wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getCommentCount( array $args )

Retrieve comment count.

Parameters

$args

(array) (Required) Method arguments. Note: arguments must be ordered as documented.

  • 'blog_id'
    (int) (unused)
  • 'username'
    (string)
  • 'password'
    (string)
  • 'post_id'
    (int)

Return

(array|IXR_Error)

Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php

public function wp_getCommentCount( $args ) {
		$this->escape( $args );

		$username = $args[1];
		$password = $args[2];
		$post_id  = (int) $args[3];

		$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
		if ( ! $user ) {
			return $this->error;
		}

		$post = get_post( $post_id, ARRAY_A );
		if ( empty( $post['ID'] ) ) {
			return new IXR_Error( 404, __( 'Invalid post ID.' ) );
		}

		if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) {
			return new IXR_Error( 403, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to access details of this post.' ) );
		}

		/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
		do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'wp.getCommentCount', $args, $this );

		$count = wp_count_comments( $post_id );

		return array(
			'approved'            => $count->approved,
			'awaiting_moderation' => $count->moderated,
			'spam'                => $count->spam,
			'total_comments'      => $count->total_comments,
		);
	}

Changelog

Version Description
2.5.0 Introduced.

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