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1. Sean
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Is there a way to number posts when on the category/arhive page? I have attempted using ordered lists, but I'm unsure where to apply them and have used block-level elements to contain titles, content etc.

2. Joshua Sigar
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   You may not want to use ordered list because you have less control of how you want the number to appear.

   You could just make your own counter.

   <?php $post_no = 1; ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

   <?php echo $post_no; // display as you like ?>
// display post, etc

   <?php $post_no++; >
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>

   <?php endif; ?>

3. Sean
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Thank you very much for your help.

   Will this work across pages? That is, will the first post on the next page end up being #1 again?

4. eridan
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Yes, it will

5. Sean
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Ok thanks. I don't suppose there's a workaround? (other than showing all posts in the category on the one page - which for me might be actually be the best option...)

6. Joshua Sigar
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   You could do something like this

   $post_no = $counter + $posts_per_page * ($page - 1)

   Of course, you have to somehow get the values for the variables in that formula above

7. Sean
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Thanks alphaoide:)

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