以下是我设置的当前循环：

    <?php
        //start products category loop
        $args = array(
            \'hide_empty\'  => 0,  
            \'parent\'      => 0,
            \'orderby\'     => \'name\',
            \'order\'       => \'ASC\',
            \'taxonomy\'    => \'profile_categories\',
            \'pad_counts\'  => 1
        );

        $categories = get_categories($args);
        foreach($categories as $category) { ?>
            <?php 
            // setup the category ID
            $cat_id = $category->term_id;
            // Get category name
            $cat_name = $category->name;
            // Get category count
            $cat_count = $category->count;

            //get the category url
            $cat_url = get_term_link( $category->slug, \'profile_categories\' );

            echo "<h2>";
            echo $cat_name;
            $subcat_args = array(
                \'hide_empty\'  => 0,  
                \'orderby\'     => \'name\',
                \'child_of\'    => $cat_id,
                \'order\'       => \'ASC\',
                \'taxonomy\'    => \'profile_categories\',
                \'pad_counts\'  => 1
            );
            $subcategories = get_categories($subcat_args);
            $subcat_count = count($subcategories);
            if ($subcat_count > 0) { echo \' (\'.$subcat_count.\' Subcategories)\'; }
            echo "</h2>";

            echo \'<a href="\';
            echo $cat_url;
            echo \'">\';
            echo __(\'View all\',\'roots\');
            echo "</a>";

            // Get posts belonging to current category
            $post_args = array(
                \'posts_per_page\' => 4,
                \'post_type\' => \'moulding_profiles\',
                \'tax_query\' => array(
                    array(
                        \'taxonomy\' => \'profile_categories\',
                        \'field\' => \'id\',
                        \'parent\' => 0,
                        \'terms\' => $cat_id
                    )
                )
            );
            $posts_query = new WP_Query($post_args);
            if ($posts_query->have_posts() ) {
                echo \'<ul>\';
                    while ($posts_query->have_posts()) : $posts_query->the_post(); ?>
                        <li><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> -> Width: <?php the_field(\'mp_profile_dimensions_width\',get_the_ID()); ?> Height: <?php the_field(\'mp_profile_dimensions_height\',get_the_ID()); ?></li>
                    <?php endwhile; 
                echo \'</ul>\';
            } // done our wordpress loop. Will start again for each category
            wp_reset_query(); // reset the query ?>
        <?php } // done the foreach statement ?>

这样做的目的是在名为profile_categories, 然后列出4 每个类别中的项目。category参数正在使用parent => 0 这样只显示顶级类别。我想做的是pad_counts => 1 不仅要获取类别的计数，还要获取其中所有子类别的计数。如果我想对了，parents 与冲突pad_counts. 我已经看过了codex 关于这一点，我陷入了困境，如果这是可能的，或者如果我是那么无知，错过了一些明显的东西。任何帮助都将不胜感激。谢谢

Update: 使用http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_categories 作为参考，当parent 设置为0 （要仅显示顶级类别$category->count 和$category->category_count 不包括子类别的计数-仍然认为这是一个bug，除非有人知道解决方法。

    //The args. Don\'t set parent
    $args = array(
        \'hide_empty\'  => 0,  
        \'orderby\'     => \'name\',
        \'order\'       => \'ASC\',
        \'taxonomy\'    => \'category\',
        \'pad_counts\'  => 1
    );

    //I\'ll leave it to you to check for error objects etc.
    $categories = get_categories($args));
    $categories = wp_list_filter($categories,array(\'parent\'=>0));