Posts can be counted twice in taxonomy counts

[matt]

Create a parent category and a child category, then put a post under both at the same time.

The parent category will then show to have 2 posts, even though it only has 1.

[ryan]

Parents include child counts if pad_counts is enabled, which it is by default for hierarchical taxonomies. So, it's sort of a feature. :-)

[matt]

I do like including the counts, but if it says (7) and you click the category and see 4 posts, it can be pretty confusing. I think counts should represent what you get if you click the category link.

[Viper007Bond]

I'd personally think child counts should be included, but uniquely if possible.

[ryan]

This was fixed before release.

[darkdragon]

Was the patch for 2.4, backported to 2.3.x? If not, then will it be or was it already? I remember discussions about something along those lines, but I forget what the conclusion was.

[JDTrower]

Darkdragon, I just tested this in both 2.3.1 and 2.4-bleeding and like Ryan said, it was fixed before release. In both, a post posted in both a parent and child category, will only be counted once in the parent, not twice like what was occurring.