Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy
Adds a custom shortcode that returns the number of posts in a category, tag, or custom taxonomy. Accepts a slug (default), ID, or name as input and wo …
Active installations100Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy version 3.1 as active, updated 13y ago and tested up to WordPress 3.5.
Overview
About this plugin
This plugin allows you to dynamically return the number of posts in a particular category, tag, or custom taxonomy. > anywhere in WordPress’ code will return the number of posts in that particular category.
Useful for creating dynamic table of contents pages, keeping track of post stats, general bragging, or any place where keeping a running tally might be desirable.
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category
count
posts
tag
template
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 3.5
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 3.5.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to3.5
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.8 · PHP not listed
Update activity1 Jan 201313y ago
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