You heard it here first! The mdn_count plugin is used on this site and does a couple of minor things. This plugin will count the number of articles in a particular section. It will also count the number of articles with a given category (in either field 1 or 2). It returns the number. That’s it!

Currently at version 1.3. It will also count the number of articles in the intersection of section and category, and will take # as a reference to use the currently selected section or category for counting.

Usage:

<txp:mdn_count [section="sectionname"] [category="text"] />

NOTE: The items in square brackets are optional and the brackets should not be used in the construction of the tag.

Parameters
• section – This item is OPTIONAL. The plugin will return the number of articles in the given section name.
• category – This item is OPTIONAL. The plugin will return the number of articles with the given category name, in either category1 OR category2.

Notes:
• There is some basic checking. The two parameters are optional, but it doesn’t make sense if BOTH are gone. I think that’s the only one it catches.
• Section takes precedence over category if both are specified.

Examples:

<txp:mdn_count section="plugins" category="comments" />
will return the number of articles in the section ‘plugins’, categorized as ‘comments’

e.g.   there are 55 articles categorized in ‘comments’ in the ‘plugins’ section.

<txp:mdn_count category="conditional" />
will return the number of all articles categorized as ‘conditional’

e.g.   there are 0 articles categorized as ‘conditional’