Shortcode for total post count of a post type

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Problem:

How can I get a count of the total posts of a given post type?

Solution:

You can try this:

1) Create a post view, query posts of given post type

2) in section "Limit and Offset", Use option "Display no limit items"

3) in section "Loop Editor", within shortcodes [wpv-items-found] ... [/wpv-items-found]

display shortcode [wpv-found-count]

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-found-count

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This topic contains 6 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Clifford 6 years ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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January 6, 2019 at 11:26 pm #1178671

Clifford

How can I get a count of the total posts of a given post type? I'm assuming there's a shortcode or a way to create a really simple View to display this.

If there's not a built-in way, please add it as a feature request and I'll just custom code it myself.

Thank you.

January 7, 2019 at 3:35 am #1178895

Luo Yang

Hello,

You can try this:
1) Create a post view, query posts of given post type
2) in section "Limit and Offset", Use option "Display no limit items"
3) in section "Loop Editor", within shortcodes [wpv-items-found] ... [/wpv-items-found]
display only shortcode [wpv-found-count]
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-found-count

Above view should be able to output total post count of post type too.

January 7, 2019 at 7:41 pm #1179357

Clifford

That worked great, except it's weird that the loop part is still required: hidden link

Greedy request... is there a way in Views to round it? For example, if the count is 21-30, I want it to display "More than 20 reviews," If it's 31-40, I want it to display "More than 30 reviews", etc.

January 8, 2019 at 1:40 am #1179524

Luo Yang

Yes, you are right, the loop part is still required, you can let it here with empty.

For the new question:
if the count is 21-30, I want it to display "More than 20 reviews," If it's 31-40, I want it to display "More than 30 reviews", etc.

You can use [wpv-conditional] shortcode to check the [wpv-found-count] shortcode's value, then display what you want, for example:

 [wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-found-count]' > 20 )"] 
More than 20 reviews
[/wpv-conditional ]

More help:
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January 8, 2019 at 2:31 am #1179729

Clifford

Is there something that doesn't require me to write all the specific conditions, just rounds as requested? Or would custom PHP be required for that?

January 8, 2019 at 4:23 am #1179766

Luo Yang

Yes, you are right, it needs custom PHP codes, for example, you can create a custom shortcode with a PHP function:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_shortcode

in this PHP function, get the [wpv-found-count] shortcode's value:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/

And get the value of "rounds as requested":
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January 8, 2019 at 5:44 am #1179807

Clifford

Very good. Thank you.