Title: Catagory Count ? Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Catagory Count ? * [scooter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter/) * (@scooter) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catagory-count/) * Hey. Whats the variable or the code to echo out the number of posts in each catagory, or for that matter, the number of posts in each month? I want to put it in my archives beside each ‘section’ (month or catagory), for interests sake. Thanks for your help. Jeremy Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [alexkingorg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkingorg/) * (@alexkingorg) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catagory-count/#post-29610) * It is a parameter you pass into the function. The functions are in wp-includes/ template-functions.php * [Jason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jason/) * (@jason) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catagory-count/#post-29611) * Does this help? (Specifically, the count parameter.) [http://wiki.wordpress.org/index.php/TemplateTags#get_archives](http://wiki.wordpress.org/index.php/TemplateTags#get_archives) To keep all defaults except showing count, it would be * Thread Starter [scooter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter/) * (@scooter) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catagory-count/#post-29789) * Okay, thanks. I’ll definately look into that. Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Catagory Count ?’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 3 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [scooter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter/) * Last activity: [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/catagory-count/#post-29789) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics