public function get_pod_type_count( $type ) {

		$args = array(
			'post_type'      => '_pods_pod',
			'posts_per_page' => - 1,
			'nopaging'       => true,
			'fields'         => 'ids',
			'meta_query'     => array(
				array(
					'key'   => 'type',
					'value' => $type,
				),
			),
		);

		$posts = get_posts( $args );

		$total = count( $posts );

		return $total;

	}