Wordpress loop : get current post count inside The Loop

When inside The Loop, I want to retrieve the current post count.

For example, after every 3 posts, I want to insert an ad.

So, how do I get the value of the loop count?

Why not incrementing a variable then display your ads when needed?

while(LOOP)
echo $i%3==0 ? $ad : '';
$i++

Unsure why, but the suggested methods didn't work out for me, I had to resort to the following

$loop_counter = 1;
while( $query->have_posts() )
{
//Do your thing $query->the_post(); etc

$loop_counter++;
}

Safer than playing with globals if you ask me.

You can use the `current_post` member of the [`WP_Query`][1] object instance to get the current post iteration;

while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

// your normal post code

if ( ( $wp_query->current_post + 1 ) % 3 === 0 ) {

// your ad code here

}

endwhile;

Note, if you're using this inside a function, you'll need to globalise `$wp_query`.
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