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function _update_post_term_count( $terms ) {
	global $wpdb;
 
	foreach ( (array) $terms as $term ) {
		$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->term_relationships, $wpdb->posts WHERE $wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->term_relationships.object_id AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post' AND term_taxonomy_id = %d", $term ) );
		$wpdb->update( $wpdb->term_taxonomy, compact( 'count' ), array( 'term_taxonomy_id' => $term ) );
	}
}

$tags = get_tags( array_merge( $args, array( 'orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'DESC' ) ) ); // Always query top tags

$tags = get_tags( array_merge($args, array('hide_empty' => 0, 'orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'DESC')) ); // Always query top tags

$defaults = array(
		'show_option_all' => '', 'orderby' => 'name',
		'order' => 'ASC', 'show_last_update' => 0,
		'style' => 'list', 'show_count' => 0,
		'hide_empty' => 1, 'use_desc_for_title' => 1,
		'child_of' => 0, 'feed' => '', 'feed_type' => '',
		'feed_image' => '', 'exclude' => '', 'current_category' => 0,
		'hierarchical' => true, 'title_li' => __( 'Categories' ),
		'echo' => 1, 'depth' => 0
	);