Magento Sort categories by product count

Question

I am in need of some assistance. I am using Magento 1.8.1 and I need to display subcategories in the navigation menu in descending order of their product count.

I have no idea on how to approach the subject, so any hint or possible solution would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Answer 1

Try below code once. Change your category ID.

<?php
    $cats = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(3)->getChildrenCategories();
?>
 <ul>   
    <?php
    $resourcearray = array();
    foreach($cats as $category): 
    $proCnt = $category->getProductCount();
    $proName = $category->getName();
    $proUrl = $category->getUrl();
    array_push($resourcearray, array('count' => $proCnt, 'name' => $proName,'url' => $proUrl));
    ?>
    <?php endforeach; 
    ksort($resourcearray);
    ?>
    <?php foreach($resourcearray as $val): ?>
        <li>
            <a href="<?php echo $val['url'] ?>"><?php echo $val['name'] ?>(<?php echo $val['count'] ?>)</a>
        </li>
    <?php endforeach;?>
    </ul>