How to show number of comments ( just the number ) in this view

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Last updated by Jamal 3 years, 9 months ago.

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May 15, 2021 at 10:03 pm #2056321

Woody

I am using the following code in the parametric search view however the "number of comments" is showing "3 COMMENTS" or "NO COMMENTS" and we just want to do the following:

If there ARE comments, let's say 3 of them, display "COMMENT (3)" where the :comment is the collapse link and the "(3)" showing total comments is linked to the POST URL ...

Basically, just a way to customize the shortcode for returning comments in views.

Thanks heaps.
Woody House

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<div class="wall-of-tips-comment">[expand title="COMMENT [wpv-post-comments-number]"][comments-template][/expand]</div><div class="wall-of-tips-social-share">[Sassy_Social_Share]</div><div class="wall-of-tips-ratings">[ratings]</div>
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May 16, 2021 at 1:14 pm #2056791

Jamal

Hello and thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

You can use the different argument from the shortcode. The % symbol is the actual number of comments. Something like:

[wpv-post-comments-number none='(0)' one='(1)' more='(%)']

Check the available shortcodes here https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#vf-153457

Inside the collapse shortcode, it would be:

[expand title="COMMENT  [wpv-post-comments-number none='(0)' one='(1)' more='(%)']"]

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.