_update_term_count_on_transition_post_status() │ WP 3.3.0

Updates the custom taxonomies' term counts when a post's status is changed.

For example, default posts term counts (for custom taxonomies) don't include private / draft posts.

Returns

null. Nothing (null).

Usage

_update_term_count_on_transition_post_status( $new_status, $old_status, $post );

$new_status(string) (required)

New post status.

$old_status(string) (required)

Old post status.

$post(WP_Post) (required)

Post object.

Changelog

_update_term_count_on_transition_post_status() update term count on transition post status code ^{WP 7.0}

function _update_term_count_on_transition_post_status( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
	if ( $new_status === $old_status ) {
		return;
	}

	// Update counts for the post's terms.
	foreach ( (array) get_object_taxonomies( $post->post_type, 'objects' ) as $taxonomy ) {
		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/taxonomy.php */
		$counted_statuses = apply_filters( 'update_post_term_count_statuses', array( 'publish' ), $taxonomy );

		/*
		 * Do not recalculate term count if both the old and new status are not included in term counts.
		 * This accounts for a transition such as draft -> pending.
		 */
		if ( ! in_array( $old_status, $counted_statuses, true ) && ! in_array( $new_status, $counted_statuses, true ) ) {
			continue;
		}

		/*
		 * Do not recalculate term count if both the old and new status are included in term counts.
		 *
		 * This accounts for transitioning between statuses which are both included in term counts. This can only occur
		 * if the `update_post_term_count_statuses` filter is in use to count more than just the 'publish' status.
		 */
		if ( in_array( $old_status, $counted_statuses, true ) && in_array( $new_status, $counted_statuses, true ) ) {
			continue;
		}

		$tt_ids = wp_get_object_terms( $post->ID, $taxonomy->name, array( 'fields' => 'tt_ids' ) );
		wp_update_term_count( $tt_ids, $taxonomy->name );
	}
}