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let's say I have posts with hundreds of comments, and that I want to show only the last N comments and then a link to a page read them all. How would I display the last N comments?

Thank you, Dino.

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Where do you need this, on which page? Of the concrete post? – hakre Dec 20 '10 at 17:10

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See.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_comments

Set the orderby parameter to your desired value, possible values are.

comment_agent
comment_approved
comment_author
comment_author_email
comment_author_IP
comment_author_url
comment_content
comment_date
comment_date_gmt
comment_ID
comment_karma
comment_parent
comment_post_ID
comment_type
user_id

Refer to the link already provided for info on setting other parameters, and general examples.

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Note that you need to replace the comments_template() with this, otherwise WP will still query the database for those hundreds of comments. To display all the comments on a separate page call the current page with a query argument like ?show_all_comments. Get all the comments form the db if this argument is present, otherwise get only 10 or something like that – One Trick Pony Dec 19 '10 at 11:16
here's a similar thread which should help you do what you want: wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/5358/… (you'll need that sql query for all the comments part) – One Trick Pony Dec 19 '10 at 11:19
Why would you need a direct SQL query to fetch comments in this instance, this makes absolutely no sense to me at all. The user asked for a method for pulling comments, not specific to any kind of post or page, what relevance does the comment template have here? Curious for some clarification on your points. – t31os Dec 19 '10 at 11:41
ok I'll post the entire code in a new answer, it's easier to understand – One Trick Pony Dec 19 '10 at 11:48
Look forward to it... :) – t31os Dec 19 '10 at 11:51
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Why not just use native functionality for comment pagination?

See Enhanced Comment Display, Settings > Discussion in Codex.

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