Comment count – only works on single.php but not on index.php

does your index.php show your comments template, or just a link and you want it to display comment numbers?

If the second, use comments_popup_link

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/comments_popup_link

The index.php does not show the comments template. I basically have a link below each post either saying ‘Leave comment’ or displaying the number of comments (well, that’s at least my goal).

I just tried it with the comments_popup_link but it still does not work. It only says ‘Leave comment’ but does not show the count ??

Could the reason be my comments.php file? Because the WP comments would show up below the ‘facebook comments’ after installing the plugin I deleted most of what is in the comments.php file.

This is what is left:

<?php
/**
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Default_Theme
 */

// Do not delete these lines
	if (!empty($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) && 'comments.php' == basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']))
		die ('Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!');

	if ( post_password_required() ) { ?>
		<p class="nocomments"><?php _e("This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments.", ''); ?></p>
	<?php
		return;
	}
?>

Anything wrong with that?

Similar post here: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-facebook-comments-for-wordpress-comment-count-not-calculating?replies=2

No response yet. Still waiting for the fix. New version still has some bugs.

Apologies, I didn’t realize the plugin affected things differently, I can’t answer the question as I don’t use that plugin at all….

After debugging and tracing the plugin codes, I fixed it. I just need to remove a line of condition ($fbc_options['displayPagesOrPosts'] == 'posts') && (!is_single()) around line 27 in facebook-comments-combinecomments.php file (that’s for 3.0.2 version).

For version 2.1.2 or lower, you can find it in facebook-comments-functions.php around line 173.

Hope this helps.

Perfect! That worked for me as well. Thanks so much eugenealegiojo!

I am using 3.1.3 and not getting any accurate count (always zero) on either the index.php or the single.php.

If it’s any clue, I have a one other bug: the option to “Check the Post comment to my Facebook profile box by default” seems to have no effect (the option is always checked).

Any idea if I’m doing something wrong or if this is just buggy?

thanks,
joel

i have issue too i dont see comments count just No comments yet.

heres is code of facebook-comments-combinecomments.php

} elseif (!comments_open() ||
			  ($fbc_options['displayPagesOrPosts'] == 'pages') && (!is_page()) ||
 ($fbc_options['displayPagesOrPosts'] == 'posts') && (!is_single())) {
			 	  return $wpCommentCount;
	} else {

but if i erase the line ($fbc_options['displayPagesOrPosts'] == 'posts') && (!is_single())) i get blank page.

thanks in advance.

eugenealegiojo‘s fix no longer seems to work for 3.1.3, so post counts on the index page are all screwed up and displaying the same # for each post, regardless of how many comments that post has.