Shortcode to show comments count
Use this shortcode to show comments count for a specific post. This can also be modified into a function which can be used in your theme grabbing the $post-ID
/** * Snippet Name: Shortcode to show comments count * Snippet URL: https://wpcustoms.net/snippets/shortcode-show-comments-count/ */ //usage: [comments id="1"] function comments_shortcode($atts) { extract( shortcode_atts( array( 'id' = ''), $atts ) ); $num = 0; $post_id = $id; $queried_post = get_post($post_id); $cc = $queried_post->comment_count; if( $cc == $num || $cc > 1 ) : $cc = $cc.' Comments'; else : $cc = $cc.' Comment'; endif; $permalink = get_permalink($post_id); return '' . $cc . ''; } add_shortcode('comments_count', 'comments_shortcode');