Count Post Views with Comment Count

  • Resolved DenisCGN

    (@deniscgn)


    9 years, 9 months ago

    Hello,
    cause I dont use comments on my site I thought I can use wp_update_comment_count() to count my post views. So everytime a visitor views a page I like to have the comment get one more.
    So this is easier to present the most popular page in most of the themes, cause they work with this commetent stuff.

    Does anyone knows how I can put code into my header.php so that it rises the comment count when the page is loaded?

    Thanks,
    Denis

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  • Hey there Denis,

    Hope you’re well! ??

    I suggest you use this plugin instead: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-statistics/ the function you mentioned just update the comment count of each post not the views. Let me know what you think.

    Looking forward for your reply! ??

    Take care,
    Calvin

    Thread Starter DenisCGN

    (@deniscgn)

    Hey Calvin,
    nice plugin, but its too much for me.

    just update the comment count of each post

    This is what I need, a function that rises the comment count everytime a visitor visits a post.
    This is easier for me to use. cause lots of premium themes use…most popular posts depending on comment count. But I dont use comments, or only a few people comment so there will be no changes in the list.
    Now I thought if I could use the comment count to populate popular post because of the visits (every visit rises the comment count).

    So tihs makes it easy to use premium themes…without customize the wp-query ??

    Cheers,
    Denis

    Hey there Denis,

    Hope you’re well! ??

    Did you mean that the comment count will increase as soon as a user visit your post?

    What about you check the methods here:

    https://smartwebworker.com/203-wordpress-show-number-of-page-views/ or
    https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/35032/60320

    Looking forward for your reply! ??

    Take care,
    Calvin

    Thread Starter DenisCGN

    (@deniscgn)

    Hello Calvin,
    I found these pages, too.
    But this is not what I need. All these examples need To have a query depending on custom fields. And I need to create a new template.
    I just want TO use comment count.
    Cause lots of themes offer ORDERBY comments. So I dont need to create some New tempalte to display the most likes posts. Cause i count the views with rising the number of comments.
    Cheers,
    Denis

    Thread Starter DenisCGN

    (@deniscgn)

    Hello,
    any one knows, how to use the wp_update_comment_count() ?
    I there something I need to add if I want to add a comment to the post without really adding a comment?
    Cheers,
    Denis

    Hey there Denis,

    Hope you’re well! ??

    I don’t suggest this and I don’t think this is a good way to track pageviews. This could get a lot of stuff in your database.

    I hope you understand.

    Best Regards,
    Calvin

    Thread Starter DenisCGN

    (@deniscgn)

    Hey Calvin,
    thanks…yes, you are right. But when I count by custom field, I need to change the theme. or create a custom template to show the post. Maybe this weekend I try around with the suggestion.
    Cheers,
    Denis

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