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1. Misterpayne112
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   i want to display the number of posts in each category, next to the link for that category in my sidebar. i am using...

   <?php list_cats(FALSE, ' ', 'name'); ?>

   that displays all categories in a nice neat list, but i want the number of posts in each category right next to the link. how do i do that?

2. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Maybe try something like..
   

   <?php
   $args = array('pad_counts' => true, 'get' => 'all');
   $cats = get_terms('category', $args);
   ?>
   <?php foreach( $cats as $category ) : ?>
   	<a href="<?php echo get_category_link( $category->term_id ); ?>"><?php echo $category->name; ?></a>
   	<?php echo $category->count; ?> posts<br />
   	<?php unset( $category ); ?>
   <?php endforeach; unset( $cats ); ?>

   Function information:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_terms

3. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Remember list_cats is deprecated in favor of the template tag, wp_list_categories(), which has a show_count=1 argument.

4. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   ... get_terms is faster though ... :p ... ;)

5. Misterpayne112
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   thanks t31os_ it worked like a charm! Thanks everyone else too!

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