ID )); returncount($comments_by_type['comment']); } else{ return$count; }}add_filter('get_comments_number', 'comment_count', 0); $actual_comment_count= get_comments_number(); return$actual_comment_count; } add_shortcode('post_comment_count', 'wpbeginner_post_comment_count');

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This will create a [post_comment_count] shortcode that you can add to any page or post.

We hope this article helps you understand how to easily display the most accurate comment count in WordPress. You might also want to read our guide on how to increase your blog traffic, or check out our expert selection of the best contact form plugins for WordPress.

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