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How to Display Most Commented Posts in WordPress without a Plugin

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For those of you that run a WordPress site, you may wish to display a list of posts with the most number of comments. This is typically achieved by using a plugin/widget. But did you know that you can easily do this without a plugin too?

You can use the query_posts() function to display your most commented posts without a plugin, thanks to the new comment_count orderby parameter available since WordPress version 2.9.

Display Most Commented Posts in WordPress Without a Plugin

<ol>
	<?php $wp_query =
		new WP_Query('caller_get_posts=1&orderby=comment_count&posts_per_page=10');
		while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); { ?>
			<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> (<?php comments_number('0 comment', '1 comment', '% comments'); ?>)</li>
	<?php } endwhile; ?>
</ol>

Note: To change the number of posts to display, modify the posts_per_page parameter.

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2 comments

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  nikhil Posted July 2, 2013 at 3:56 pm · Comments (1)

  And How about adding thumbnails to them?

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  • 
    Daku Posted August 30, 2014 at 11:50 pm · Comments (1)

    Thanks but I’m looking something as most commented today , this week and this month do you have any idea?

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