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1. schmackLab
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   I need to get the number of posts from a given category and store it in a variable. I found this in the documentation but I'm not sure to use this to do what I want or if it's even the right direction.

   Thanks for your help!

2. juxprose2
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Not sure if using SELECT is best practice, but this will show the number of cats as $numcats

   http://perishablepress.com/press/2006/08/28/display-total-number-of-posts/

3. schmackLab
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Unless I'm missing something that only gives you the total count of all posts where I need the count of posts within specific categories.

   Thanks

4. juxprose2
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Maybe combining with this to get the category ID

   // get the first category id
   function get_first_category_ID() {
   	$category = get_the_category();
   	return $category[0]->cat_ID;
   }

5. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   to get the postcount of category 3:
   

   <?php
   $categories = get_categories('include=3');
   $cat3 =$categories[0]->category_count;
   ?>

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