Show number of posts from categories on category page

[harshajayman]

I am making a song lyrics site. Every category is an artist. I want to show number of posts published per artist on the category page

Currently category page is showing the loop with post titles. Ideally want to show the total number of song for each category before the start of the loop.

I have genesis extender . So I can use a hook box if somebody can come up with a shortcode for this please

Many thanks

http:// www.sinhalasongbook.com

[Brad Dalton]

Here's the starting point using wp_count_posts

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[Brad Dalton]

You could also use wp_list_categories with the show_count parameter

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[harshajayman]

Thanks a lot . You always help us out

wp_list_categories with the show_count parameter wouldn't work because I need it to be shown on top of the category page

Please see this category page for one artist for an example. I would like to show it say may be just after the banner or something

http://www.sinhalasongbook.com/category/milton-perera/

I tried adding a hook box genesis_before_loop and putting the php code

<?php
$count_posts = wp_count_posts();
?>

But no luck
Thanks

[Brad Dalton]

wp_list_categories is used in the categories widget to show number of posts for each category so it does work. You can look in the widget file to see how.

You could also use the following functions:

get_the_terms
get_posts

Please search for these relating to posts count for each category and you will find the answer

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