diff --git a/api/shields-posts.php b/api/shields-posts.php
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+<?php
+header('Content-Type: application/json');
+require "../templates/config.php";
+?>
+{
+	"schemaVersion": 1,
+	"label": "blog posts",
+	"color": "lightgrey",
+<?php
+require "../creds.php";
+
+$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT COUNT(ID) FROM articles");
+
+while($res = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
+	echo '	"message": "'.$res['COUNT(ID)'].'"',"\n";
+}
+?>
+}