Changeset 61555

Timestamp:

01/29/2026 08:08:15 PM (5 weeks ago)

Author:

joedolson

Message:

Posts, Post Types: Clarify "at a glance" Dashboard links.

"At a glance" links in the dashboard were labeled with the count of published posts, but linked to the All posts view. Change the links so that they target only the published posts list and update link text to clarify.

Props awardpress, birgire, benpinales, susiyanti, sergeybiryukov, sirlouen, noruzzaman, huzaifaalmesbah, westonruter, nikunj8866, joedolson.
Fixes #43084.

File:

• trunk/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php

@@ -310 +310 @@
             if ( 'post' === $post_type ) {
                 /* translators: %s: Number of posts. */
-                $text = _n( '%s Post', '%s Posts', $num_posts->publish );
+                $text = _n( '%s Posts', $num_posts->publish );
             } else {
                 /* translators: %s: Number of pages. */
-                $text = _n( '%s Page', '%s Pages', $num_posts->publish );
+                $text = _n( '%s Pages', $num_posts->publish );
             }
 
@@ -320 +320 @@
 
             if ( $post_type_object && current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->edit_posts ) ) {
-                printf( '<li class="%1$s-count"><a href="edit.php?post_type=%1$s">%2$s</a></li>', $post_type, $text );
+                $url = add_query_arg(
+                    array(
+                        'post_status' => 'publish',
+                        'post_type'   => $post_type,
+                    ),
+                    admin_url( 'edit.php' )
+                );
+                printf( '<li class="%1$s-count"><a href="%1$s">%2$s</a></li>', esc_url( $url ), esc_html( $text ) );
             } else {
                 printf( '<li class="%1$s-count"><span>%2$s</span></li>', $post_type, $text );