Sort by count in taxonomy field not really sorted by count

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#180856

Hi Rob

I can see the issue you have.

Basically, those taxonomy sorting options are built into WP, we just provide a UI for them.

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term_query/__construct/

We ask WP for the terms associated with a taxonomy, and send an order parameter.

This order, based on count, is the total number of posts in those terms.

If you disable the S&F setting auto count which replaces those numbers with dynamic counts based on the current query, you’ll be able to see the logic of how it works.

I hadn’t even considered the possibility of an integration here, but it makes perfect sense 🙂

I’m sticking this on the todo list for v3, for now its not something we support fully I’m afraid.

Thanks

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