Title: WP_Query::next_comment
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Query::next_comment(): 󠀁[WP_Comment](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_comment/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_comment/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_comment/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_comment/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_comment/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Iterates current comment index and returns [WP_Comment](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_comment/)
object.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_comment/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_Comment](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_comment/) Comment
object.

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

    ```php
    public function next_comment() {
    	++$this->current_comment;

    	/** @var WP_Comment */
    	$this->comment = $this->comments[ $this->current_comment ];
    	return $this->comment;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php#L3883)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php#L3883-L3889)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Query::the_comment()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/the_comment/)`wp-includes/class-wp-query.php` |

Sets up the current comment.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_comment/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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