How to Display WordPress Total Published Post Count
Sarah Gooding   – October 17, 2012
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How to Display WordPress Total Published Post Count

Here’s a simple little snippet that displays the number of your total published posts on your WordPress site.

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If you want to display how many posts you’ve published in your sidebar, you would add this to your sidebar.php file or any other file, such as footer, header, etc.

<?php echo wp_count_posts()->publish; ?>