All stops working after place the shortcode

Hi itism64, glad to help. Yes it sounds like a possible bug on sites with lots of posts. I will investigate this and try to resolve any issue for the next plugin update. Thank you for reporting.

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the quick reply. I just used

function wpb_total_posts() {
$total = wp_count_posts()->publish;
return $total;
}
add_shortcode(‘total_posts’,’wpb_total_posts’);

and that works without any problem. But would be great to use your plugin as it has some nice features

cheers

Awesome glad you found a solution.

And just to be clear, the shortcode that did not work for you was [sbs_posts], correct?

Hi Jeff,

Yes correct. That was the only one showed in the admin panel by the way.

Cheers

Admin panel where? On the Dashboard or Widgets screen or plugin settings page? Not trying to be difficult, just need to understand how to recreate the issue so I can test and investigate. Thank you

Hi Jeff,

This info https://perishablepress.com/wp/wp-content/images/2012/simple-blog-stats-options.gif

Only showed [sbs_posts] and the rest as shown on the picture was not there

cheers

Okay actually that is super helpful. If I understand, the plugin settings screen doesn’t display anything after the [sbs_posts] shortcode. So you can see the “Shortcode / Options” column, but nothing in the “Output” column (or after). Does that sound correct?

Hi Jeff,

Yes that is correct. Send me email if you want more details or have a look.

Cheers

Thanks will keep that in mind!

Just to follow up with this, the next version of SBS includes an alternate shortcode for getting the total number of posts:

[sbs_posts_alt]

This alternate shortcode is meant for use on sites with LOTS of posts. The shortcode accepts the following attributes:

[sbs_posts_alt type="page" status="draft"]

More information will be available in the plugin readme.txt/documentation. Thanks again itism64 for the feedback and help with this.