Remove Post Count Parentheses From Widget

would love to know this too – i have searched and search

i managed to do this with the wp_categories_list in my child theme as follows:

// remove parentheses from category list and add span class to post count
function categories_postcount_filter ($variable) {
$variable = str_replace('(', '<span class="post-count"> ', $variable);
$variable = str_replace(')', ' </span>', $variable);
   return $variable;
}
add_filter('wp_list_categories','categories_postcount_filter');

alas replacing wp_list_categories with wp_get_archives has no impact.

Anyone any ideas?

archives are a bit different:

add_filter('get_archives_link', 'archive_count_no_brackets');
function archive_count_no_brackets($links) {
$links = str_replace('</a>&nbsp;(', '</a>&nbsp;', $links);
$links = str_replace(')', '', $links);
return $links;
}

alchymyth
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

hmmm *wonders why it is $links and not $variable*
– how does one know what parameter to pick?!

php nube here ??

hmmm *wonders why it is $links and not $variable*
– how does one know what parameter to pick?!

you can make one up – as long as it does not conflict with one of the global variables used by the core of wordpress ??