Ticket #36409: 36409.patch

comment.php

@@ -2151 +2151 @@
         $new = apply_filters( 'pre_wp_update_comment_count_now', null, $old, $post_id );
 
         if ( is_null( $new ) ) {
-                $new = (int) $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = %d AND comment_approved = '1'", $post_id ) );
+
+                $bad_parents = array();
+                $depth = $_depth = get_option('thread_comments_depth', 5);
+
+                while ($depth > 1) {
+                        $clause = ($_depth == $depth) ? " AND comment_approved != '1'" : null;
+                        $bad_parents += $wpdb->get_col("SELECT comment_ID FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = $post_id.$clause");
+                        $depth--;
+                }
+
+                $bad_parents = array_unique($bad_parents);
+                $bad_parents = implode(',', $bad_parents);
+
+                $new = (int) $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = %d AND comment_approved = '1' AND comment_parent NOT IN ($bad_parents)", $post_id ) );
         } else {
                 $new = (int) $new;
         }