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File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php

function _pad_term_counts( &$terms, $taxonomy ) {
	global $wpdb;

	// This function only works for hierarchical taxonomies like post categories.
	if ( ! is_taxonomy_hierarchical( $taxonomy ) ) {
		return;
	}

	$term_hier = _get_term_hierarchy( $taxonomy );

	if ( empty( $term_hier ) ) {
		return;
	}

	$term_items  = array();
	$terms_by_id = array();
	$term_ids    = array();

	foreach ( (array) $terms as $key => $term ) {
		$terms_by_id[ $term->term_id ]       = & $terms[ $key ];
		$term_ids[ $term->term_taxonomy_id ] = $term->term_id;
	}

	// Get the object and term IDs and stick them in a lookup table.
	$tax_obj      = get_taxonomy( $taxonomy );
	$object_types = esc_sql( $tax_obj->object_type );
	$results      = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT object_id, term_taxonomy_id FROM $wpdb->term_relationships INNER JOIN $wpdb->posts ON object_id = ID WHERE term_taxonomy_id IN (" . implode( ',', array_keys( $term_ids ) ) . ") AND post_type IN ('" . implode( "', '", $object_types ) . "') AND post_status = 'publish'" );

	foreach ( $results as $row ) {
		$id = $term_ids[ $row->term_taxonomy_id ];

		$term_items[ $id ][ $row->object_id ] = isset( $term_items[ $id ][ $row->object_id ] ) ? ++$term_items[ $id ][ $row->object_id ] : 1;
	}

	// Touch every ancestor's lookup row for each post in each term.
	foreach ( $term_ids as $term_id ) {
		$child     = $term_id;
		$ancestors = array();
		while ( ! empty( $terms_by_id[ $child ] ) && $parent = $terms_by_id[ $child ]->parent ) {
			$ancestors[] = $child;

			if ( ! empty( $term_items[ $term_id ] ) ) {
				foreach ( $term_items[ $term_id ] as $item_id => $touches ) {
					$term_items[ $parent ][ $item_id ] = isset( $term_items[ $parent ][ $item_id ] ) ? ++$term_items[ $parent ][ $item_id ] : 1;
				}
			}

			$child = $parent;

			if ( in_array( $parent, $ancestors, true ) ) {
				break;
			}
		}
	}

	// Transfer the touched cells.
	foreach ( (array) $term_items as $id => $items ) {
		if ( isset( $terms_by_id[ $id ] ) ) {
			$terms_by_id[ $id ]->count = count( $items );
		}
	}
}