How to count Number of posts from wordpress post list

There are various way to get the total number of posts from wordpress post list

i will show you two method:

 

First:

 

 

<?php

            $args = array(

                'post_type'  => 'apps',

                'post_status' => 'publish',

                'tag' => $tagname,

                'posts_per_page' => 18,

            );

            $query = new WP_Query($args);

            // echo "<pre>";

            // var_dump($query);

            $posts = $query->get_posts();

            $i = 0;

            foreach ($posts as $post) :

                $i++;

            ?>

                <div class="flex-item">

                    <div class="item-card">

                        <div class="user-top">

                            <span class="img-span"><a href="<?php echo get_permalink($post) ?>"><img class="item-card-img" width="42" height="42" src="<?php echo wp_get_attachment_url(get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), 'thumbnail'); ?>"></a></span>

                            <div class="item-card-body">

                                <h3 class="user-title"><a href="<?php echo get_permalink($post) ?>"><?php echo $post->post_title; ?></a></h3>

                                <p>

                                    <?php $excerpt =  get_the_excerpt($post->ID);

                                    if ($excerpt) {

                                        echo get_the_excerpt($post->ID);

                                    } ?>

                                </p>

                            </div>

                        </div>

                    </div>

                </div>

            <?php endforeach; ?>

 

echo $i; // this is the total number of post

 Second:

 

 You can also load it with like below default wp code

 

$args = array(

                'post_type'  => 'apps',

                'post_status' => 'publish',

                'tag' => $tagname,

                'posts_per_page' => 18,

            );

            $query = new WP_Query($args);

 

echo $query->post_count