Question

I need to display the number of posts per each category in my WordPress theme. So it should appear like that:

• Cat1 (5)
• Cat2 (3)
• Cat3 (2)

The number is the number of posts, so 5 means 5 articles are in Cat1, etc….

I write the following code:-

<ul>
    <?php wp_list_categories( 'orderby=name & title_li' ); ?>
</ul>

So what should I add to display the number of posts per each category?

Answer 1

Just add the show_count option:

<?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name&title_li=&show_count=1'); ?>

There are plenty more options too if you want to customise the output further: wp_list_categories on WordPress Codex