Title: update_post_term_count_statuses
Published: March 9, 2021
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘update_post_term_count_statuses’, string[] $post_statuses, WP_Taxonomy $taxonomy )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_post_term_count_statuses/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_post_term_count_statuses/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_post_term_count_statuses/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_post_term_count_statuses/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the post statuses for updating the term count.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_post_term_count_statuses/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$post_statuses`string[]

List of post statuses to include in the count. Default is `'publish'`.

`$taxonomy`[WP_Taxonomy](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_taxonomy/)

Current taxonomy object.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_post_term_count_statuses/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $post_statuses = esc_sql( apply_filters( 'update_post_term_count_statuses', $post_statuses, $taxonomy ) );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/taxonomy.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php#L4182)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php#L4182-L4182)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_post_term_count_statuses/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [_update_post_term_count()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_update_post_term_count/)`wp-includes/taxonomy.php` |

Updates term count based on object types of the current taxonomy.

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| [_update_term_count_on_transition_post_status()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_update_term_count_on_transition_post_status/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Updates the custom taxonomies’ term counts when a post’s status is changed.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/update_post_term_count_statuses/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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