Developer Resources

Resource URL

Type	URL and Format
GET	https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/$site/comments/

Method Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$site	(int\|string)	The site ID, The site domain

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
context	(string)	display: (default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc.. edit: Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..
http_envelope	(bool)	false: (default) true: Some environments (like in-browser Javascript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty	(bool)	false: (default) true: Output pretty JSON
meta	(string)	Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the 'meta' part of the response. Comma separated list. Example: meta=site,likes
callback	(string)	An optional JSONP callback function.
number	(int)	The number of comments to return. Limit: 100. Default: 20.
offset	(int)	0-indexed offset.
page	(int)	Return the Nth 1-indexed page of comments. Takes precedence over the `offset` parameter.
order	(string)	DESC: (default) Return comments in descending order from newest to oldest. ASC: Return comments in ascending order from oldest to newest.
after	(iso 8601 datetime)	Return comments dated on or after the specified datetime.
before	(iso 8601 datetime)	Return comments dated on or before the specified datetime.
type	(string)	any: (default) Return all comments regardless of type. comment: Return only regular comments. trackback: Return only trackbacks. pingback: Return only pingbacks. pings: Return both trackbacks and pingbacks.
status	(string)	approved: (default) Return only approved comments. unapproved: Return only comments in the moderation queue. spam: Return only comments marked as spam. trash: Return only comments in the trash.

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
found	(int)	The total number of comments found that match the request (ignoring limits, offsets, and pagination).
comments	(array)	An array of comment objects.

Example

cURL

curl 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/en.blog.wordpress.com/comments/?number=5&pretty=1'

PHP

<?php

$options  = array (
  'http' => 
  array (
    'ignore_errors' => true,
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
  'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/en.blog.wordpress.com/comments/?number=5&pretty=1',
  false,
  $context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );

