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
These are the possible errors returned by this endpoint.
HTTP Code
Error Identifier
Error Message
403
authorization_required
An active access token must be used to retrieve post counts.
404
unknown_post_type
Unknown post type requested.
403
unauthorized
User cannot access this private blog.
403
unauthorized
User cannot access this restricted blog
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 );
?>
Response
{
"sent": true
}
