diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
index 3d6935084c7f..426c54a07650 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ public function get_terms() {
 		$order = $this->parse_order( $this->query_vars['order'] );
 
 		if ( $taxonomies ) {
-			$this->sql_clauses['where']['taxonomy'] = "tt.taxonomy IN ('" . implode( "', '", array_map( 'esc_sql', $taxonomies ) ) . "')";
+			$this->sql_clauses['where']['taxonomy'] =
+				"tt.taxonomy IN ('" . implode( "', '", array_map( 'esc_sql', $taxonomies ) ) . "')";
 		}
 
 		$exclude      = $args['exclude'];
@@ -526,7 +527,12 @@ public function get_terms() {
 			$this->sql_clauses['where']['exclusions'] = preg_replace( '/^\s*AND\s*/', '', $exclusions );
 		}
 
-		$args['name'] = is_string( $args['name'] ) && 0 === strlen( $args['name'] ) ? array() : (array) $args['name'];
+		if ( '' === $args['name'] ) {
+			$args['name'] = array();
+		} else {
+			$args['name'] = (array) $args['name'];
+		}
+
 		if ( ! empty( $args['name'] ) ) {
 			$names = $args['name'];
 			foreach ( $names as &$_name ) {
@@ -537,14 +543,24 @@ public function get_terms() {
 			$this->sql_clauses['where']['name'] = "t.name IN ('" . implode( "', '", array_map( 'esc_sql', $names ) ) . "')";
 		}
 
-		$args['slug'] = is_string( $args['slug'] ) && 0 === strlen( $args['slug'] ) ? array() : array_map( 'sanitize_title', (array) $args['slug'] );
+		if ( '' === $args['slug'] ) {
+			$args['slug'] = array();
+		} else {
+			$args['slug'] = array_map( 'sanitize_title', (array) $args['slug'] );
+		}
+
 		if ( ! empty( $args['slug'] ) ) {
 			$slug = implode( "', '", $args['slug'] );
 
 			$this->sql_clauses['where']['slug'] = "t.slug IN ('" . $slug . "')";
 		}
 
-		$args['term_taxonomy_id'] = is_string( $args['term_taxonomy_id'] ) && 0 === strlen( $args['term_taxonomy_id'] ) ? array() : array_map( 'intval', (array) $args['term_taxonomy_id'] );
+		if ( '' === $args['term_taxonomy_id'] ) {
+			$args['term_taxonomy_id'] = array();
+		} else {
+			$args['term_taxonomy_id'] = array_map( 'intval', (array) $args['term_taxonomy_id'] );
+		}
+
 		if ( ! empty( $args['term_taxonomy_id'] ) ) {
 			$tt_ids = implode( ',', $args['term_taxonomy_id'] );
 
@@ -552,14 +568,25 @@ public function get_terms() {
 		}
 
 		if ( ! empty( $args['name__like'] ) ) {
-			$this->sql_clauses['where']['name__like'] = $wpdb->prepare( 't.name LIKE %s', '%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $args['name__like'] ) . '%' );
+			$this->sql_clauses['where']['name__like'] = $wpdb->prepare(
+				't.name LIKE %s',
+				'%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $args['name__like'] ) . '%'
+			);
 		}
 
 		if ( ! empty( $args['description__like'] ) ) {
-			$this->sql_clauses['where']['description__like'] = $wpdb->prepare( 'tt.description LIKE %s', '%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $args['description__like'] ) . '%' );
+			$this->sql_clauses['where']['description__like'] = $wpdb->prepare(
+				'tt.description LIKE %s',
+				'%' . $wpdb->esc_like( $args['description__like'] ) . '%'
+			);
+		}
+
+		if ( '' === $args['object_ids'] ) {
+			$args['object_ids'] = array();
+		} else {
+			$args['object_ids'] = array_map( 'intval', (array) $args['object_ids'] );
 		}
 
-		$args['object_ids'] = is_string( $args['object_ids'] ) && 0 === strlen( $args['object_ids'] ) ? array() : array_map( 'intval', (array) $args['object_ids'] );
 		if ( ! empty( $args['object_ids'] ) ) {
 			$object_ids = implode( ', ', $args['object_ids'] );
 
@@ -665,6 +692,8 @@ public function get_terms() {
 
 		$where = implode( ' AND ', $this->sql_clauses['where'] );
 
+		$pieces = compact( 'fields', 'join', 'where', 'distinct', 'orderby', 'order', 'limits' );
+
 		/**
 		 * Filters the terms query SQL clauses.
 		 *
@@ -674,7 +703,7 @@ public function get_terms() {
 		 * @param string[] $taxonomies An array of taxonomy names.
 		 * @param array    $args       An array of term query arguments.
 		 */
-		$clauses = apply_filters( 'terms_clauses', compact( 'fields', 'join', 'where', 'distinct', 'orderby', 'order', 'limits' ), $taxonomies, $args );
+		$clauses = apply_filters( 'terms_clauses', $pieces, $taxonomies, $args );
 
 		$fields   = isset( $clauses['fields'] ) ? $clauses['fields'] : '';
 		$join     = isset( $clauses['join'] ) ? $clauses['join'] : '';
@@ -716,14 +745,18 @@ public function get_terms() {
 
 		// $args can be anything. Only use the args defined in defaults to compute the key.
 		$cache_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $args, array_keys( $this->query_var_defaults ) );
+
 		unset( $cache_args['pad_counts'], $cache_args['update_term_meta_cache'] );
+
 		if ( 'count' !== $_fields && 'all_with_object_id' !== $_fields ) {
 			$cache_args['fields'] = 'all';
 		}
+
 		$key          = md5( serialize( $cache_args ) . serialize( $taxonomies ) . $this->request );
 		$last_changed = wp_cache_get_last_changed( 'terms' );
 		$cache_key    = "get_terms:$key:$last_changed";
 		$cache        = wp_cache_get( $cache_key, 'terms' );
+
 		if ( false !== $cache ) {
 			if ( 'ids' === $_fields ) {
 				$term_ids = wp_list_pluck( $cache, 'term_id' );