Hey @ramanverma2005 and @JordanPak
Since you know the order you want you shouldn't have to filter and order it dynamically. Saved us a little work!
To start, the "topic" keyword has been depreciated, and though it still works(for now) we now should use "tag". See here
First define your dictionary:
{% set orderedList = ['Daycare', 'Apple', 'Featured', 'Health'] %}
With the list defined in the order you want, we can loop through the values in the defined order.
The loop through the list, get post count and print:
<select id="blogs">
{% for topic in orderedList %}
<option value="topic">{{ topic ~ " (" ~ blog_recent_tag_posts('default', topic, 250 )|count ~ ")" }}</option>
{% endfor %}
</select>
Here we us the "~" to concatenate the values into the printable string you're looking for.
We use the "blog_recent_tag_post(…,250)" to get 250 of the most recent blogs with that tag as a dict and use the "count" (or length) filter to get the number of posts within that dict.
Let me know if this gets you going.
EDIT:
I'm not 100% if the "blog_recent_tag_post(……)" is case sensitive or not, but if it does cause issue you can use the "lower", "upper", "capitalize", or "title" filters to address the issue.
Note: Remember to use filters to pass modified values rather than modifing the original value.
