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WordPress does not show post counts by default. You need to change it if it’s your desire to do so. Simply log in to your dashboard and click on the down arrow of the “Appearance” option. You will see “Widgets” there. Click on it and when the page opens you will be presented with three options:

1. Show as dropdown
2. Show post counts
3. Show hierarchy

Check the “Show post counts” option and click on “Save.” Close the widget and your blog will now show the total number of posts within each category.

Personally I don’t wish to have a link to WordPress.org in the sidebar “Meta” widget so if you’re like me you will want to remove it and that means going into the files that come with WordPress – it can’t be done through the admin panel.

You will need to look in the “wp-includes” folder and find a file named “default-widgets.php.” Open it up in the editor of your choice and locate the following line…

<li><a href=”http://wordpress.org/” title=”<?php echo esc_attr(__(‘Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.’)); ?>”>WordPress.org</a></li>

…and then delete it. Save the file and then upload it to your website and the WordPress link will be gone.