Ever wanted to show each comment’s position in a list without using an ordered list (
- ) to do it? Unfortunately, WordPress doesn’t include a function do do this. However, by using a simple PHP trick, we can accomplish this.
Open comments.php and scroll down to where the comments loop begins:
<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
Before the loop begins, we need to set the PHP variable we’ll use to determine the number. Change the above line to the following:
<?php $commentNum = 1; foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
We’ve now assigned the value “1” to the variable $commentNum
.
Next, find the end of the loop:
<?php endforeach; ?>
We need to increase the value of $commentNum
by 1 before the loop ends. To do this, we use PHP’s increment operator:
<?php $commentNum++; endforeach; ?>
Now you can use the variable $commentNum
anywhere within the loop. Simply echo the variable with PHP to display the current comment’s number.
<?php echo $commentNum; ?>
great tips …
thanks bro ..
Or use <ol> tag in the html – that would show numbers.
The tag doesn’t offer as many formatting options as one might need. This method allows you to put the number anywhere and inside any HTML element you want.
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This was what I was looking for, you guys rock!
J
Is it work on WordPress 2.7?
How to achieve this on twentyten or twentyeleven themes? There isn’t foreach on comments.php?
Thanks