Counting the number of posts (custom post type) Query problems

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I’m trying to count the number of total posts of a custom post type “jobs”. My query just returns “0” when I know there are posts. I don’t think it is checking that the post type has posts, but I’m clueless as to why… any ideas?

<?php $jobs = new WP_Query(array( 'post_type' => 'jobs' ));?>
<?php if ($jobs->have_posts()) { 

    $count_posts = wp_count_posts()->publish; 
    if ( $count_posts == "1" ) { 
        echo "<h2>There is currently one vacancy...</h2>"; }
    else { echo "<h2>There are currently  $count_posts vacancies...</h2>"; }

} else { ?>
<h2>There are currently no vacancies.</h2>
<?php } ?>

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The wp_count_posts function has parameter $type for post type to count, you should use this parameter if you want to get number of jobs

like so:

$count_posts = wp_count_posts( 'jobs' )->publish;

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