Title: Show Post Count ? Last modified: September 2, 2025 --- # Show Post Count ? * [klawi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klawi/) * (@klawi) * [9 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-post-count/) * First of all THANKS for a wonderful piece of software. It does everything I wanted and then some! But I have a small problem:In “Filter Content” – “Content” if I use “Data Source” = “Custom Field” and select my acf custom field it doesn´ t show this:Display Empty TermsShow Post CountShow Hierarchy …. and so on …I see all the options when I use “Data Source” = “Taxonomy”, but not with custom fields.How can I show “Post Count” or “Show empty Terms” using radio buttons and custom fields?Thanks for your time and best wishes from germany to you.Werner * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fshow-post-count%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Author [WP Smart Widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomade123456/) * (@nomade123456) * [9 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-post-count/#post-18625221) * Hi [@klawi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klawi/), * Thanks for the great comments. You’re right, the “Show Post Count” and other options don’t currently show for custom fields, only taxonomies. This is because the plugin’s current logic for handling custom fields relies on a WP_Query-based approach, which doesn’t natively support these options for custom field data the way taxonomies do. If you’re using an ACF field tied to taxonomies, I would recommend switching the data source to “Taxonomy” instead. I’ll be updating the plugin to add “Show Post Count” for custom fields using a new method. The other options like “Display Empty Terms” might take more time, but I’ll be looking into them. * In the meantime let me know if there is anything else. * Regards, Dara * Thread Starter [klawi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klawi/) * (@klawi) * [9 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-post-count/#post-18625291) * Hi Dara, thank you for your fast reply and the answer provided. I have not had that “speedy” response from some of the big companies.. Great work … THUMBS UP! So I will wait for the next update 🙂Best wishes from germanyWerner - This reply was modified 9 months, 1 week ago by [klawi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klawi/). * Thread Starter [klawi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klawi/) * (@klawi) * [8 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-post-count/#post-18639462) * Thank you for adding the count to meta fields! Still amazed about the fast support you offer. Keep up the good work and once again “Hats off” to you. * Best wishes from germany… * Werner * Thread Starter [klawi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klawi/) * (@klawi) * [8 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-post-count/#post-18639502) * Just used it and I found a little quirk (I think). I am using two filters: Breed and gender.At the moment for testing purposes I have 9 entries. So at firsdt try it shows the following:Filter 1 – Cat (5), Dog (3), Little Animal (1)Filter 2 – Male (5), Female (4)Perfect so far!But when I select Cat (5) and Filter 2“ Male” the filter 2 still shows Male (5), Female (4)?It correctly shows 3 Male cats, of couse – so the filter itself is working just fine.I think it is about countung theitenms. Shouldn´t it show the actual situation if the first filter is selected? In this case Male(3), Fenale (0) ?Maybe you can look into this? Waiting to hear from you and SORRY for bothering you again.I hore the link works, i am still in developing phase. I have psted it in “Tags” also.Werner * ![](https://thmainzztest.instawp.xyz/tiervermittlung-duplicate-2/) * Plugin Author [WP Smart Widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomade123456/) * (@nomade123456) * [8 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-post-count/#post-18648212) * Hi Werner, * Sorry for the late reply, I had some small issues with my work tools. At the moment it’s not possible to update the counts dynamically once another filter is selected. I can only access the total counts, so achieving what you describe would require additional logic that isn’t part of the filter right now. Unfortunately, at the moment, I don’t have a simple workaround besides avoiding the total count if you need it to reflect the current selection. * Regards, Dara Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Show Post Count ?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/better-post-filter-widgets-for-elementor/assets/icon.svg? rev=3235982) * [Better Post & Filter Widgets for Elementor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-post-filter-widgets-for-elementor/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-post-filter-widgets-for-elementor/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-post-filter-widgets-for-elementor/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-post-filter-widgets-for-elementor/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-post-filter-widgets-for-elementor/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-post-filter-widgets-for-elementor/reviews/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [WP Smart Widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomade123456/) * Last activity: [8 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-post-count/#post-18648212) * Status: not resolved