{"id":1049,"date":"2012-06-17T03:45:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T02:45:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-17T03:45:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T02:45:37","slug":"query-wpmu-comment-count-for-a-list-of-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/06\/17\/query-wpmu-comment-count-for-a-list-of-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Query WPMU Comment Count For A List Of Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently created a new blog list function for PrimaryBlogger to allow users to see their current blogs in a lightbox iFrame, I thought it would also be nice to have a pending comment count on the page. <code>get_blogs_of_user<\/code> does not support comment count or much else apart from giving you basic information about the users accessible blogs. 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