New boolean param for user to choose to hide empty stats

exampleSite/config.toml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ disableLanguages        = []
   readingTime           = true
   imageStretch          = ""
   socialShare           = ["twitter", "facebook", "reddit", "linkedin", "pinterest", "email"]
+  hideEmptyStats        = true # if no Category or no Tag, hide it
 
   [params.meta]
     description         = "A theme by HTML5 UP, ported by Julio Pescador. Slimmed and enhanced by Patrick Collins. Multilingual by StatnMap. Powered by Hugo."

layouts/_default/stats.html

@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 <div class="stats">
-  <ul class="categories">
-    {{ if isset .Params "categories" }}
+  {{ if or (and (eq .Site.Params.hideEmptyStats true) (isset .Params "categories")) (and (eq .Site.Params.hideEmptyStats false) (isset .Params "categories")) }}
+    <ul class="categories">
       {{ if gt (len .Params.categories) 0 }}
         {{ range .Params.categories }}
           <li><a class="article-terms-link" href="{{ path.Join "categories" (. | urlize | lower) | relLangURL }}/">{{ . }}</a></li>
         {{ end }}
       {{ end }}
-    {{ else }}
+    </ul>
+  {{ else if and (eq .Site.Params.hideEmptyStats true) (not (isset .Params "categories")) }}
+  {{ else if and (eq .Site.Params.hideEmptyStats false) (not (isset .Params "categories")) }}
+    <ul class="categories">
       <li>None</li>
-    {{ end }}
-  </ul>
-  <ul class="tags">
-    {{ if isset .Params "tags" }}
+    </ul>
+  {{ end }}
+  {{ if or (and (eq .Site.Params.hideEmptyStats true) (isset .Params "tags")) ( and (eq .Site.Params.hideEmptyStats false) (isset .Params "tags")) }}
+    <ul class="tags">
       {{ if gt (len .Params.tags) 0 }}
         {{ range .Params.tags }}
           <li><a class="article-terms-link" href="{{ path.Join "tags" (. | urlize | lower) | relLangURL }}/">{{ . }}</a></li>
         {{ end }}
       {{ end }}
-    {{ else }}
+    </ul>
+  {{ else if and (eq .Site.Params.hideEmptyStats true) (not (isset .Params "tags")) }}
+  {{ else if and (eq .Site.Params.hideEmptyStats false) (not (isset .Params "tags")) }}
+    <ul class="tags">
       <li>None</li>
-    {{ end }}
-  </ul>
+    </ul>
+  {{ end }}
 </div>