why don’t you try:
function tag_count( $tagatts ) {
$tagatts = get_terms(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'gd_place_tags',
'hide_empty' => false,
)
);
$tagatts_count = count ( $tagatts );
return $tagatts_count;
}
add_shortcode( 'tag_count', 'tag_count' );
it should actually return the term count. I’m just using php for Count instead of a wordpress function.