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GET/sites/$site/post-counts/$post_type

Get number of posts in the post type groups by post status

Resource Information

   
Method GET
URL https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.2/sites/$site/post-counts/$post_type
Requires authentication? No

Method Parameters

Parameter Type Description
$site (int|string) Site ID or domain
$post_type (string) Post Type

Query Parameters

Parameter Type Description
http_envelope (bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty (bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Output pretty JSON
meta (string) Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the 'meta' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes
fields (string) Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title
callback (string) An optional JSONP callback function.
author (int) author ID

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
counts (string)
all:
(array) Number of posts by any author in the post type grouped by post status
mine:
(array) Number of posts by the current user in the post type grouped by post status

Resource Errors

This endpoint does not return any errors.

Example

curl 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.2/sites/en.blog.wordpress.com/post-counts/page'
<?php
$options  = array (
  'http' => 
  array (
    'ignore_errors' => true,
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
	'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.2/sites/en.blog.wordpress.com/post-counts/page',
	false,
	$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>