WordPress: how to separate comments and trackbacks
Today I read an interesting article on NETTUTS which claims to unravel the Secrets of WordPress & Comments.php File. This is actually pretty true, the author did a good job at explaining the different functions, comment loops, and form elements.
The one thing I really missed was an explanation on how to separate comments from trackbacks. Discussing on a blog with tons of trackback posts between the ongoing discussion is really annoying.
So here is my little addition to the NETTUTS tuorial:
How to separate comments from trackbacks in WordPress
First thing we need is a working peace of basic comment code, I’ll take the one from NETTUTS: (if you need any explanation on this piece of code, just read the aforementioned article)
<?php if($comments) : ?>
<ol>
<?php foreach($comments as $comment) : ?>
<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">
<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == "0") : ?>
<p>Your comment is awaiting approval</p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php comment_text(); ?>
<cite><?php comment_type(); ?> by <?php comment_author_link(); ?> on <?php comment_date(); ?> at <?php comment_time(); ?></cite>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ol>
<?php else : ?>
<p>No comments yet</p>
<?php endif; ?>
Now we will use the function get_comment_type(); to check which kind of comment this is. The function returns one of three possible values: pingback, trackback or a comment.
Our first target is to display only the comments. This is easily accomplished with an additional if statement:
<?php if($comments) : ?>
<ol>
<?php foreach($comments as $comment) : ?>
<?php if(get_comment_type() == "comment") : ?>
<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">
<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == "0") : ?>
<p>Your comment is awaiting approval</p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php comment_text(); ?>
<cite><?php comment_type(); ?> by <?php comment_author_link(); ?> on <?php comment_date(); ?> at <?php comment_time(); ?></cite>
</li>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ol>
<?php else : ?>
<p>No comments yet</p>
<?php endif; ?>
If you don’t want to display trackbacks you are done now. In case you want to show them, you have to call the comment loop a second time, this time only displaying the comment, if get_comment_type() returns pingback or trackback.
<?php if($comments) : ?>
<ol>
<?php foreach($comments as $comment) : ?>
<?php if((get_comment_type() == "pingback") || (get_comment_type() == "trackback")) : ?>
<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">
<?php comment_author_link() ?></li>
</li>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ol>
<?php endif; ?>
Thats it, not that hard to master and a big improvement in readability for your ongoing discussions.
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How to not display the second list (ol or ul) if there are no pingbacks ?
I’m using a heading (h3 Trackbacks), like you do, but I don’t want that h3 to show when there are only comments.
I tried to do an endif; after the comments, and then another if $comments before the trackbacks and it’s heading, but that if returns true (obviously), becuase the comment_type if-statment is within the foreach.
So how can I do if (has_trackbacks()) ?
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Hi, I am using you newscast wordpress theme and want to separate comments and trackback, i donno more about these languages can u please help me?
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