Posted 2 years ago #
Hello,
I am trying desperately to find the way to count the number of post displayed on a page. If I count the published it works of course but I don't need that.
I want to count the number of post displayed on the page let's say 3 (and in the WP settings I only show 3 posts per page), in order to hide a title like "timeline" before next_post_link(). So if on a result page I only have 1 result the title "timeline" won't show.
hope I am clear enough... Thanks for your help!
Xavier
So... you just want to count them? Like display the number?
<?php
$count = 1;
if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
<?php echo $count; ?>
layout of template file here
<?php $count++;
endwhile; endif; ?>that should echo the count for each post on the page, starting with "1".
Posted 2 years ago #
Actually I want to count the number of post on the page so if this number is bigger than 3 (for example), I won't show a text (a title for instance).
To be more specific. I set up on the admin that I want to display 3 post on a page (index for example). Then I have a navigation like next_post_link() and a title that go with like "navigate". If there is 3 or less post on the page I want to be able to hide this text so it won't look: the title and then nothing to clic after.
Hope i am clear. Thanks for your help and this beginning of answer :-)
Ah - so you want to do something *with* that count then :) Well, that's pretty simple. It still uses the above code - but instead of echoing out the $count, then do what it is you need to do using $count as a flag.
<?php
$count = 1;
if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
layout of regular template file here
<?php $count++;
endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php if ($count > '3') { ?>
show the link and title here (because it's more than 3)
<?php } ?>That *might* work. Untested - you might have to play with it a little.
Posted 2 years ago #
@doodlebee,
You has shown a solution. But actually we want to know is there a way to print the number of post per page in a particular category so that we can use this information to perform complex calculation.
If this information is available many loops can be manipulated and created easily.
What about:
<?php
echo 'Count of posts array ' . count($posts);
?>
Posted 2 years ago #
This may also help..
<?php
if($wp_query->found_posts <= get_option('posts_per_page') && (!get_query_var('paged') || get_query_var('paged') < 2)) {
// If the total amount of posts in the query is "less than" or "equal to" the amount to show per page and it's the first page
}
else {
// Else there's more results on additional pages
}
?>As alternative.. :)
Posted 2 years ago #
@MichaelH
Worked like charm buddy.
Thanks a lot
Posted 2 years ago #
<?php
$count = 1;
if (have_posts()) : while(have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
layout of regular template file here
<?php $count++;
endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php if((preg_match('/\/2\//',$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))) {
$count = 51;
} elseif((preg_match('/\/3\//',$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))) {
$count = 101;
} else {
$count = 1;
} ?>Can anyone tell me how to tell this to keep track of the count once it hits page 2,3,etc..? Looking around, I was able to find this but it doesn't work..
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