[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27831: Hide Comments Icon & Count from Toolbar when there are no pending comments

[WordPress Trac]

#27831: Hide Comments Icon & Count from Toolbar when there are no pending comments
------------------------------+-----------------------------
 Reporter:  celloexpressions  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Toolbar           |    Version:
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui                |
------------------------------+-----------------------------
 The updates icon is only displayed in the toolbar if there are pending
 updates, so why is the pending comments icon always there, usually
 displaying "0"?

 The only useful purpose for this link when there aren't pending comments
 is to get to edit-comments.php to manage approved and spammed comments;
 however, this is much less actional than the other links in the toolbar
 (updates, add/edit/view posts, profile, etc.). A link to the Posts list
 table would be as useful if not more useful than this link to the comments
 list table, and would serve effectively the same purpose. There is always
 the potential to add a content-types menu, or even a toggle for the entire
 admin menu, to the toolbar in the future, but for now it seems wrong to
 include the comments link in this context when there are no pending
 comments.

 Especially for sites that don't use, or don't often receive very
 many/frequent comments (which unfortunately is likely the majority), the
 comments icon in the Toolbar is clutter that should get out of the way
 when it's unneeded.

--
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27831>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform