get_comment_count() │ WP 2.0.0

Retrieves the total comment counts for the whole site or a single post.

No Hooks.

Returns

Int[]. The number of comments keyed by their status.

Usage

get_comment_count( $post_id );

$post_id(int)

Restrict the comment counts to the given post.
Default: 0, which indicates that comment counts for the whole site will be retrieved

Changelog

get_comment_count() get comment count code ^{WP 6.9}

function get_comment_count( $post_id = 0 ) {
	$post_id = (int) $post_id;

	$comment_count = array(
		'approved'            => 0,
		'awaiting_moderation' => 0,
		'spam'                => 0,
		'trash'               => 0,
		'post-trashed'        => 0,
		'total_comments'      => 0,
		'all'                 => 0,
	);

	$args = array(
		'count'                     => true,
		'update_comment_meta_cache' => false,
		'orderby'                   => 'none',
	);
	if ( $post_id > 0 ) {
		$args['post_id'] = $post_id;
	}
	$mapping       = array(
		'approved'            => 'approve',
		'awaiting_moderation' => 'hold',
		'spam'                => 'spam',
		'trash'               => 'trash',
		'post-trashed'        => 'post-trashed',
	);
	$comment_count = array();
	foreach ( $mapping as $key => $value ) {
		$comment_count[ $key ] = get_comments( array_merge( $args, array( 'status' => $value ) ) );
	}

	$comment_count['all']            = $comment_count['approved'] + $comment_count['awaiting_moderation'];
	$comment_count['total_comments'] = $comment_count['all'] + $comment_count['spam'];

	return array_map( 'intval', $comment_count );
}