hide_empty doesn't work in get_terms() when hierarchical isn't set to false

[markjaquith]

I end up with some 0-count categories when calling get_terms( 'category', array( 'hide_empty' => true ) )

I think it has to do with the child count logic.

[wonderboymusic]

I can't reproduce the issue - any use cases?

[SergeyBiryukov]

With both hierarchical and hide_empty set to true, empty categories are only returned if they have non-empty children.

There's a block in get_terms() for that (introduced in [4104]):
​http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.4.2/wp-includes/taxonomy.php#L1402

[nacin]

Seems deliberate then.

[wonderboymusic]

Nacin marked close 11 months ago, no chatter since then