Title: Using post count
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using post count

 *  Resolved [Gilnaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilnaa/)
 * (@gilnaa)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-post-count/)
 * I’m trying to put a post counter at the header template:
    `<h5><?php wp_count_posts('
   post', '')->publish; ?> uses</h5>` But it doesn’t work (Shows only “uses”)

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-post-count/#post-2024568)
 * try and add an `echo` to your code; `wp_count_posts()` only returns the value,
   but does not put it out:
 * `<h5><?php echo wp_count_posts('post', '')->publish; ?> uses</h5>`
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_count_posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_count_posts)
 *  Thread Starter [Gilnaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gilnaa/)
 * (@gilnaa)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-post-count/#post-2024569)
 * Thank you 🙂
    It works!

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-post-count/#post-2024569)
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