Post Count and Word count per Tag

Could put this in a tag template:

<?php
if ( is_tag() ) {
  $tag = get_query_var('tag');
  $term = get_term_by('name',$tag, 'post_tag');
  $wordcount=0;
  $args=array(
    'tag__in' => array($term->term_id),
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'caller_get_posts'=> 1
    );
  $my_query = null;
  $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
  if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
    while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
      <?php
      $postc = strip_tags($post->post_content); //strip html and php tags https://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php
      $poste = explode(' ', $postc); //explode into an array, assume each word is separated by a space
      $count = count($poste); // count elements of array
      $wordcount = $count + $wordcount; //keep a running count
    endwhile;
    echo '<p>Number of posts in tag '.$tag . ': ' . $my_query->post_count .'</p>';
    echo '<p>Number of words in tag '.$tag . ' posts: '. $wordcount .'</p>';
  }
wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
}
?>

Wow, thats awesome.

Thankyou.

One more question though. Is there a way that I could take that out of the template and put it into a plugin, or just keep the variables so that I can call them elsewhere in the template?

If you don’t have the inclination, or the ability, thats cool. thanks for your help.

Don’t know why you couldn’t put that in a plugin.

Sweet. I’ll give it a go. Thanks so much for your help

Actually, when I put it into a plugin, the post count works perfectly, but the word count displays the post count also. Plugin code is below. The IF statement is just there for if the post count == 1.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Tag Word And Post Count
Plugin URI: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/355846
Description: Outputs the total number of words and the number of posts within a tag archive page.
Version: 0.1
Author: Deanacus/WP.org forum mod MichaelH
Author URI: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/355846
*/

function tag_count_para() {
  $tag = get_query_var('tag');
  $term = get_term_by('name',$tag, 'post_tag');
  $wordcount=0;
  $args=array(
    'tag__in' => array($term->term_id),
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'caller_get_posts'=> 1
    );
  $my_query = null;
  $my_query = new WP_Query($args);
  if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
    while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
      <?php
      $postc = strip_tags($post->post_content); //strip html and php tags https://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php
      $poste = explode(' ', $postc); //explode into an array, assume each word is separated by a space
      $count = count($poste); // count elements of array
      $wordcount = $count + $wordcount; //keep a running count
    endwhile;
    if ($my_query->post_count>1){
    echo '<p>This is the archive of posts tagged with &ldquo;'.$tag . '&rdquo;. There are ' . $my_query->post_count .' posts tagged with &ldquo;'.$tag . '&rdquo;, with a total of '. $wordcount .' words.</p>';
    }
    if ($my_query->post_count==1){
    echo '<p>This is the archive of posts tagged with &ldquo;'.$tag . '&rdquo;. There is ' . $my_query->post_count .' post tagged with &ldquo;'.$tag . '&rdquo;, with a total of '. $wordcount .' words.</p>';
    }
  }
 }
?>

After this

function tag_count_para() {

add this:

global $post;

Thank you. Thank you very very much.

You’re welcome. Glad it worked.