[wp-hackers] Does the term_taxonomy count get updated for future posts?

[Otto]

This may be the result of another bugfix gone awry.

I recall a bug in trac where future posts would cause the count to
update immediately instead of when the post transitioned.. Perhaps the
"fix" only did half the job?


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Callum Macdonald
<lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com> wrote:
> G'day,
>
>  It appears that the wp_update_term_count() function is only called within
> the wp_delete_object_term_relationships() and wp_set_object_terms()
> functions. For the post_tag and category taxonomies, the
> _update_post_term_count() function is called to update the count.
>
>  This function uses the following SQL query:
>  SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->term_relationships, $wpdb->posts WHERE
> $wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->term_relationships.object_id AND post_status =
> 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' AND term_taxonomy_id = '$term';
>
>  This query only counts terms which are applied to published posts.
> Therefore, it does not count any terms where the post_status is future. That
> makes sense.
>
>  However, I can't find anywhere when the wp_update_term_count() function is
> called when a post is transitioned from future to publish status. So, in
> theory, if a user published a whole bunch of future posts and then didn't
> post anything else, the term_counts would never be updated.
>
>  I'm pretty sure this is correct, and therefore a bug, but I'm not
> absolutely 100% confident, so I haven't filed it in trac yet. Can anyone
> confirm if this is correct, or if in fact I've missed something?
>
>  Cheers - Callum.
>
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