How to show total number of Categories?

  • Hi,
    I want to show total number of categories in my wordpress theme. Can anyone tell me the code to show it or any plugin which can do this job?

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  • <?php
$category_count = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->term_taxonomy WHERE taxonomy = 'category'");?>
<p><?php echo 'category count is ' . $category_count; ?></p>

    Synthesized from example in the Codex article, wpdb.

    Thread Starter altafsayani

    (@altafsayani)

    thnx for the help ..

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