public function get_orders_count( $status = null, $filter = array() ) {

		try {
			if ( ! current_user_can( 'read_private_shop_orders' ) ) {
				throw new WC_API_Exception( 'woocommerce_api_user_cannot_read_orders_count', __( 'You do not have permission to read the orders count', 'woocommerce' ), 401 );
			}

			if ( ! empty( $status ) ) {

				if ( 'any' === $status ) {

					$order_statuses = array();

					foreach ( wc_get_order_statuses() as $slug => $name ) {
						$filter['status'] = str_replace( 'wc-', '', $slug );
						$query = $this->query_orders( $filter );
						$order_statuses[ str_replace( 'wc-', '', $slug ) ] = (int) $query->found_posts;
					}

					return array( 'count' => $order_statuses );

				} else {
					$filter['status'] = $status;
				}
			}

			$query = $this->query_orders( $filter );

			return array( 'count' => (int) $query->found_posts );

		} catch ( WC_API_Exception $e ) {
			return new WP_Error( $e->getErrorCode(), $e->getMessage(), array( 'status' => $e->getCode() ) );
		}
	}