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Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy

by Luke Mlsna on WordPress.org

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 …

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Some examples of what you can do with the plugin (in the body of a post).

Some examples of what you can do with the plugin (in the body of a post).

This plugin allows you to dynamically return the number of posts in a particular category, tag, or custom taxonomy. Inserting [cat_count value="category-slug"] in a post or page, or 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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Active installations200+
Weekly downloads
13-7.14%
Version3.1
Last updated1/1/2013
WordPress version2.8
Tested up to3.5.2
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