Posts can be counted twice in taxonomy counts

[matt]

Create a parent category and a child category, then put a post under both at the same time.

The parent category will then show to have 2 posts, even though it only has 1.

Parents include child counts if pad_counts is enabled, which it is by default for hierarchical taxonomies. So, it's sort of a feature. :-)

I do like including the counts, but if it says (7) and you click the category and see 4 posts, it can be pretty confusing. I think counts should represent what you get if you click the category link.

I'd personally think child counts should be included, but uniquely if possible.

This was fixed before release.

Was the patch for 2.4, backported to 2.3.x? If not, then will it be or was it already? I remember discussions about something along those lines, but I forget what the conclusion was.

Darkdragon, I just tested this in both 2.3.1 and 2.4-bleeding and like Ryan said, it was fixed before release. In both, a post posted in both a parent and child category, will only be counted once in the parent, not twice like what was occurring.