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Shared Taxonomy Counter Fix

This plugin fixes the taxonomy counter in WordPress admin panel if the taxonomy is shared across multiple post types. It's a known bug in WordPress.

by Hasin Hayder From ThemeBucket · github.com/hasinhayder/shared-taxonomy-counter-fix · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/hasinhayder/shared-taxonomy-counter-fix/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
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Shared Taxonomy Counter Fix for WordPress

This plugin fixes the taxonomy counter in WordPress admin panel if the taxonomy is shared across multiple post types. It's a known bug in WordPress.

Conside the following situation

  1. You are using "category" in posts as well as in a cpt "cpt-x"
  2. You have two posts, and both of them are listed in two categories "Food" and "Beverage"
  3. You have two "cpt-x" posts, both of them are categorized as "Food"
  4. Now, when you come to the categories menu (in WP Admin Panel) you will see that "Food" and "Beverage" are shwing wrong counter as "3" and "1", while they should be "1" and "1" for posts, and "2" and "0" for "cpt-x".

It's a bug in WordPress, has been mentioned in Trac Ticket #19031 and countless times in different support sites as well as in StackExchange forums. This plugin is a quick fix for this known issue.