How to get the total number of posts in a category with a certain tag in Wordpress?

[Anders2]

I use this code in functions.php

 

// recent posts shortcode/
// @ https://digwp.com/2018/08/shortcode-display-recent-posts/
function shapeSpace_recent_posts_shortcode($atts, $content = null) {
    
    global $post;
    
    extract(shortcode_atts(array(
        'cat'     => '',
        'num'     => '5',
        'order'   => 'DESC',
        'orderby' => 'post_date',
        'offset'  => '',
    ), $atts));
    
    $args = array(
        'cat'            => $cat,
        'posts_per_page' => $num,
        'order'          => $order,
        'orderby'        => $orderby,
        'offset'         => $offset,
    );
    
    $output = '';
    
    $posts = get_posts($args);
    
    foreach($posts as $post) {
        
        setup_postdata($post);
        
        $output .= the_tags() .'';
        
    }
    
    wp_reset_postdata();
    
    return ''. $output .'';
    
}
add_shortcode('recent_posts', 'shapeSpace_recent_posts_shortcode');

 

When I then use this shortcode: [recent_posts num="1" offset="0" cat="39"]

then I get the category name with a link to /tag/categoryname/

How do I modify the (bold line of) code so that I also get the total number of posts with this tag in this category, like this: uncategorized (5)

Something like this?

$output .= the_tags() .' <strong>('. count($a_variable) .')</strong>';

 

Thanks in advance

Anders

[Anders2]

Hi!
The problem is solved.

All I did was add:
$posttags = get_the_tags();
if ($posttags) {
foreach($posttags as $tag) {
echo ' <strong>('. $tag->count .')</strong>';
}
}

directly after:
$output .= the_tags() .'';

I found the solution here (under "More Information"):
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_tags/
I got to change from $tag->name to $tag->count

Greetings
Anders