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1. thetvstop
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   How do I use wp_count_posts outside of the loop?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   wp_count_posts() does not seem to be loop dependant:
   if the docu does not answer your question,
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_count_posts

   you may need to describe in more detail where you want to use this.

   (btw: the examples in the docu assign the results to variables; if you want to output the results, you would need to use the echo command.)

3. thetvstop
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://www.thetvstop.com/watch/ if you look at the TOP TV SHOWS, section on top you will see how I am trying to display post counts.

   For some reason the default <?php count_posts(); ?> works to count the total number of posts.

   However, the <?php count_posts('pages'); ?> function does not work. Any clues?

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   However, the <?php count_posts('pages'); ?> function does not work.

   maybe because it does not exist?
   have you read the docu?

   if you want to show the number of published pages, try:

   <?php
   $count_pages = wp_count_posts('page');
   echo $count_pages->publish;
   ?>

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