wp_update_term_count( int|array $terms, string $taxonomy, bool $do_deferred = false )

Source

File: wp-includes/taxonomy.php

function wp_update_term_count( $terms, $taxonomy, $do_deferred = false ) {
	static $_deferred = array();

	if ( $do_deferred ) {
		foreach ( (array) array_keys( $_deferred ) as $tax ) {
			wp_update_term_count_now( $_deferred[ $tax ], $tax );
			unset( $_deferred[ $tax ] );
		}
	}

	if ( empty( $terms ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( ! is_array( $terms ) ) {
		$terms = array( $terms );
	}

	if ( wp_defer_term_counting() ) {
		if ( ! isset( $_deferred[ $taxonomy ] ) ) {
			$_deferred[ $taxonomy ] = array();
		}
		$_deferred[ $taxonomy ] = array_unique( array_merge( $_deferred[ $taxonomy ], $terms ) );
		return true;
	}

	return wp_update_term_count_now( $terms, $taxonomy );
}