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Post Count minus Category for WordPress

Displays the total number of posts not belonging to a specified category

Get the source (v1.0)

Installation and Implementation

Place the postcountminuscat.phps file into your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Change the file extension from ".phps" to ".php".
Activate the plugin from the WordPress admin panel.
Call the Post Count minus Category function like so:

<?php postCountMinusCat('XX') ?>

XX is the category ID of the category you want excluded from the total post count.

Support

Hopefully you won't experience any problems, but feel free to e-mail me if you do.