Found this online today, then saw your post. Hopefully this will help! It will also show custom taxonomies if you change
$showTaxonomies = 0
to
$showTaxonomies = 1
// Add custom taxonomies and custom post types counts to dashboard
add_action( 'right_now_content_table_end', 'my_add_counts_to_dashboard' );
function my_add_counts_to_dashboard() {
$showTaxonomies = 0;
// Custom taxonomies counts
if ($showTaxonomies) {
$taxonomies = get_taxonomies( array( '_builtin' => false ), 'objects' );
foreach ( $taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {
$num_terms = wp_count_terms( $taxonomy->name );
$num = number_format_i18n( $num_terms );
$text = _n( $taxonomy->labels->singular_name, $taxonomy->labels->name, $num_terms );
$associated_post_type = $taxonomy->object_type;
if ( current_user_can( 'manage_categories' ) ) {
$num = '<a href="edit-tags.php?taxonomy=' . $taxonomy->name . '&post_type=' . $associated_post_type[0] . '">' . $num . '</a>';
$text = '<a href="edit-tags.php?taxonomy=' . $taxonomy->name . '&post_type=' . $associated_post_type[0] . '">' . $text . '</a>';
}
echo '<td class="first b b-' . $taxonomy->name . 's">' . $num . '</td>';
echo '<td class="t ' . $taxonomy->name . 's">' . $text . '</td>';
echo '</tr><tr>';
}
}
// Custom post types counts
$post_types = get_post_types( array( '_builtin' => false ), 'objects' );
foreach ( $post_types as $post_type ) {
$num_posts = wp_count_posts( $post_type->name );
$num = number_format_i18n( $num_posts->publish );
$text = _n( $post_type->labels->singular_name, $post_type->labels->name, $num_posts->publish );
if ( current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
$num = '<a href="edit.php?post_type=' . $post_type->name . '">' . $num . '</a>';
$text = '<a href="edit.php?post_type=' . $post_type->name . '">' . $text . '</a>';
}
echo '<td class="first b b-' . $post_type->name . 's">' . $num . '</td>';
echo '<td class="t ' . $post_type->name . 's">' . $text . '</td>';
echo '</tr>';
if ( $num_posts->pending > 0 ) {
$num = number_format_i18n( $num_posts->pending );
$text = _n( $post_type->labels->singular_name . ' pending', $post_type->labels->name . ' pending', $num_posts->pending );
if ( current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
$num = '<a href="edit.php?post_status=pending&post_type=' . $post_type->name . '">' . $num . '</a>';
$text = '<a href="edit.php?post_status=pending&post_type=' . $post_type->name . '">' . $text . '</a>';
}
echo '<td class="first b b-' . $post_type->name . 's">' . $num . '</td>';
echo '<td class="t ' . $post_type->name . 's">' . $text . '</td>';
echo '</tr>';
}
}
}