Should comments webhook update count after deleting posts/comments?

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I’m using DC SSO where users are managed by WP. The forum acts as a way to comment on posts, but these posts are only visible in the forum.

I have a custom “Comment” button in WP that turns into “x comments” when there are coments in the linked topic. (It uses normal WP get_comments_number that the DC plugin hooks into.)

It works well, but I’ve just tried deleting a post and the count remains the same. The UI in the WP plugin recommends:
Events: "Post is created", "Post is updated".
Based on that, it is perhaps not supported? To decrease or recalculate post/comment count.

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I’m trying to understand how you’ve set this up. Please correct me if I’m wrong:

  1. You use Publishing and DiscourseConnect feature sets of the plugin.
  2. You do (not) have “Enable Discourse Comments” enabled (?: this is unclear)
  3. You have the “Sync Comment Data” webhook enabled.
  4. You have added a custom button at the bottom of the Wordpress posts linked to Discourse that displays the count of Discourse posts on a topic. It uses the get_comments_number Wordpress filter.
  5. You want the count to be updated when posts in the linked topic are deleted.

Is that right? What else have you set up (or not)?

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Yes to all except 2.

I do not have Enable Discourse Comments checked. I don’t use WP-native PHP display features at all, and this is part of a custom React UI, fed by an api va JS. The only thing I use related to comments is getting their count. Everything else is offloaded to Discourse behind a button.

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Ok. I think adding delete post support to the WP Discourse topic webhook is reasonable. I’ll do that in the next version (soon). I won’t be able to support your specific custom implementation, but I’ll add support for that event.

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Thanks! As long as the comment count reflects the actual current count, changed for any reason, I can take it from there.