Post count in a category

DescriptionWordpress snippet by - 07/18/10

This retrieves the number of posts in category 5. This wordpress function is very handy. Show how many posts you have in a specific category. If you have parent categories you can use their id to get parent category post totals.

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<?php
$chosen_id = 5;
$thisCat = get_category($chosen_id);
echo $thisCat->count;
?>
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Authored by: Adam J Nowak
http://hyperspatial.com

3 Responses to “Post count in a category”

  1. Thank you so much for posting this code. I've been searching an querying others for days looking for code that shows the count total only so I could insert it next to text I'd formatted myself. Found code that showed the total without the category name, but it still displayed the title, 'Category'. And on... But finally, I found your page. Bless you for opening up a window of coding opportunity to me I almost thought was nailed shut.

    Best,
    VC

    vCopia says:
    January 21, 2011 at 11:08 am

  2. It doesn't show the total number of posts under parent category...
    just the ones straight under that category...

    any solution?

    Thank's!

    Ben says:
    May 13, 2012 at 12:53 pm

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