Ticket #12287: query.diff

wp-includes/query.php

@@ -1949 +1949 @@
                                 if ( !is_wp_error($post_ids) && count($post_ids) ) {
                                         $whichcat .= " AND $wpdb->posts.ID IN (" . implode(', ', $post_ids) . ") ";
                                         $post_type = 'any';
-                                        $q['post_status'] = 'publish';
+                                        if ( !isset($q['post_status']) || empty($q['post_status']) )
+                                                $q['post_status'] = 'publish';
                                         $post_status_join = true;
                                 } else {
                                         $whichcat = " AND 0 ";