Counting posts and trigger it

I am trying to figure out how i can install a code for the counting posts. I already have a code for the posts on the website. But i want to trigger it for example if there are no posts, the text should change to no posts found or if there is just one post the text should then be: we found 1 post.

Here is the code i made in the function.php

function wpb_total_posts() { 
$total = wp_count_posts()->publish;
echo 'We found', "<strong>" . $total . "</strong>", 'jobs';
}

and this one i made in the loop

<div>
    <h4 class="total-posts">
    <?php wpb_total_posts(); ?>     
    </h4>
</div>

Answers:

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Method 1

Modify your wpb_total_posts function like bellow:

function wpb_total_posts() { 
    $total = wp_count_posts()->publish;
    if($total == 1){
        echo 'We found', "<strong>" . $total . "</strong>", 'job';
    }elseif($total > 1){
        echo 'We found', "<strong>" . $total . "</strong>", 'jobs';
    }else{
        echo 'No posts found ';
    }
}

Here I’m first checking if total amount of post is 1 or more and handling singular/plural accordingly. Lastly if there is no post then rendering “No post found”

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