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1. daltonrooney
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'd like to add a line of text to the archive page when people browse by category that says "There are X posts in this category". How do I find out how many posts are in a category?

   I've looked through the forums, I've looked through the codex, to no avail. I know it's possible because the number shows up on the category admin panel, but I can't figure out how it's done.

2. ladydelaluna
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   there's a way to do it in the category links list (in the sidebar, or wherever you happen to have your categories listed out)... so that after the category title, a number in parenthesis shows up saying how many posts...

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_cats

   you'd use something like this (but read the above link to determine exactly what you want):

   <ul>
<?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=1'); ?>
</ul>

   It's the optioncount=1 that will give you the number...

3. daltonrooney
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Right, but displaying the entire list of categories unfortunately isn't an option in this case. I was kinda hoping there was some sort of hidden option for single_cat_title(), but that seems unlikely.

   How do they do it in the category admin section?

4. daltonrooney
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   nudge?

5. jauhari
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I want display count only on child but on Main categories the count will gone. How to do that?

6. hip
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi daltonrooney,

   I've just posted what may be a solution to your q.

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/12805?replies=5#post-424730

   Have a good day,
   hip

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