I’m having trouble that I assume is related to these errors in the WP-Discourse log: [2025-08-14 20:28:35] comment.ERROR: sync_comments.response_error {"message":"","discourse_topic_id":"2464","wp_post_id":20434,"http_code":""} [2025-08-14 20:36:04] comment.ERROR: sync_comments.response_error {"…

Hey @jtbayly , just to close the circle on this, it sounds like essentially what you want is both a total count, e.g. “45 total replies”; and selected replies appearing e.g. 3 mod-like replies, to appear at once. That is indeed a custom setup that is not supported out of the box. But we could make…

Hey @jtbayly , thanks for the report. I’m trying to understand what you see as the issue here. Here’s what seems to be the case based on what you’ve said: Publishing posts from Wordpress to Discourse is working properly. You have the Sync Comment Data Webhook setup (is that right?). You have “Only …

Sorry I probably over complicated my last message with details. Generally the comment count doesn’t seem to be increasing from 0. I don’t actually display any comments on WP.

I see! Do you have the Sync Comment Data webhook setup? [image] Configure WP Discourse Webhooks Administrators You can use webhooks to sync data between Discourse and WordPress, and enrich your integration. Reply to this topic if you have questions about how t…

Yes, I do. And I turned on “Verbose Webhook Logs” in WP-Discourse. Interestingly, since then, I’ve had no failures in the logs, but it’s still not working. Here is the most recent entry: [2025-08-19 00:01:11] comment.INFO: sync_comments.success {"post_id":30298} However, take that post as an exa…

Could you link me to an example post where the logs say the comment sync succeeded?

Just a note that @jtbayly kindly shared an example with me via a PM and I’ve taken a closer look at this. @jtbayly I think what you’re seeing is expected behaviour. You have “Only Import Moderator Liked” enabled and the display of comments, including the display of the comment count, are controlled …

Thank you for your help, @angus . It does appear changing those settings fixed it. I guess I was confused. Here is how I assumed it worked: Comments that were imported would display under the post in WP. Comment count would include all of the replies to a topic in Discourse. I had that selected b…

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I see! Do you have the Sync Comment Data webhook setup?

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