comments_number( string|false $zero = false, string|false $one = false, string|false $more = false, int|WP_Post $post )

Displays the language string for the number of comments the current post has.

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Parameters

$zero string|false Optional
Text for no comments.

Default: false

$one string|false Optional
Text for one comment.

Default: false

$more string|false Optional
Text for more than one comment.

Default: false

$post int|WP_Post Optional
Post ID or WP_Post object. Default is the global $post.

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Source

File: wp-includes/comment-template.php. View all references 

function comments_number( $zero = false, $one = false, $more = false, $post = 0 ) {
	echo get_comments_number_text( $zero, $one, $more, $post );
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
5.4.0 The $deprecated parameter was changed to $post.
0.71 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    Text Response to Number of Comments

    Displays text based upon number of comments: Comment count zero – no responses; comment count one – one response; more than one comment (total 42) displays 42 responses.

    <p>
  This post currently has
  <?php comments_number( 'no responses', 'one response', '% responses' ); ?>.
</p>
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    Contributed by Codex —

    Title For Comments Section

    You might want to have a title above your comments section that includes the number of comments. This example shows how to do that and have all the strings also be translatable.

    <h3>
printf( _nx( 'One Comment', '%1$s Comments', get_comments_number(), 'comments title', 'textdomain' ), number_format_i18n( get_comments_number() ) );
</h3>
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    Contributed by MakeWebBetter —

    Usage of ‘comments_number’ filter 

    add_filter( 'comments_number', 'wporg_com_num', 10, 2 );
function wporg_com_num ( $out, $num ) { // Two parameter as in filter described
    if ( 0 === $num ) { 
        $out = '0 Comments'; // If No comments
    } elseif ( 1 === $num ) {
        $out = '1 Comment'; // If 1 comment
    } else {
        $out = $num . ' Comments'; // More than 1 comment
    }

    return $out;
}

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