Here’s the patch that helps resolve this for my use case and for anyone else using query modifying plugins such as Limit Post Creation.. also the $current_user global fix.
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/limit-post-creation/limit-post-creation.php b/wp-content/plugins/limit-post-creation/limit-post-creation.php
index 017c7d7..50befa9 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/limit-post-creation/limit-post-creation.php
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/limit-post-creation/limit-post-creation.php
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ function spaw_lpc_check_cap($capabilities) {
}
$limit = intval($limit);
//retrieve number of post/page for the current user
+ remove_all_filters('query_vars');
+ remove_all_filters('posts_fields');
+ remove_all_filters('posts_where');
+ remove_all_filters('posts_join');
+ remove_all_filters('posts_orderby');
if($timeLimit=='ever'){
$posts = get_posts(array('numberposts' => $limit, 'author' => $current_user->ID, 'post_status' => 'publish','post_type'=>$page_type));
$nrPosts = count($posts);
@@ -125,6 +130,7 @@ function get_nr_post($where,$page_type) {
default:
break;
}
+global $current_user;
$query_string = array( 'author' => $current_user->ID, 'post_status' => 'publish','post_type'=>$page_type);
$query = new WP_Query( $query_string );
$NrPosts = $query->post_count;