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In the fourth part of the series, we went through the third batch of WordPress template tags. In this fifth part, we're going to go through the fourth batch of the almost 200 template tags. Throughout the tutorial, we'll see template tags about comments again, just like the previous batch.
get_comments_link() & comments_link()These template tags return and display the link to the post's "Comments" section.
comments_link() doesn't accept any parameters, but get_comments_link() accepts one:
$post_ID (optional—integer or object):<?php comments_link(); ?>
wp_list_comments()This popular template tag lists comments submitted on a post.
This template tag accepts two parameters:
$args (optional—array):'walker' (object): Instance of a Walker class to list comments.NULL)'max_depth' (integer): The maximum comments depth.'style' (string): The style of list ordering ('ul' or 'ol').'callback' (string): Callback function to use.NULL)'end-callback' (string): Callback function to use at the end.NULL)'type' (string): Type of comments to list ('all, 'comment', 'pingback', 'trackback' or 'pings').'page' (integer): Page ID to list comments for.'per_page' (integer): Number of comments to list per page.'avatar_size' (integer): Dimensions of avatar pictures.'reverse_top_level' (string): Ordering of the listed comments ('desc' or 'asc').NULL)'reverse_children' (boolean): Whether to reverse child comments in the list.'format' (string): How to format the comments list.'short_ping' (boolean): Whether to output short pings.FALSE)'echo' (boolean): Whether to echo the output (TRUE) or return it (FALSE).TRUE)$comments (optional—array):
<?php
$args = array(
// Use an ordered list for comments.
'style' => 'ol',
// Get comments only.
'type' => 'comments',
// Custom number of comments per page.
'per_page' => 15,
// Reduce avatar size.
'avatar_size' => 16,
// Force use HTML5 markup.
'format' => 'html5',
// Return the output instead of echoing.
'echo' => 0
);
$comments_list = wp_list_comments( $args );
?>
get_comments_number() & comments_number()These template tags get and display how many comments are posted to the post.
get_comments_number() accepts only one parameter:
$post_ID (optional—integer or object):And comments_number() accepts three parameters:
$zero (optional—string):$one (optional—string):$more (optional—string):<?php // Display the number of comments of a specific post. comments_number( 11 ); // Display the number of comments of the current post. $comments_num = get_comments_number( '0', '1', '%' ); ?>
get_comment_class() & comment_class()These template tags let you add generated semantic classes to wherever you want in the comment loop.
get_comment_class() accepts three parameters:
$class (optional—string or array):$comment_ID (optional—integer):$post_ID (optional—integer or object):And comment_class() accepts four parameters:
$class (optional—string or array):$comment_ID (optional—integer):$post_ID (optional—integer or object):$echo (optional—boolean):TRUE) or return (FALSE) the tag.TRUE)<?php // Display comment classes with an extra class. comment_class( 'mytheme-comment' ); // Return a specific comment from a specific post. $special_comment_classes = get_comment_class( '', 225, 98 ); ?>
comment_form()This template tag displays the whole comment form.
This template tag accepts two parameters:
$args (optional—array):'fields' (array): An associative array of default comment fields' HTML codes ('author', 'email' and 'url').'comment_field' (string): HTML code for the comment's TEXTAREA element.'must_log_in' (string): HTML code for the "must log in to comment" message.'logged_in_as' (string): HTML code for the "logged in as..." message. (Use %1$s for the profile URL, %2$s for the username and %3$s for the logout URL.)'comment_notes_before' (string): HTML code for the notes shown before the comment form.'comment_notes_after' (string): HTML code for the notes shown after the comment form.'id_form' (string): The ID of the comment form's FORM element.'id_submit' (string): The ID of the submit button.'name_submit' (string): The NAME parameter of the submit button.'title_reply' (string): Label for the "Leave a Reply" button.'title_reply_to' (string): Label for the "Leave a Reply to %s" button.'cancel_reply_link' (string): Text of the "Cancel Reply" link.'label_submit' (string): Label for the "Post Comment" button.'format' (string): The comment form format ('xhtml' or 'html5', default is 'xhtml').$post_ID (optional—integer or object):
<?php
$args = array(
'fields' => array( 'author', 'email' ),
'must_log_in' => __( 'You have to be a logged-in user to be able to comment.', 'translation-domain' ),
'label_submit' => __( 'Shoot It', 'translation-domain' ),
'format' => 'html5'
);
comment_form( $args );
?>
comment_form_title()This template tag echoes a dynamic title for the comment form.
This template tag accepts three parameters:
$noreplytext (optional—string):$replytext (optional—string):$linktoparent (optional—boolean):TRUE)<?php comment_form_title( __( 'Shoot a Reply', 'translation-domain' ), __( 'Talk Back to', 'translation-domain') . ' %s', false ); ?>
get_comment_reply_link() & comment_reply_link()These template tags let you return or display a reply link for the given comment.
