Liz Strauss Comment Counter is a highly configurable badge (very similar to the Feedburner one, except it’s more configurable) to show off the number of comments your blog has.
This plugin was made in celebration of <a href="http://www.successful-blog.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Liz Strauss</a> dedication to blog community building so you, too, can show the world how social your blog is.
For a more detailed documentation and screenshots of the interface, please visit its official page: <a href="http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/liz-strauss-comment-count-badge-widget-wordpress/" title="Liz Comment Counter by Ozh" rel="nofollow ugc">Liz Comment Counter</a>
Tip: To keep track of this plugin’s evolution and features, you are advised to subscribe to the <a href="http://planetozh.com/exit/feed" rel="nofollow ugc">author’s feed</a>
Ho, and if you like this plugin, please rate it 5 stars! 🙂 ——————–>

Liz Comment Counter by Ozh

A highly configurable badge to show off the number of comments your blog has.

Disable the Admin Bar that now appears on the public side of WordPress blogs.
For a hassle free integration, drop the plugin file into <code>wp-content/mu-plugins</code> (create the directory if needed) and it will be automatically activated.

Liz Comment Counter by Ozh vs Disable Admin Bar