Posts per page query

  • centaurreader

    (@centaurreader)


    13 years, 8 months ago

    I may be going about this totally backward but I’m trying to create some logic that is basically this:

    if # of posts in a category is < # of posts per page(set in wordpress settings)
    then
    do not display the elements [here]
    else
    the code as normal
    end if

    does anyone know what i could use to query the number of posts in a category w/o inputting a specific category id? also, what do i use to reference the current setting of posts per page?

    TIA

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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    if you don’t use a custom query, the this should give the actual number of posts to show:
    $num_of_posts = $wp_query->post_count;

    and this might get the ‘posts-per-page’:
    $max_num_post = get_option('posts_per_page');

    Thread Starter centaurreader

    (@centaurreader)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    so would
    $num_of_posts = $wp_query->post_count;
    give me the number of posts in total for the blog or is there a way to specify a particular category?

    thanks for your quick response on this.

    Yoris

    (@yoris)

    13 years, 8 months ago

    $num_of_posts = $wp_query->post_count;

    will give you the number of post in the current query. However, as alchymyth said, you will have to use a custom query.
    Which could look like this:

    <?php
query_posts('posts_per_page=-1');

$num_of_posts = $wp_query->post_count;
$max_num_post = get_option('posts_per_page');

if($num_of_posts > $max_num_post): ?>

Your loop for more posts than the max number of post per page here.

<?php else : ?>

Your normal loop here.

<?php endif; ?>
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