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I was trying to figure out the best way to separate trackbacks/pings from the comments here on the site. I’ve seen a number of tutorials out there, but none seemed to do exactly what I wanted. The code is piece-mealed from a couple of places, but this is how I accomplished it here on the site:

Backup your existing comments.php file associated with your theme! I cannot stress this enough.

Assuming you’re using the default theme, or some variation thereof, you’re going to want to look for this in your comments.php file:

[php]

< ?php if ($comments) : ?>
[/php]

You’re basically going to replace the logic on comments.php from where it says < ?php if ($comments) : ?> (Line 20) to < ?php endif; ?> (Line 61) with the logic below.

Define the number of pings and comments (Source: Sandbox theme):

[php]
< ?php /* NUMBERS OF PINGS AND COMMENTS */ $ping_count = $comment_count = 0; foreach ( $comments as $comment ) get_comment_type() == "comment" ? ++$comment_count : ++$ping_count; ?>
[/php]

Then check to see whether comment_status is set to 'open'. If it is 'open', we then check to make sure the comment_count isn’t equal to zero. Once these conditions are met, I then display only the comments. Some other conditional logic is included, like checking whether the comment’s being held for moderation:

[php]
< ?php if ('open' == $post-> comment_status) : ?>
< ?php if ( $comment_count ) : ?>
< ?php if ($comments) : ?>

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< ?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
< ?php if (get_comment_type() == "comment"){ ?>
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