[Resolved] Output 0 for empty Taxonomy

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[michaelH-31]

When displaying the output from a taxonomy list (whether from a custom search or not), is there a way to insert a '0' into the output array if the given taxonomy category is empty? I want to be able to manipulate the array content.

Ideally, I would prefer if the output was displayed as unordered list. Is this even possible?

Thanks

[Shane]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

Not sure if i'm following fully but is it that you want to output a 0 if a taxonomy listing is empty ?

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Shane

[michaelH-31]

Thank Shane

Yes, I would like it to output a 0.

And my second question would be how to output the list as an html list, rather than an array.

[Shane]

Hi MIchael,

Under which context you would like this to occur.

From what I know its not even possible to do this because you can either list out all the taxonomies or you can either list out all the posts and their taxonomies and finally you can list out all the Taxonomies and their posts under it.

The taxonomies that don't have any posts will not return anything.

So I need to understand the usage context.

Also for your second question is it a view ?

Thanks,
Shane

[michaelH-31]

I guess the best way to explain is with the attached rough example of how I plan to use the output.

If I need to add a little JS, that's not a problem.

[Shane]

Hi Michael,

I see what you are trying to achieve.

I dont think this one is possible to acheive, especially in the table form that you want create.

The best way I can think of to get count of a term is to create a custom shortcode with the following function
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_category

Thanks,
Shane