Title: Display post count
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Display post count

 *  [geggiot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geggiot/)
 * (@geggiot)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-count/)
 * Hi all,
    how can i display post’s count for a specific cat written by an author?

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 *  Thread Starter [geggiot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geggiot/)
 * (@geggiot)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-count/#post-1601350)
 * bump!
 *  [Chinmoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chinmoy/)
 * (@chinmoy)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-count/#post-1601353)
 * $args=array(‘show_count’ => 1);
    wp_list_categories($args);
 * or
    <?php $count_posts = wp_count_posts();
 * $published_posts = $count_posts->publish;
 * echo $published_posts;
    ?>
 * For more information: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_count_posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_count_posts)

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 * Last reply from: [Chinmoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chinmoy/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-post-count/#post-1601353)
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