Put Comments-Link into entry-meta

Hi @donnerhall,

Have you already set up a child theme for Libretto? If so, the first step is to copy/paste the libretto_posted_on() function from the parent theme’s inc/template-tags.php file to your child theme’s functions.php file:

function libretto_posted_on() {
	$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
	if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
		$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time><time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
	}

	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
	);

	$posted_on = sprintf(
		esc_html_x( 'Posted on %s', 'post date', 'libretto' ),
		'<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . $time_string . '</a>'
	);

	// Since this is being called outside the Loop on single post pages, we need
	// to use a workaround in order to access author info
	if ( is_singular() ) :
		$author_id = get_queried_object()->post_author;
		$author_url = get_author_posts_url( $author_id );
		$author_name = get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $author_id );
	// Anywhere else we're inside the Loop, and we can do stuff like normal
	else :
		$author_url = get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) );
		$author_name = get_the_author();
	endif;

	$byline = sprintf(
		esc_html_x( 'by %s', 'post author', 'libretto' ),
		'<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( $author_url ) . '">' . esc_html( $author_name ) . '</a></span>'
	);

	echo '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>'; // WPCS: XSS OK.

}

The following line defines the information that’s outputted onto your browser:

echo '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>'; // WPCS: XSS OK.

You can add this code beneath that to include a link to your comments section and also the number of comments on that post:

echo '<span class="comments-link">';
	comments_popup_link( esc_html__( 'Leave a comment', 'libretto' ), esc_html__( '1 Comment', 'libretto' ), esc_html__( '% Comments', 'libretto' ) );
echo '</span>'

;

If you wish to completely remove the author name then remove the following portion of the code:

<span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>'

Let me know how you get on with that! I’ll be happy to help with extra questions too.