adding comments and count to meta header in element

Hi Sneaky,

It’s retrievable through the dynamic data feature. Example: https://share.getcloudapp.com/eDuXpzxE

Just select Comment source as the source.

Hope this clarifies!

hmmmm I don't see Dynamic Data feature? is there something I need to turn on/off?

What Element are you using? It’s available for Block Elements. Through a GenerateBlocks Headline Block in your case, to be specific.

ok, I don't use GenerateBlocks :(

I use an alternative (Kadence) as it has the other block features I need that GenerateBlocks doesn't have.

Any other way I can get the comments (1) link in the meta?

May I suggest adding it to the customiser for single pages. It is there for Archives so why not Single? Though I still prefer to add it in an Element

I see. We can add it through code.

What Element are you using for the post meta? Is it a Block Element or a Hook Element?

Block :)

Try this PHP snippet:

function add_comments($atts, $content = null) {
      ob_start();
      do_action('comments_number');
      return ob_get_clean();
}
add_shortcode('get_comments_num', 'add_comments');

add_action('comments_number', function(){
	echo '<p>' . get_comments_number() . '</p>';
},  10);

Adding PHP reference: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/#code-snippets

With this snippet, you can use shortcode [get_comments_num] through a WP shortcode Block to output the comment count of a post.

Excellent, thank you, I have just edited the output and it works a treat :)

I will now make it a link to the comments :)

Cheers

You’re welcome Sneaky! :)