How to add a span class in the following php?

February 11, 20234 Views

I have the following code to display posts in WordPress

<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&show_post_count=1'); ?>

How can I add a span class around the count so I can style it?

The above code produces this:

October (9)
November (22)
December (3)

I need to assign a span class to the count, and not entire output.

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1 comment

Anonymous says:

February 11, 2023 at 1:42 pm
Easiest option is with a little bit of CCS magic. At the moment, I am assuming your template code (for the archive block) is along the lines of:
```
<ul>
  <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&show_post_count=1'); ?>
</ul>
```
Firstly, add a class to your list:
```
<ul class="archiveList">
  <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&show_post_count=1'); ?>
</ul>
```
Secondly, add some lines to your CSS to style the relevant bits
```
.achiveList li {color: red;} /* This is the style for the post count */
.achiveList li a {color: blue;} /* This is the style for the link */
```
The Hard option is to set the “echo” parameter on wp_get_achives to 0/false. ~~That way the method will return an array of data and leave it up to your to loop over it and print it out.~~ Edit My mistake, it returns it just as a string, which means this is going to be quite tricky. Depends on how much styling you need to apply.
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