diff --git a/app/models/node_tag.rb b/app/models/node_tag.rb
index fc0229c983..4944d54eb5 100644
--- a/app/models/node_tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/node_tag.rb
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ class NodeTag < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :tag_selections, foreign_key: 'tid'
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :tag
 
-  after_create :increment_count
+  after_create :update_count
+  after_destroy :update_count
 
-  def increment_count
-    tag = self.tag
-    tag.count = 0 if tag.count.nil?
-    tag.count += 1
-    tag.save
+  def update_count
+    tag.run_count # update count of tag usage
   end
 
   def user
diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index 313634709a..c570f3565f 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -115,14 +115,6 @@ def self.find_nodes_by_type(tagnames, type = 'note', limit = 10)
         .order(order)
   end
 
-  def self.counter(tagname)
-    Node.where(type: %w(note page))
-        .where('term_data.name = ?', tagname)
-        .includes(:node_tag, :tag)
-        .references(:term_data)
-        .count
-  end
-
   # just like find_nodes_by_type, but searches wiki pages, places, and tools
   def self.find_pages(tagnames, limit = 10)
     find_nodes_by_type(tagnames, %w(page place tool), limit)
diff --git a/app/views/tag/_topicCard.html.erb b/app/views/tag/_topicCard.html.erb
index 5d8826e30e..819775dd88 100644
--- a/app/views/tag/_topicCard.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/tag/_topicCard.html.erb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       </div>
 
       <div class="card-footer" style="background-color: inherit; border:none;">
-        <a style="padding-top:15px;text-decoration:underline;color:#808080;display:inline-block;" href="/tag/<%= tag.name %>"><%= Tag.counter(tag.name)-shown_nids.count - Tag.find_nodes_by_type(tag.name, type = 'note', limit = 3).where.not(nid: shown_nids).count %> <%= translation('tag.index.more_posts') %> &raquo;</a>
+        <a style="padding-top:15px;text-decoration:underline;color:#808080;display:inline-block;" href="/tag/<%= tag.name %>"><%= Tag.count %> <%= translation('tag.index.posts') %> &raquo;</a>
         <div id="follow-unfollow-column-<%=tag.tid%>" style="float:right;margin:10px 0 10px 10px;">
           <% if current_user %>
             <% if !current_user.following(tag.name) %>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 92425a819b..e2b83987b5 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ en:
       number_of_subscriptions: "# of people"
       subscriptions: "Your subscriptions"
       sort_by: "Sort By"
-      more_posts: "more posts"
+      posts: "posts"
       follow: "Follow"
       unfollow: "Unfollow"
       notes: