Ticket #42522: 42522.diff

src/wp-includes/post.php

@@ -6186 +6186 @@
  * @param WP_Post $post       Post object.
  */
 function _update_term_count_on_transition_post_status( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
-        // Update counts for the post's terms.
-        foreach ( (array) get_object_taxonomies( $post->post_type ) as $taxonomy ) {
-                $tt_ids = wp_get_object_terms( $post->ID, $taxonomy, array( 'fields' => 'tt_ids' ) );
-                wp_update_term_count( $tt_ids, $taxonomy );
+        if ( $new_status !== $old_status ) {
+                // Update counts for the post's terms.
+                foreach ( (array) get_object_taxonomies( $post->post_type ) as $taxonomy ) {
+                        $tt_ids = wp_get_object_terms( $post->ID, $taxonomy, array( 'fields' => 'tt_ids' ) );
+                        wp_update_term_count( $tt_ids, $taxonomy );
+                }
         }
 }