Show post count in WP 3.8?

Hi – I tried the code provided by windwww about a year ago, but either it doesn’t work with 3.8 or I’m doing something wrong. Other than that, the “out of the box” plugin seems to be working fine with 3.8.

Specifically, other than adding the amended code to the plugin’s index.php in the 2 locations specified by windwww, I used the following shortcode (both with categories with and without posts), but the post count wasn’t displayed (all other elements displayed correctly):

[pcig category=my-category show=category_name,count,post_title links=post_title?hide_empty=false]

Did I use the shortcode incorrectly, or does the function code need rewriting? (If the latter, I wouldn’t know where to start…)

Thank you!
Magz

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/post-category-index-generator/