Outputting the Number of Posts

I needed a simple way to show the number of posts in a given post type outside of an Etch loop.

If you need to do the same, place this in your functions.php or code snippet manager.

add_filter('etch/dynamic_data/option', function ($data) {
  $counts = wp_count_posts('{{your post type slug}}');
  $data['{{name of the option}}'] = (int) ($counts->publish ?? 0);
  return $data;
});

add_filter('etch/dynamic_data/option', function ($data) {
  $counts = wp_count_posts('{{your post type slug}}');
  $data['{{name of the option}}'] = (int) ($counts->publish ?? 0);
  return $data;
});

Then you would use {options.nameOfYourOption}. You could simply use this in the builder, or use it to create a component or pattern (the pattern is used below).

add_filter('etch/dynamic_data/option', function ($data) {
  $counts = wp_count_posts('articles');
  $data['articleCount' = (int) ($counts->publish ?? 0);
  return $data;
});

add_filter('etch/dynamic_data/option', function ($data) {
  $counts = wp_count_posts('articles');
  $data['articleCount' = (int) ($counts->publish ?? 0);
  return $data;
});

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