Question

Hi I use this code to load the content and info of a specific post:

if ($actual_link == $wpbase){
    $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts('1');
    foreach( $recent_posts as $recent ){
        echo '<article id="post-'.$recent["ID"].'"><h1>' .
                $recent["post_title"] .
            '</h1>' .
            apply_filters('the_content', $recent["post_comments"]) .
        '</article><aside>' .
            $recent["post_content"].
        '</aside>';
    };
}

but somehow the last expression $recent["post_comments"] does not return anything. not even raw comment text. Am I doing something wrong? I tried diffent syntaxes, also using wp_list_comments( $args ); but never got it really working.

Any ideas how to get this working?
Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

wp_get_recent_posts does not return post comments, take a look at get_post return value to see available fields.

wp_list_comments will display a list of comments, but you should use it inside a wordpress loop.

But you can use get_comments to get an array of comments, take a look at examples on codex.

PS: the way you are using wp_get_recent_posts is deprecated, you should use an array instead of '1'