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[Daphne D]

Hi, in this previous thread: https://community.theme.co/forums/topic/recent-posts-display-comment-count/

I asked for code to add comment counts on my excerpts. I’d like to reverse that and remove comment counts from the excerpts. I need the original code I think (that was overwritten in the previous thread). Can you please give that to me so I can change this?

Thanks in advance.

[Jade]

HI Daphne,

You can simply remove the custom codes you have added from the previous thread to get rid of the customizations.

Hope this helps.

[Daphne D]

Thank you for replying, that would be the obvious answer, but unfortunately I don’t know what the original X set-up was so I don’t know what to keep or delete. I was able to remove the CUSTOM CSS in customization, but the function.php code for this isn’t as easy. Here’s what I have now:

function x_shortcode_recent_posts_235_excerpt( $atts ) {
  extract( shortcode_atts( array(
    'id'          => '',
    'class'       => '',
    'style'       => '',
    'type'        => '',
    'count'       => '',
    'category'    => '',
    'offset'      => '',
    'orientation' => '',
    'no_image'    => '',
    'fade'        => ''
  ), $atts ) );

  $id            = ( $id          != ''          ) ? 'id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';
  $class         = ( $class       != ''          ) ? 'x-recent-posts cf ' . esc_attr( $class ) : 'x-recent-posts cf';
  $style         = ( $style       != ''          ) ? 'style="' . $style . '"' : '';
  $type          = ( $type        == 'portfolio' ) ? 'x-portfolio' : 'post';
  $count         = ( $count       != ''          ) ? $count : 3;
  $category      = ( $category    != ''          ) ? $category : '';
  $category_type = ( $type        == 'post'      ) ? 'category_name' : 'portfolio-category';
  $offset        = ( $offset      != ''          ) ? $offset : 0;
  $orientation   = ( $orientation != ''          ) ? ' ' . $orientation : ' horizontal';
  $no_image      = ( $no_image    == 'true'      ) ? $no_image : '';
  $fade          = ( $fade        == 'true'      ) ? $fade : 'false';

  $output = "<div {$id} class=\"{$class}{$orientation}\" {$style} data-fade=\"{$fade}\">";

    $q = new WP_Query( array(
      'orderby'          => 'date',
      'post_type'        => "{$type}",
      'posts_per_page'   => "{$count}",
      'offset'           => "{$offset}",
      "{$category_type}" => "{$category}"
    ) );

    if ( $q->have_posts() ) : while ( $q->have_posts() ) : $q->the_post();

		$num_comments = get_comments_number(); // get_comments_number returns only a numeric value

		if ( comments_open() ) {
			if ( $num_comments == 0 ) {
				$comments = __('No Comments');
			} elseif ( $num_comments > 1 ) {
				$comments = $num_comments . __(' Comments');
			} else {
				$comments = __('1 Comment');
			}
		} else {
			$comments =  __('Comments are off for this post.');
		}

      if ( $no_image == 'true' ) {
        $image_output       = '';
        $image_output_class = 'no-image';
      } else {
        $image_output       = '<div class="x-recent-posts-img">' . get_the_post_thumbnail( get_the_ID(), 'entry-' . x_get_option( 'x_stack', 'integrity' ) . '-cropped', NULL ) . '</div>';
        $image_output_class = 'with-image';
      }

      $output .= '<a class="x-recent-post' . $count . ' ' . $image_output_class . '" href="' . get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to: "%s"', '__x__' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ) . '">'
                 . '<article id="post-' . get_the_ID() . '" class="' . implode( ' ', get_post_class() ) . '">'
                   . '<div class="entry-wrap">'
                     . $image_output
                     . '<div class="x-recent-posts-content">'
                       . '<h3 class="h-recent-posts">' . get_the_title() . '</h3>'
                       . '<span class="x-recent-posts-comment">'.$comments.'</span>'
                       . '<span class="x-recent-posts-date">' . get_the_date() . '</span>'
                       . '<span class="x-recent-posts-excerpt">' . strip_tags( get_the_excerpt()) . '</span>'
                     . '</div>'
                   . '</div>'
                 . '</article>'
               . '</a>';

    endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata();
  
  $output .= '</div>';

  return $output;
}

add_action('wp_head',function(){
	remove_shortcode( 'recent_posts' );
	add_shortcode( 'recent_posts', 'x_shortcode_recent_posts_235_excerpt' );
}, 99 );

Can you please tell me what part of this needs to change to remove the comment counts from my excerpts as seen here: http://daphnedelay.com (mid-way down on home page)

Thanks again 🙂

[Christian]

Please remove all that code.

Thanks.

[Daphne D]

I did that originally before starting this thread but it didn’t work. But I deleted it again and as you can see from the screenshot, the “no comment” verbiage is still on the excerpt after removing the code.

[Paul R]

In that case, please provide wordpress admin login in private reply. Thanks

[Daphne D]

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[Rue Nel]

Hello There,

Thanks for providing the credentials. To resolve your issue, I simply commented out this line:

. '<span class="x-recent-posts-comment">'.$comments.'</span>'

So the final snippet is:

$output .= '<a class="x-recent-post' . $count . ' ' . $image_output_class . '" href="' . get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to: "%s"', '__x__' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ) . '">'
                 . '<article id="post-' . get_the_ID() . '" class="' . implode( ' ', get_post_class() ) . '">'
                   . '<div class="entry-wrap">'
                     . $image_output
                     . '<div class="x-recent-posts-content">'
                       . '<h3 class="h-recent-posts">' . get_the_title() . '</h3>'
                       //. '<span class="x-recent-posts-comment">'.$comments.'</span>'
                       . '<span class="x-recent-posts-date">' . get_the_date() . '</span>'
                       . '<span class="x-recent-posts-excerpt">' . strip_tags( get_the_excerpt()) . '</span>'
                     . '</div>'
                   . '</div>'
                 . '</article>'
               . '</a>';

Please check your site now.

[Daphne D]

perfect! thanks for your help!

[Friech]

We’re delighted to assist you with this.

Merry Christmas 🙂

[Author]

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