The post category count according post data not showing on admin side.

[rima1889]

we are created category as parent and child relationship. This category shows on the category listing with count number. The clicking on the count show all post which are assigned category and redirect to post listing page. But the no of count shows for parent category with child category. I mean to say not show only parent category count.

Screenshots: ​Categories screen and ​Posts listing

[SergeyBiryukov]

Hi there, welcome back to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the ticket.

Just linking to some related tickets here: #1062, #16397, #24187.

[sabernhardt]

Categories screen

[sabernhardt]

Posts listing

[huzaifaalmesbah]

Reproduction Report

Description

This test verifies whether the category post count shown on the Categories admin screen matches the actual posts displayed when filtering by a parent category in the Posts list.

Environment

• WordPress: 7.0-alpha-61215-src
• PHP: 8.4.12
• Server: nginx/1.29.1
• Database: mysqli (Server: 9.4.0 / Client: mysqlnd 8.4.12)
• Browser: Chrome 143.0.0.0
• OS: macOS
• Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five 1.4
• MU Plugins: None activated
• Plugins:
  • Test Reports 1.2.1

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a parent category named “Test Main”.
2. Create two child categories under it: “Test Sub 1” and “Test Sub 2”.
3. Create two posts:

• One post assigned only to “Test Sub 2”.
• One post assigned to both “Test Main” and “Test Sub 1”.

4. Go to Posts → All Posts and filter posts by the “Test Main” category.
5. Go to Posts → Categories and observe the category counts.

Actual Results

• ✅ The issue is reproduced.
• On the Categories screen:

• Test Main (parent) → Count = 1
• Test Sub 1 → Count = 1
• Test Sub 2 → Count = 1

• On the Posts list screen:

• Filtering by “Test Main” displays 2 posts

Status

❌ Issue still present / Not resolved

Screenshots

Categories screen	Posts list screen

[huzaifaalmesbah]

Removing needs-testing and adding needs-patch and has-test-info based on the results.