Question

I actually have a PHP loop where I’m giving to each result a number, starting from 1 and following up in ascending order. The output is as follows:

1) article C
2) article B
3) article A

…but I’d like to reverse the list number, so I get something like:

3) article C (article’s order won’t change, they are descending, by date)
2) article B
1) article A

Here’s my current loop:

<?php
if (have_posts()) :
$counter = 1;
   while (have_posts()) :
      the_post(); ?>

    <div>
        <span class="count"><?php echo $counter; ?></span>
        <?php the_title(); ?>
    </div>

<?php
$counter++;
   endwhile;
endif;
?>

Is there an easy way to do this?
Many thanks,

Answer 1

The WP_Query object has a variable holding the number of posts:

$query->post_count

So your code can become:

<?php
if (have_posts()) :
   global $wp_query;
   $counter = $wp_query->post_count;
   while (have_posts()) :
      the_post(); ?>

    <div>
        <span class="count"><?php echo $counter; ?></span>
        <?php the_title(); ?>
    </div>

<?php
      --$counter;
   endwhile;
endif;
?>