this simple plugin for CubeCart version5 allows you to build a custom box on your home page (or any page of your store) displaying the total number of available products & categories.
You can use the following smarty objects on your store home page to show total product & category counts. Design your box however you wish to fit your skin, and you can use the smarty variables to add in the counts where required.
$TOTAL_ENABLED_PRODUCTS contains the total number of enabled products in your store.
$TOTAL_ENABLED_CATEGORIES contains the total number of enabled categories in your store.
this is a free plugin which can be downloaded from our download page.