wordpress comment count as a button

Styling the wordpress comment count as a button/icon etc can be tricky because the normal call to the comments

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comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)'));

formats the output as an anchor point with the correct link, alt tags etc already set up.

So in order to intercept this and then add you own anchor point with divs/imagery etc you need to make a custom request

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// SQL
$SQL = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS Count FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_approved='1'";
$SQL.= "AND comment_post_ID='".intval($post->ID)."'";
 
// Sort the array into a string prefixed with 'Comments '
list($comments) = $wpdb->get_results($SQL, ARRAY_A); 	
$comments='Comments ('.$comments['Count'].')';
 
// generate the alt and title tags
$alt = 'Comment on '.$post->post_title;
 
// echo the button if this is not a single and not a page
if (!is_single() && !is_page()) {
 
// anchor open
echo '<a href="'.get_permalink($post->ID).'" alt="'.$alt.'" title="'.$alt.'">';
 
// complex formatting rules for the comment pop up, go here
echo $comments;
 
// anchor close
echo '</a>';
}

The above does exactly the same, formats the link etc, but now you can access the anchor point directly and format it your own way.

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2 Responses to “wordpress comment count as a button”

1. Free says:

   August 29, 2009 at 1:29 am

   This will help me a lot with wordpress maintenance and commenting service. thank you.

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2. Kandace Cheung says:

   September 13, 2010 at 6:01 pm

   Interesting Post, highly informative at the least. Keep up your good work bro/lad. hehe Much Love

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