Query categories into dropdown menu with post count for WordPress

by Ashley N Cameron

Published: Dec 6, 2015

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"The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive."

Alan Watts


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<!-- !Categories Dropdown -->

        <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="categories">

            <?php $args=array( 'orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC', 'show_count' => 1 );

            $categories=get_categories($args);

              foreach($categories as $category) {

                echo '<li><a href="' . get_category_link( $category->term_id ) . '" title="' . sprintf( __( "View all posts in %s" ), $category->name ) . '" ' . '>' .  $category->name. ' ('. $category->count . ')</a> </li> ';

                } ?>

        </ul>

    </div>