Recently, we showed you how to setup facebook comments for WordPress. One of the downside of using that plugin is that it overtakes all WordPress comment_count functions, and it outputs a facebook branded version of the comment count. This may cause issues to your WordPress design specially if you are using a comment bubble to just display the number. In this article, we will show you how to display the facebook comment count in your WordPress theme.
All you have to do is paste the following code in your theme file where you want to display the comment count:
<fb:comments-count href="<?php echo get_permalink($post->ID); ?>"></fb:comments-count> Comments
Hope you will find this handy while designing your WordPress themes.
So stupid question from beginner. I have managed to install the FB comments and disable the WP comment box.
Now, you say the “theme file” which file is that? Not functions.php I guess….maybe theme theme-comments.php ?????
I see now these solutions are fo rfacebook-comments-for-wordpress.3.1.3.zip.
As I have WordPress 3.4.2 I could not use that version.
I am using Facebook Comments facebook-comments-plugin.2.0.3.zip
So I guess I am stuck with no solution for getting the FB comments to be included within the new comments count….aaaa….
There is an error, the right code is <fb:comments-count href=<?php echo get_permalink($post->ID); ?>></fb:comments-count> Comments without this “” ! It doesn’t work with HTML5 Facebook comments.
Well using bubble count is good idea to display your popularity and it makes page more attractive.I have used your script for my WordPress blog but it doesn’t show anything.
Actually, you are missing the fbcomments and fbroot divs and the script reference to go with this. Which is why some people aren’t getting the wanted results, as this piece of code alone won’t do much.
The fact that they have Facebook Comments on the page should mean that they have those scripts in place. Which is the reason why we didn’t add it in this article.
is there a way to style the display of the comment count?
You can probably try to override the style from your style.css with !important tags.
Is it possible to sum WP plus FB comments?
On my website it doens’t show a thing. I use the facebook comments for wordpress and I use version 2 only. When I set the native comment count it show the right amount of comments but when I try to insert the comment count manually it shows nothing. It only creates a class comment_count_zero. But i’m sure there are comments there.
Anyone who could help me?
For our site (www.firenews.net), it only shows “0″ even when a Fb comment has been left.
What if you’re displaying the comment count on an archives page? The method above doesn’t work.
What if you’re displaying the comment count on an archives page? The method above doesn’t work.
@TaylorJ.Thompson The key to this code lies within the actual href << If you can pull the appropriate URL for each post in that code, then sure it would work in the archive page.
What if you’re displaying the comment count on an archives page? The method above doesn’t work.
What if you’re displaying the comment count on an archives page? The method above doesn’t work.
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