diff --git a/wordpress_item.inc b/wordpress_item.inc
index aa8f24c..45509a2 100644
--- a/wordpress_item.inc
+++ b/wordpress_item.inc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class WordPressItemSource extends WordPressSourceXML {
       $reader = new $this->readerClass($url, $this->elementQuery, $this->idQuery);
       foreach ($reader as $element) {
         // Only count relevant postType
-        if ($element->post_type == $this->postType) {
+        if ($element->post_type == $this->postType && $element->status != 'trash') {
           $count++;
         }
       }