Title: found_posts is always zero
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# found_posts is always zero

 *  [revbob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/revbob/)
 * (@revbob)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/found_posts-is-always-zero/)
 * In link-template.php:
 * function next_posts_link($label=’Next Page »’, $max_page=0) {
    global $paged,
   $wpdb, $wp_query; $foo = $wp_query->found_posts; echo “found_posts = ” . $foo;
   if ( !$max_page ) { $max_page = $wp_query->max_num_pages; }
 * and so on.
 * This always prints a zero.
 * Unless a max_page is supplied by the template, max_page (which is computed from
   found_posts in query.php) will be zero. Consequently, previous entries will never
   be shown.

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 *  Thread Starter [revbob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/revbob/)
 * (@revbob)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/found_posts-is-always-zero/#post-543372)
 * Sorry, evidently the “Adhesive” plugin misbehaves on 2.1. When it’s disabled 
   the problem goes away.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/found_posts-is-always-zero/#post-543373)
 * Thanks for the follow-up. And hey, [check here](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/107236?replies=1)
   for an updated adhesive type plugin.

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