Both template tags accept three parameters:
$args (optional—array):'add_below' (string): The first part of the selector used to identify the comment to respond below. The resulting value is passed as the first parameter to addComment.moveForm(), concatenated as $add_below-$comment->comment_ID.'respond_id' (string): The selector identifying the responding comment. Passed as the third parameter to addComment.moveForm(), and appended to the link URL as a hash value.'reply_text' (string): Text of the 'Reply' link.'login_text' (string): Text of the link to reply if logged out.'depth' (integer): Depth of the new comment—must be greater than 0 and less than the value of the 'thread_comments_depth' option set in Settings > Discussion.'before' (string): HTML code to add before the output.'after' (string): HTML code to add after the output.$comment_ID (optional—integer):$post_ID (optional—integer or object):
<?php
// Display the link with default configuration.
comment_reply_link();
// Get the link with some customization.
$args = array(
'reply_text' => __( 'Shout Back', 'translation-domain' ),
'login_text' => __( 'Log in to Shout Back', 'translation-domain' ),
'after' => '<hr class="comment-reply-after" />'
);
$comment_reply_link = get_comment_reply_link( $args );
?>
get_comment_id_fields() & comment_id_fields()These template tags echo or return the hidden and mandatory input fields of a "reply to comment" link.
Both template tags accept only one parameter:
$post_ID (optional—integer):<?php // Display the hidden fields. comment_id_fields(); // Get the hidden fields of a custom post's "reply to comment" form. $some_post_ID = get_the_ID_of_some_post( 'this-is-not-a-real-function-BTW' ); $reply_hidden_fields = get_comment_id_fields( $some_post_ID ); ?>
get_cancel_comment_reply_link() & cancel_comment_reply_link()These template tags return or echo a "Cancel Reply" link for using with the comment reply form.
Both template tags accept only one parameter:
$text (optional—string):<?php // Display the link. cancel_comment_reply_link(); // Retrieve the link. $cancel_reply_link = get_cancel_comment_reply_link( __( 'Meh...', 'translation-domain' ) ); ?>
get_next_comments_link() & next_comments_link()These template tags return or print the "next comments" link in your theme's Comments section.
Both template tags accept two parameters:
$label (optional—string):$max_page (optional—integer):<?php // Get the "next comments" link with default values. $next_comments_link = get_next_comments_link(); // Display the "next comments" link with a different label. next_comments_link( __( 'Next', 'translation-domain' ) ); ?>
get_previous_comments_link() & previous_comments_link()These template tags return or print the "previous comments" link in your theme's Comments section.
Both template tags accept only one parameter:
$label (optional—string):<?php // Get the "previous comments" link with default values. $previous_comments_link = get_previous_comments_link(); // Display the "previous comments" link with a different label. previous_comments_link( __( 'Previous', 'translation-domain' ) ); ?>
paginate_comments_links()This template tag returns the pagination links for your theme's Comments section.
This template tag accepts only one parameter:
$args (optional—array):'base' (string): Base URL to be used to create paginated links.'format' (string): The argument to use for replacing the page number.'total' (integer): Total number of pages.'current' (integer): Current page number.'echo' (boolean): Whether to echo the template tag or not.TRUE)'add_fragment' (string): Text to prepend the page URLs.
<?php
// Display the pagination links with default arguments.
paginate_comments_links();
// Get the pagination links and remove the #comments parts from links.
$args = array(
'echo' => false,
'add_fragment' => ''
);
$comment_pagination = paginate_comments_links( $args );
?>
get_edit_comment_link() & edit_comment_link()These template tags return or echo a "edit this comment" link for you to use in your templates.
get_edit_comment_link() accepts one parameter:
$comment_ID (optional—integer):And edit_comment_link() accepts three parameters:
$text (optional—string):$before (optional—string):$after (optional—string):<?php // Retrieve the current comment's "edit comment" link. $edit_comment_link = get_edit_comment_link(); // Retrieve a specific comment's "edit comment" link. $edit_comment_link = get_edit_comment_link( 133 ); // Displaying the current comment's "edit comment" link. edit_comment_link( __( 'Edit', 'translation-domain' ), '<span class="edit-comment-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
get_post_comments_feed_link() & post_comments_feed_link()These template tags return or display a link for the comments feed.
get_post_comments_feed_link() accepts two parameters:
$post_ID (optional—integer):$feed (optional—string):And post_comments_feed_link() accepts three parameters:
$link_text (optional—string):$post_ID (optional—integer):$feed (optional—string):<?php // Get the post's "comments" link for atom feeds. $comments_link_for_feeds = get_post_comments_feed_link( $post->ID, 'atom' ); // Display the post's "comments" link for default feed. post_comments_feed_link(); ?>
comments_popup_link()This template tag displays a link of the "Comments" popup, in case you want to use popup links in post lists.
This template tag accepts five parameters:
$zero (optional—string):$one (optional—string):$more (optional—string):$css_class (optional—string):$none (optional—string):
<?php
comments_popup_link(
__( 'No Reactions', 'translation-domain' ),
__( 'Just One Reaction', 'translation-domain' ),
'% ' . __( 'Reactions', 'translation-domain' ),
'my-comments-popup-link',
__( 'You Can\'t React to This Post!', 'translation-domain' )
);
?>
comments_popup_script()This template tag builds and prints the script of the "Comments" popup.
This template tag accepts three parameters:
$width (optional—integer):$height (optional—integer):$file (optional—string):<?php comments_popup_script( 600, 300 ); ?>
Hope you liked this fourth batch of template tags. There are four more batches to go, so stay tuned for more template tags!
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