Another oddity…the “multiplier” is different on different posts.
This post has 21 comments and shows 210, so multiplying by 10 for it: http://lifespotlight.com/health/2009/03/23/how-do-you-repair-your-immune-system-after-a-lifetime-or-just-a-few-months-of-damage/
This one is multiplying by 7, having 19 comments, but showing 133: http://lifespotlight.com/health/2009/02/25/vitamin-checked/#comments
Anyone experience anything similar? I’ve looked through the comments.php, wp-comments.php, etc and can’t see any reason it would be doing this, nor have I touched any of those files.
(@skustes)
17 years, 2 months ago
Hi,
I’m running WP 2.7.1 and am having an issue with the comment count. Basically, when a non-registered user (which is everyone but the two admins) posts a comment, the comment count goes haywire.
If you look at this post, you can see it showing a count of 441 comments: http://lifespotlight.com/health/2009/03/16/selling-ill-health-real-foods-fake-foods/ But the actual comment count is about 1/10 of that. If I were to post a comment, it would reset the comment count to be what it should be, but as soon as a guest posts again, it shoots back up.
A query against the database returns that there are actually 49 comments on this post, which means it’s multiplying by 9 for some reason.
I’m not sure if the issue is in my theme or in a WP file. Any ideas on where to start?