How to: Number your comments

How to: Number your comments

Do your blog posts receive lots of comments? If yes, it can be really useful for both you and your readers to number it. Here’s how to do it easily and efficiently.

Open comments.php and find the following line:

<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>

Just above this line, initialize a counter variable:

<?php $i = 0; ?>

Just after this line, increment the counter:

<?php $i++; ?>

Now, you just have to echo the $i variable to get the number of the current comment. Paste this code anywhere on your comments loop:

<?php echo $i; ?>

Your comments are now numbered!

22 Responses

Ronny-André

Feb 03 2009 09:36

In my opinion, the easiest way to number comments is to use ordered lists, but this is great if you want it to customize the way it looks!

Michael

Feb 03 2009 15:05

Jean, your code will output always 1.
Put the line $i = 0; above foreach.

Jean-Baptiste Jung

Feb 03 2009 15:11

@Michael: I said “below” instead of “above” :/ Thanks for letting me know!

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Feb 03 2009 20:22

This code comes handy if by default the theme isn’t using numbered list. Well, the theme I’m currently using by default has.

Daniele

Feb 03 2009 21:14

I used to number comments that way but now WordPress 2.7 doesn’t use anymore. Whitout this loop numbering the comments is not that easy. Any thoughts on how to implement the numbering in WP 2.7?

Daniele

Feb 03 2009 21:17

Sorry I meant that WP 2.7 doesn’t use the “foreach” anymore