How to Show the total Number of Posts & Comments in your Blog ?

Posted in Blogging

bruce allmighty carrey hand seven fingers I installed this widget today and I must say its really working Well for me. A Simple hack but really a Must Have for all your Blogs. This widget show the total number of Blog Post Published and the Total number of Comments In your blog.

Well, one good this is that more people are subscribing to my Blog Feeds after adding this to my Blog. See Pic Below.

Follow the Steps Given Below to Install the Widget :

1.Log in to your Blogger account.
2.In your Blogger Dashboard, click on the "Layout" link.
3.This will bring you to the "Page Elements" tab. Decide where you want to insert the statistics widget and click on the "Add a Gadget" link accordingly.
4.Scroll down the list and click on "HTML/JavaScript" button.
5.This will open the "Configure HTML/JavaScript" window. In the title section, please type "Blog Statistics" or "Blog Information" or "Blog Data" or any title you wish to.
6.In the content section, copy & paste the following code exactly:

<script style="text/javascript">
function numberOfPosts(json) {
document.write(‘Total Posts: <b>’ + json.feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t + ‘</b><br>’);
}
function numberOfComments(json) {
document.write(‘Total Comments: <b>’ + json.feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t + ‘</b><br>’);
}
</script>
<ul><li><script src="http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=numberOfPosts"></script></li>
<li><script src="http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=numberOfComments"></script></li></ul>
<center><span style="font-size:75%;"><a href="http://realtrix.blogspot.com/" rel=”dofollow”>Get This Widget</a></span></center>

7.Remember to replace the text "yourblog" with your blog address. Note that you replace it in two locations.
8.Click on "Save" button and Check your blog.

You will see a small widget in your sidebar with the "Total Posts" n "Total Comments".

Also Check the other nice Widgets in The Related Posts Section Below.

Abner Fan :

thanks! I have done this

Tuan Anh :

Thank you for useful tip. I’ve translated it into Vietnames to populate it more. Here is the link to my post:

View this tip in Vietnamese at Hontap.info

Anonymous :

that code display “Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The reference to entity “callback” must end with the ‘;’ delimiter. “