From 69321f0cb1bc2927e7b10939800685153a0ffb41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Sinelnikov <nsinelnikov.work@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:20:14 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] - return from the function update_usermeta when old value the
 same as new;

---
 includes/core/class-user.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/includes/core/class-user.php b/includes/core/class-user.php
index 0d7892f6..870025fe 100644
--- a/includes/core/class-user.php
+++ b/includes/core/class-user.php
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'um\core\User' ) ) {
 
 			$old = get_user_meta( $object_id, $meta_key, true );
 
+			if ( $old === $_meta_value ) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			// deduct old transient count
 			$count = get_transient( "um_count_users_{$old}" );
 			if ( false !== $count ) {