Remove brackets around cat post count?

If this is for list_cats (or wp_list_cats), then you can only change them by editing the source, since they’re hardcoded.

In wp-includes/template-functions-category.php near the end of the file (line 243 in 1.5.1), look for this code black (line 348 in 1.5.1):

if (intval($optioncount) == 1) {
$link .= ' ('.intval($category_posts["$category->cat_ID"]).')';
}

Just modify ‘ (‘ and ‘)’ in the $link string.

When editing source code, backup up any files you’re working on, and comment your changes for future reference.

Worked like a dream. Thank you.

Hi,

Didn’t want to start another thread to ask this – is there anyway to remove the post count completely? I tried modifying the code but kept getting errors.

Managed to work around it by setting ‘if (intval($optioncount) == 1)’ to ‘if (intval($optioncount) == 0)’, but I’d prefer to remove it if possible.

Thanks,

Alex

hi alex–

is this helpful?
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/list_cats

Just change the call in your theme template:
wp_list_cats() and/or list_cats()

Edit: Damn, I must type slow. ??

@alexc
Just follow the links above and check the info on the ‘optioncount’ parameter. You’re probably setting this in your template tag (since it’s off by default).

I changed the template-functions-category.php back to normal and turned off optioncount in the theme. Works perfectly now, thanks for that! (Promise I’ll check the Wiki next time – ended up ignoring it because the text was scrambled in Safari, time to use Firefox methinks)

Cheers,

Alex

It might be a good idea to enable a GUI interface to change these settings in Admin CP.

This is a beautiful piece of “software”, and I’m sure many would rather be able to know their modifications will work, rather than risk losing it all (assuming they dont backup).