# Filter authors based on post count

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/filter-authors-based-on-post-count/9428>\
**Category:** Themes\
**Created:** [October 9, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/filter-authors-based-on-post-count/9428 "2019-10-09T15:20:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/mattches/32/4385_2.png) [@Mattches](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/filter-authors-based-on-post-count/9428/1 "2019-10-09T15:20:42Z")

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Hi All

Is there a way to filter my authors based on their post count. On my home page, I’d like to fetch the top 10 authors based on the number of posts they have assigned to them. Is this possible?

So something like  
{{#get “authors” limit=“10” filter=“post\_count \< 10”}}

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Hannah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/hannah/32/22_2.png) [@Hannah](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Hannah)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/filter-authors-based-on-post-count/9428/2 "2019-10-09T16:48:57Z")

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Sorry it’s not possible. This is a known limitation, mentioned at the bottom of get helper page:

> **[Ghost Handlebars Theme Helpers: get](https://ghost.org/docs/themes/helpers/get/)**
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> Make custom queries to the Ghost API using the get helper and fetch publicly available data. Read more about Ghost themes! 👻

I believe you can order by count.posts, but not filter by it.

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**Author:** ![Mattches](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/mattches/32/4385_2.png) [@Mattches](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Mattches)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/filter-authors-based-on-post-count/9428/3 "2019-10-09T17:19:51Z")

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Hey @Hannah

Thanks for your reply. Ordering by count.posts and then limiting may actually do the trick.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![truekasun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/truekasun/32/20164_2.png) [@truekasun](https://forum.ghost.org/u/truekasun)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/filter-authors-based-on-post-count/9428/4 "2022-11-16T18:01:37Z")

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Is this still not possible? I see no mention of this in the new documentation tho. 🤔