As part of this blog's re-design, I wanted to show the number of posts and comments as a widget in the sidebar. But I couldn't find a plugin that does exactly what I wanted. So, I wrote one on my own.
Below is the source code for this wordpress plug-in which you can drop it in your *plugins *folder and then activate it as usual. Then, in your Widgets section, you'll see a new widget that you can use it in your sidebar.
Source for WordPress StatsBoard plugin to display the posts and comments count:
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You can use the plugin however the way you want, of course, at your own risk! 