This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: I have built a custom search View in Blocks that displays several taxonomy term checkbox filters. The results include a list of taxonomy term archive links for each post. I would like to include a counter showing the number of posts for each term in both the filters and the results.
Solution:
1. To add the post count to the filter label, adjust the Format in Field Settings for the filter block. Edit this View in the Block Editor and select the taxonomy filter block. Then you will see configurations for Field Settings in the right column. In the Format field, insert the format:
%%NAME%% (%%COUNT%%)
See the attachment filter-format.png for an example.
2. To add the post count to each taxonomy term in the View results, you'll need a bit of code because the Block Editor does not provide similar formatting options for each taxonomy term displayed in a View. You may use a Toolset Fields and Text Block to insert the following code in the HTML tab:
<p>[wpv-post-taxonomy-iterator taxonomy="your-taxonomy-slug" field="views|shortcode|single|wpv-taxonomy-link" separator=", "][wpv-taxonomy-link] ([wpv-taxonomy-post-count])[/wpv-post-taxonomy-iterator]</p>
Replace your-taxonomy-slug in this code with the slug of the "Branchen" taxonomy. You can find the slug in Toolset > Taxonomies when you edit the taxonomy. See the attachment fields-and-text-html.png for an example in the Block Editor.
Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-taxonomy-iterator
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-taxonomy-link
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-taxonomy-post-count
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Last updated by 3 years, 12 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
I want to have the post count per taxonomy.
Hello, WordPress automatically counts the number of posts associated with each taxonomy term - see the attachment here. The far right column includes a post count for each term.
- Is this what you want to display on the front-end of your site, or something else?
- Where do you want to display this information - in a View of posts showing each term for that post, in a term archive, or somewhere else?
- Are you using the Block editor to design this display, or the legacy Views editor?
Hello Christian,
many thanks for your reply. I am using the block editor for construction my views, and I woulk like to have the number of posts per category term in the FRONTEND, as it is the case in many blogs.
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that's my view with the filter in the left sidebar and the view on the page. I would like to have the number of posts for each taxonomy term in the filter as well as in the list of category terms follwing the posts excerpts in the view, like that: Food (12), s. also image in the annex with two examples (red numbers) (Branchen means industrial sector and the lists of terms are names of industrial sectors).
Is that possible?
Kind regards
Franz
Okay thank you. Yes the post count can be shown with some adjustments in the Block Editor.
1. To add the post count to the filter label, adjust the Format in Field Settings for the filter block. Edit this View in the Block Editor and select the taxonomy filter block. Then you will see configurations for Field Settings in the right column. In the Format field, insert the format:
%%NAME%% (%%COUNT%%)
See the attachment filter-format.png for an example.
2. To add the post count to each taxonomy term in the View results, you'll need a bit of code because the Block Editor does not provide similar formatting options for each taxonomy term displayed in a View. You may use a Toolset Fields and Text Block to insert the following code in the HTML tab:
<p>[wpv-post-taxonomy-iterator taxonomy="your-taxonomy-slug" field="views|shortcode|single|wpv-taxonomy-link" separator=", "][wpv-taxonomy-link] ([wpv-taxonomy-post-count])[/wpv-post-taxonomy-iterator]</p>
Replace your-taxonomy-slug in this code with the slug of the "Branchen" taxonomy. You can find the slug in Toolset > Taxonomies when you edit the taxonomy. See the attachment fields-and-text-html.png for an example in the Block Editor.
