Category Count

Displaying the number of the entries associated to each category.

Features

• easy installation
• compatibility: ExpressionEngine 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x

Installation

1. Make sure, you are running ExpressionEngine version 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or 7.x.
2. Upload the whole category_count folder into /system/user/addons/ folder.
3. Go into the Add-On Manager in your admin area and install it.
4. Add code into your template - see a code example.

Changelog

• Version 1.1.2 - 03/08/2022
  * Updated release for ExpressionEngine 7.x
• Version 1.1.1 - 12/31/2021
  * added svg icon
  * added README.md file in order to display documentation directly in the EE control panel
• Version 1.1.0 - 03/09/2020
  * Updated release for ExpressionEngine 6.x
• Version 1.0.0 - 12/16/2018
  * Initial release for ExpressionEngine 5.x & 4.x

Tag

{exp:category_count cat_id="7" status="open|closed" expired="yes"}

Parameters

cat_id=”3”
The ID for the category that you want to output the number of entries for.

status=”open|closed”
Determines the status of entries you want to count. Default setting is “open”

expired=”yes”
Will include entries that have expired.

Code example

<h3>Categories</h3>
<ul>
    {exp:channel:categories channel="News" show_empty="no" style="linear"}
        <li><a href="https://expressionengine.com/blog">{category_name}</a> ({exp:category_count cat_id="{category_id}" status="open" expired="yes"})</li>
    {/exp:channel:categories}
</ul>