From f5d95392d21269f5d173287a6707e48a5b530f37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tetrakern <26898880+Tetrakern@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:13:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve story comment count refresh

Do not update the meta and purge the cache if nothing changed!
---
 includes/functions/_utility.php | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/includes/functions/_utility.php b/includes/functions/_utility.php
index b87b70b8..58f75707 100644
--- a/includes/functions/_utility.php
+++ b/includes/functions/_utility.php
@@ -241,11 +241,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists( 'fictioneer_get_story_data' ) ) {
 
         */
 
+        $comment_count_changed = $comment_count != absint( $old_data['comment_count'] );
         $old_data['comment_count'] = $comment_count;
         $old_data['comment_count_timestamp'] = time();
 
         // Update meta
-        if ( FICTIONEER_STORY_COMMENT_COUNT_TIMEOUT > 0 && ! ( $args['force_comment_count_refresh'] ?? 0 ) ) {
+        if (
+          $comment_count_changed &&
+          FICTIONEER_STORY_COMMENT_COUNT_TIMEOUT > 0 &&
+          ! ( $args['force_comment_count_refresh'] ?? 0 )
+        ) {
           update_post_meta( $story_id, 'fictioneer_story_data_collection', $old_data );
           fictioneer_purge_post_cache( $story_id );
         }