wp_count_terms( string $taxonomy, array|string $args = array() )

Count how many terms are in Taxonomy.


Description

Default $args is ‘hide_empty’ which can be ‘hide_empty=true’ or array(‘hide_empty’ => true).


Parameters

$taxonomy

(string) (Required) Taxonomy name.

$args

(array|string) (Optional) Array of arguments that get passed to get_terms().

Default value: array()


Return

(array|int|WP_Error) Number of terms in that taxonomy or WP_Error if the taxonomy does not exist.


Source

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php

function wp_count_terms( $taxonomy, $args = array() ) {
	$defaults = array('hide_empty' => false);
	$args = wp_parse_args($args, $defaults);

	// backward compatibility
	if ( isset($args['ignore_empty']) ) {
		$args['hide_empty'] = $args['ignore_empty'];
		unset($args['ignore_empty']);
	}

	$args['fields'] = 'count';

	return get_terms($taxonomy, $args);
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-2.3.0 Introduced.