How To Display the Total Number of PDF Files in the Media Library

Are you looking for a way to display the total number of PDF files in the media library? This snippet will get the total number of PDF files within your media library so that you can display the total wherever you want.

Instructions:

1. Add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin.

function pdf_count(){
	$query_pdf_args = array(
		'post_type' => 'attachment',
		'post_mime_type' =>'application/pdf',
		'post_status' => 'inherit',
		'posts_per_page' => -1,
		);
	$query_pdf = new WP_Query( $query_pdf_args );
	echo $query_pdf->post_count;
}

2. Add this snippet to the location in your theme where you want to display the total number of PDFs.

<? 
     pdf_count();
?>

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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