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Honestly i have tried all possibilities to make the facebook comments count to be functional with V1, but with no hope !!

I would appreciate if anyone has managed to implement the count with V1 to share his solution here since this becomes a common problem.

Guys, i have sorted out the problem, below is the solution:

Step 1:
First of all in the admin panel, make sure to select V2 only.

Step 2:
Verify your application secret and make sure it is correct.

Step 3:
Next, in the Basic settings, make sure the first 3 check-boxes are marked as following:

Include Facebook comments on blog (Uncheck this if you want to hide the Facebook comments without having to deactivate the plugin)

Hide WordPress comments on posts/pages where Facebook commenting is enabled

Combine WordPress and Facebook comment counts (only counts “v1 only” and “new”, use below option if using “v2 only”)

Step 4:
in the template file (i.e. single.php) remove the following function:
comments_number(‘No comments’, ‘One comment’, ‘% comments’);

and replace it with the following facebook API call to get the comments count:

<fb:comments-count href="<?php echo get_permalink($post->ID); ?>"></fb:comments-count>

this should get the job done.
Cheers ??

I have exactly the same problem, i am unable to get the facebook comments count, always displaying “No comments” although i have many comments posted through Facebook commenting system, i am using “Facebook Comments for WordPress” plugin and i spent two days to resolve the issue without any progress…

Please we need help to resolve this issue..

RT: @patrick Daly, perfect answer