[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39372: Allow count for wp_terms query to count other post statuses as well as published posts

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#39372: Allow count for wp_terms query to count other post statuses as well as
published posts
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 Reporter:  roperjonathan      |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:  performance
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Comment (by dd32):

 For reference; a hacky solution I've used elsewhere, such as on the
 WordPress.org plugin directory, is to include a non-exitent post-type into
 the taxonomy post_type list.
 It causes WordPress to skip only counting `post_status = 'publish'` and
 instead just counting the number of objects assigned to it, not looking at
 the post table at all.

 {{{
 register_taxonomy( 'plugin_contributors', array( 'plugin', 'force-count-
 to-include-all-post_status' ), $args );
 }}}
 https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html
 /wp-content/plugins/plugin-directory/class-plugin-
 directory.php?rev=4520&marks=201,217#L190

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