wp_update_term_count_now( array $terms, string $taxonomy ): true
- Since
- 2.5.0
- Source
wp-includes/taxonomy.php:3625
Compatibility
- WordPress
- since 2.5.0
- PHP
- 7.4–8.6-dev
- 6.7.7
- 6.8.8
- 6.9.7
- 7.0.4
- 7.1.0
Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0), and compiles on PHP 7.4 through 8.6-dev.
Parameters
$termsarray- The term_taxonomy_id of terms to update.
$taxonomystring- The context of the term.
Return value
true- Always true when complete.
Performance profile
How much work a call to wp_update_term_count_now() does, and what it touches: the algorithmic scaling, the Zend instruction count per call across PHP versions, the hooks it hands control to, and the core code that calls it. Measured from the compiled opcodes, not a stopwatch, so every number is identical on any machine running the same PHP version, and every function in core is ranked by cost.
- Cost class
- Moderate
- Scaling
- Scales with input
- Instructions
- 25–35
- Plugin surface
- None
- Called by
- 1
Only touches the object cache, via wp_cache_delete_multiple().
The body loops, so the work grows with what you pass in.
Executed per call on PHP 8.5, depending on the branch taken. The body compiles to 55.
Nothing here hands control to plugin code.
1 place in core call this, so the cost is paid more often than your own code shows.
What it touches
- hookthird-party callbacks
apply_filters()one call below wp_update_term_count_now() - cacheobject cache
wp_cache_delete_multiple()one call below wp_update_term_count_now()
Further down the call graph this can also reach option, query, serialize and transient. Those are the worst case, several calls deep and usually down an error path, not what a normal call pays.
What one call costs · 3 distinct outcomes
One number would be a lie: the work depends on which branch runs. These are every distinct cost wp_update_term_count_now() can have, taken from its control-flow graph on PHP 8.5.
| When | Instructions | Calls it makes |
|---|---|---|
!empty($taxonomy) | 25 | array_map(), get_taxonomy(), call_user_func(), clean_term_cache() |
empty($taxonomy) && $object_types != false | 33–34 | array_map(), get_taxonomy(), array_filter(), _update_generic_term_count(), clean_term_cache() |
empty($taxonomy) && $object_types == false | 34–35 | array_map(), get_taxonomy(), array_filter(), _update_post_term_count(), clean_term_cache() |
Across PHP versions
| PHP | Compiled | Executed | Branches | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6-dev | 55 | 25–35 | 5 | |
| 8.5 | 55 | 25–35 | 5 | |
| 8.4 | 55 | 25–35 | 5 | 3 fewer instructions than PHP 8.3 |
| 8.3 | 58 | 25–35 | 5 | |
| 8.2 | 58 | 25–35 | 5 | |
| 8.1 | 58 | 25–35 | 5 | |
| 7.4 | 58 | 25–35 | 5 |
An instruction is not a fixed amount of time, so a matching count is not necessarily the same speed; what it rules out is a difference in the work itself.
Uses · 5
- get_taxonomy()Retrieves the taxonomy object of $taxonomy.
- str_starts_with()Polyfill for `str_starts_with()` function added in PHP 8.0.
- _update_post_term_count()Updates term count based on object types of the current taxonomy.
- _update_generic_term_count()Updates term count based on number of objects.
- clean_term_cache()Removes all of the term IDs from the cache.
Used by · 1
- wp_update_term_count()Updates the amount of terms in taxonomy.
Source code
function wp_update_term_count_now( $terms, $taxonomy ) { $terms = array_map( 'intval', $terms ); $taxonomy = get_taxonomy( $taxonomy ); if ( ! empty( $taxonomy->update_count_callback ) ) { call_user_func( $taxonomy->update_count_callback, $terms, $taxonomy ); } else { $object_types = (array) $taxonomy->object_type; foreach ( $object_types as &$object_type ) { if ( str_starts_with( $object_type, 'attachment:' ) ) { list( $object_type ) = explode( ':', $object_type ); } } if ( array_filter( $object_types, 'post_type_exists' ) == $object_types ) { // Only post types are attached to this taxonomy. _update_post_term_count( $terms, $taxonomy ); } else { // Default count updater. _update_generic_term_count( $terms, $taxonomy ); } } clean_term_cache( $terms, '', false ); return true;}Changelog
Introduced in 2.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
About this page
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