Title: WP_Post_Comments_List_Table::display
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Post_Comments_List_Table::display( bool $output_empty = false )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_comments_list_table/display/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_comments_list_table/display/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_comments_list_table/display/?output_format=md#related)

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## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_comments_list_table/display/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$output_empty`booloptional

Default:`false`

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_comments_list_table/display/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    	public function display( $output_empty = false ) {
    		$singular = $this->_args['singular'];

    		wp_nonce_field( 'fetch-list-' . get_class( $this ), '_ajax_fetch_list_nonce' );
    		?>
    <table class="<?php echo implode( ' ', $this->get_table_classes() ); ?>" style="display:none;">
    	<tbody id="the-comment-list"
    		<?php
    		if ( $singular ) {
    			echo " data-wp-lists='list:$singular'";
    		}
    		?>
    		>
    		<?php
    		if ( ! $output_empty ) {
    			$this->display_rows_or_placeholder();
    		}
    		?>
    	</tbody>
    </table>
    		<?php
    	}
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-post-comments-list-table.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-post-comments-list-table.php#L47)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-post-comments-list-table.php#L47-L68)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_comments_list_table/display/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Post_Comments_List_Table::get_table_classes()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_comments_list_table/get_table_classes/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-post-comments-list-table.php` |  | 
| [wp_nonce_field()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nonce_field/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Retrieves or display nonce hidden field for forms.

  |

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