?>

Response Body

{
    "found": 113005,
    "comments": [
        {
            "ID": 197395,
            "post": {
                "ID": 24737,
                "type": "post",
                "link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24737"
            },
            "author": {
                "ID": 42926896,
                "email": false,
                "name": "frugoal",
                "nice_name": "frugoal",
                "URL": "http:\/\/frugoal.wordpress.com",
                "avatar_URL": "http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ddad9bd4778c7ad1c834a35f2a6651f?s=96&d=retro",
                "profile_URL": "http:\/\/en.gravatar.com\/frugoal",
                "site_ID": 43530083
            },
            "date": "2014-03-11T01:37:20+00:00",
            "URL": "http:\/\/en.blog.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/05\/wordpressers-splash-march\/comment-page-1\/#comment-197395",
            "short_URL": "http:\/\/wp.me\/pf2B5-6qZ%23comment-197395",
            "content": "<p>If you guys could stop posting such amazing talented bloggers that would be great.  It would be much better for my own blogging self-esteem.<\/p>\n",
            "status": "approved",
            "parent": false,
            "type": "comment",
            "meta": {
                "links": {
                    "self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197395",
                    "help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197395\/help",
                    "site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907",
                    "post": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24737",
                    "replies": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197395\/replies\/"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "ID": 197394,
            "post": {
                "ID": 24961,
                "type": "post",
                "link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24961"
            },
            "author": {
                "ID": 42926896,
                "email": false,
                "name": "frugoal",
                "nice_name": "frugoal",
                "URL": "http:\/\/frugoal.wordpress.com",
                "avatar_URL": "http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ddad9bd4778c7ad1c834a35f2a6651f?s=96&d=retro",
                "profile_URL": "http:\/\/en.gravatar.com\/frugoal",
                "site_ID": 43530083
            },
            "date": "2014-03-11T01:35:26+00:00",
            "URL": "http:\/\/en.blog.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/10\/monday-morning-edition\/comment-page-1\/#comment-197394",
            "short_URL": "http:\/\/wp.me\/pf2B5-6uB%23comment-197394",
            "content": "<p>I would like to try all of these things BUT it&#8217;s MONDAY!  The only thing my brain can tolerate is some Real Housewives of (insert city of choice).<\/p>\n",
            "status": "approved",
            "parent": false,
            "type": "comment",
            "meta": {
                "links": {
                    "self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197394",
                    "help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197394\/help",
                    "site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907",
                    "post": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24961",
                    "replies": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197394\/replies\/"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "ID": 197392,
            "post": {
                "ID": 24961,
                "type": "post",
                "link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24961"
            },
            "author": {
                "ID": 10568257,
                "email": false,
                "name": "Jean",
                "nice_name": "maidiebike",
                "URL": "http:\/\/cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com",
                "avatar_URL": "http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c98298921e3ad472dc92b8eb005c0d0?s=96&d=retro",
                "profile_URL": "http:\/\/en.gravatar.com\/maidiebike",
                "site_ID": 11723932
            },
            "date": "2014-03-11T00:26:31+00:00",
            "URL": "http:\/\/en.blog.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/10\/monday-morning-edition\/comment-page-1\/#comment-197392",
            "short_URL": "http:\/\/wp.me\/pf2B5-6uB%23comment-197392",
            "content": "<p>I&#8217;m sure the blog post on bilingual, multilingual bloggers would be useful..for everyone. Share more&#8230;widely.<\/p>\n",
            "status": "approved",
            "parent": false,
            "type": "comment",
            "meta": {
                "links": {
                    "self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197392",
                    "help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197392\/help",
                    "site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907",
                    "post": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24961",
                    "replies": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197392\/replies\/"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "ID": 197386,
            "post": {
                "ID": 24688,
                "type": "post",
                "link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24688"
            },
            "author": {
                "ID": 47411601,
                "email": false,
                "name": "Ben Huberman",
                "nice_name": "benhuberman",
                "URL": "",
                "avatar_URL": "http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663dcd498e8c5f255bfb230a7ba07678?s=96&d=retro",
                "profile_URL": "http:\/\/en.gravatar.com\/benhuberman",
                "site_ID": 48638359
            },
            "date": "2014-03-10T23:58:17+00:00",
            "URL": "http:\/\/en.blog.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/06\/embed-support-getty-images\/comment-page-1\/#comment-197386",
            "short_URL": "http:\/\/wp.me\/pf2B5-6qc%23comment-197386",
            "content": "<p>Some users have reported success in using CSS to make these changes, while others have had the opposite experience. To the best of my knowledge, Getty Images hasn&#8217;t released any public documentation about the possibility of making such tweaks to the embedded images.<\/p>\n",
            "status": "approved",
            "parent": {
                "ID": 197189,
                "type": "comment",
                "link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197189"
            },
            "type": "comment",
            "meta": {
                "links": {
                    "self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197386",
                    "help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197386\/help",
                    "site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907",
                    "post": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24688",
                    "replies": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197386\/replies\/"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "ID": 197385,
            "post": {
                "ID": 24688,
                "type": "post",
                "link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24688"
            },
            "author": {
                "ID": 47411601,
                "email": false,
                "name": "Ben Huberman",
                "nice_name": "benhuberman",
                "URL": "",
                "avatar_URL": "http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/663dcd498e8c5f255bfb230a7ba07678?s=96&d=retro",
                "profile_URL": "http:\/\/en.gravatar.com\/benhuberman",
                "site_ID": 48638359
            },
            "date": "2014-03-10T23:54:20+00:00",
            "URL": "http:\/\/en.blog.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/06\/embed-support-getty-images\/comment-page-1\/#comment-197385",
            "short_URL": "http:\/\/wp.me\/pf2B5-6qc%23comment-197385",
            "content": "<p>As stated on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/HelpCenter#faq27\" rel=\"nofollow\">Getty Images&#8217; Help Center<\/a>, embedded images cannot be resized. As for the placement of the image, you can of course paste the code anywhere you wish in the post to change its location.<\/p>\n",
            "status": "approved",
            "parent": {
                "ID": 197197,
                "type": "comment",
                "link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197197"
            },
            "type": "comment",
            "meta": {
                "links": {
                    "self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197385",
                    "help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197385\/help",
                    "site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907",
                    "post": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/posts\/24688",
                    "replies": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/3584907\/comments\/197385\/replies\/"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

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