• Expression Engine 2.x
• Plugins
• Category Item Count

Category Item Count

Outputs the total number of entries associated to a given category. The plugin offers some flexibility with a variety of filtering options.

Features

• Limit the count by a specific category id.
• Limit the count by a specific channel name.
• Limit the count by entry status (accepts multiple statuses).
• Can disregard future entries.
• Can disregard expired entries.

Index

• 1. Installatıon
• 2. Parameters
• 3. Usage

Installatıon

1. Download and unpack the package.
2. Upload the unpacked folder into your third_party folder.

Parameters

• category_id
  Filters entry count by category id.
• channel
  Filters entry count by channel name. You need to enter the channel url title / short name.
• status
  Filters entry count by status. Use | character to include more than one status.
• show_expired
  Includes expired entries within the count.
  yes,no (no is default value)
• show_future
  Includes future entries within the count
  yes, no (default value is no)

Usage

Show count of entries for category_id 3 from "inventory" channel:

{exp:bbr_cat_itemcount category_id="3" channel="inventory"}

Show count of all entries with category_id 3:

{exp:bbr_cat_itemcount category_id="3"}

Show count of all entries within "inventory" channel:

{exp:bbr_cat_itemcount channel="inventory"}

Show count of all entries within "inventory" channel including expired entries:

{exp:bbr_cat_itemcount channel="inventory" show_expired="yes"}

Show count of all entries within "inventory" channel including futureentries:

{exp:bbr_cat_itemcount channel="inventory" show_future="yes"}