Include Post Count as link for Archives

Just in case anyone needs to know: The way to make the post count part of the link in the archives section of the sidebar:

1) Go to wp-includes/general-template.php

2) Find this code (it’s not too far after the line that says “
function get_archives_link”):

$link_html = "\t<li>$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text</a>$after</li>\n";
	else // custom
		$link_html = "\t$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text</a>$after\n";

3) CHANGE IT TO THIS CODE:

$link_html = "\t<li>$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text$after</a></li>\n";
	else // custom
		$link_html = "\t$before<a href='$url' title='$title_text'>$text$after\n</a>";

Basically what I did was switch the /a tag from before the “$after” to after it…