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Opened 9 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

#31706 new defect (bug)

wp_list_categories for hierarchical taxonomy return wrong tree if orderby clause is used

Reported by: thomask's profile thomask Owned by:
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version: 4.1.1
Component: General Keywords: reporter-feedback
Focuses: Cc:

Description

My taxonomy is e.g.

-term 1
--subterm 1.1
---subterm 1.1.1
--subterm 2.1
--subterm 3.1
-term 2
-term 3

and lets say i am on the 'term 1' page and i want to return all suterms. But when i run

   $args = array(
	'style'              => 'list',
	'title_li'           => '',
	'echo'               => 0,
	'hierarchical'      => true,
  'depth'             => 2,
	'taxonomy'           => 'my_taxonomy',
  'orderby'             => 'count',
  'order'             => 'DESC',
  'show_option_none'   => ''
  );

   $args['child_of'] = $current_term->term_id;

it return only

Subterm 1.1.1

Problem is that

  'orderby'             => 'count',
  'order'             => 'DESC',

when i put it out, it works as expected

BTW IMO wp_list_categories() need some bigger rewrite - it is probably the oldest code in WP :-). No filters, strange classes etc. especially comparing to similar wp_nav_menu. E.g. there is no class to parent LI (and it is often need to change e.g. for Bootstrap), nor any action or filter, the only way are some non-trivial preg_match on the full results or replacing the whole Walker, what is not optimal for forward and plugin compatibility

Change History (1)

#1 @boonebgorges
9 years ago

  • Keywords reporter-feedback added

At a glance, it looks like your problem may be related to 'hide_empty'. I'm guessing Subterm 1.1.1 has posts, while the others do not. FWIW I'm not able to reproduce your bug with unit tests, but I'm not sure if I'm accurately recreating your setup.

Regarding the larger point: yes, it's old, and yes, it's an odd function, but generally we don't refactor for refactoring's sake. If you have specific requests for enhancements, please feel free to open tickets :)

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