diff --git a/djangocms_blog/managers.py b/djangocms_blog/managers.py
index 86c4214..f7e6ac9 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/managers.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/managers.py
@@ -88,16 +88,19 @@ class GenericDateQuerySet(AppHookConfigTranslatableQueryset):
         return self.filter(models.Q(sites__isnull=True) |
                            models.Q(sites=site.pk))
 
-    def published(self):
-        queryset = self.published_future()
+    def published(self, current_site=True):
+        queryset = self.published_future(current_site)
         if self.start_date_field:
             return queryset.filter(
                 **{'%s__lte' % self.start_date_field: now()})
         else:
             return queryset
 
-    def published_future(self):
-        queryset = self.on_site()
+    def published_future(self, current_site=True):
+        if current_site:
+            queryset = self.on_site()
+        else:
+            queryset = self
         if self.end_date_field:
             qfilter = (
                 models.Q(**{'%s__gte' % self.end_date_field: now()}) |
@@ -106,8 +109,11 @@ class GenericDateQuerySet(AppHookConfigTranslatableQueryset):
             queryset = queryset.filter(qfilter)
         return queryset.filter(**{self.publish_field: True})
 
-    def archived(self):
-        queryset = self.on_site()
+    def archived(self, current_site=True):
+        if current_site:
+            queryset = self.on_site()
+        else:
+            queryset = self
         if self.end_date_field:
             qfilter = (
                 models.Q(**{'%s__lte' % self.end_date_field: now()}) |
@@ -116,11 +122,17 @@ class GenericDateQuerySet(AppHookConfigTranslatableQueryset):
             queryset = queryset.filter(qfilter)
         return queryset.filter(**{self.publish_field: True})
 
-    def available(self):
-        return self.on_site().filter(**{self.publish_field: True})
+    def available(self, current_site=True):
+        if current_site:
+            return self.on_site().filter(**{self.publish_field: True})
+        else:
+            return self.filter(**{self.publish_field: True})
 
-    def filter_by_language(self, language):
-        return self.active_translations(language_code=language).on_site()
+    def filter_by_language(self, language, current_site=True):
+        if current_site:
+            return self.active_translations(language_code=language).on_site()
+        else:
+            return self.active_translations(language_code=language)
 
 
 class GenericDateTaggedManager(TaggedFilterItem, AppHookConfigTranslatableManager):
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/models.py b/djangocms_blog/models.py
index 2878b09..91df778 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/models.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/models.py
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ class BlogCategory(TranslatableModel):
 
     @cached_property
     def linked_posts(self):
-        return self.blog_posts.namespace(self.app_config.namespace).published()
+        return self.blog_posts.namespace(self.app_config.namespace)
 
     @cached_property
     def count(self):
-        return self.linked_posts.on_site().count()
+        return self.linked_posts.published().count()
 
     @cached_property
     def count_all_sites(self):
-        return self.linked_posts.count()
+        return self.linked_posts.published(current_site=False).count()
 
     def get_absolute_url(self, lang=None):
         if not lang:
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class BasePostPlugin(CMSPlugin):
         posts = posts.active_translations(language_code=language)
         if (published_only or not request or not getattr(request, 'toolbar', False) or
                 not request.toolbar.edit_mode):
-            posts = posts.published()
+            posts = posts.published(current_site=self.current_site)
         return posts.all()
 
 
@@ -456,8 +456,10 @@ class AuthorEntriesPlugin(BasePostPlugin):
             if self.app_config:
                 qs = qs.namespace(self.app_config.namespace)
             if self.current_site:
-                qs = qs.on_site()
-            count = qs.filter(publish=True).count()
+                qs = qs.published()
+            else:
+                qs = qs.published(current_site=False)
+            count = qs.count()
             if count:
                 author.count = count
         return authors
diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index 9f6d9ec..dd25f07 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -438,6 +438,33 @@ class AdminTest(BaseTest):
 
 class ModelsTest(BaseTest):
 
+    def test_category_attributes(self):
+        posts = self.get_posts()
+        posts[0].publish = True
+        posts[0].save()
+        posts[1].publish = True
+        posts[1].save()
+        posts[1].sites.add(self.site_2)
+        new_category = BlogCategory.objects.create(
+            name='category 2', app_config=self.app_config_1
+        )
+        posts[1].categories.add(new_category)
+
+        with self.settings(SITE_ID=2):
+            self.assertEqual(new_category.count, 1)
+            self.assertEqual(self.category_1.count, 2)
+            self.assertEqual(new_category.count_all_sites, 1)
+            self.assertEqual(self.category_1.count_all_sites, 2)
+
+        # needed to clear cached properties
+        new_category = self.reload_model(new_category)
+        self.category_1 = self.reload_model(self.category_1)
+        with self.settings(SITE_ID=1):
+            self.assertEqual(new_category.count, 0)
+            self.assertEqual(self.category_1.count, 1)
+            self.assertEqual(new_category.count_all_sites, 1)
+            self.assertEqual(self.category_1.count_all_sites, 2)
+
     def test_model_attributes(self):
         self.get_pages()