[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43084: dashboard confuses published posts count with all posts

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#43084: dashboard confuses published posts count with all posts
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 Reporter:  awardpress      |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  4.9.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui              |
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 the following is a good first bug for new contributors, IMO!
 because it's very easy to fix
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/good-first-bugs

 in dashboard, in "at a glance" section there's a misleading link:
 1. its hyper reference uri leads to list of '''all existing''' posts
 /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=post
 there are currently 26 posts in my blog
 2. its label is "8 posts" where 8 -- is the number of '''currently
 published''' posts
 /wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=publish&post_type=post
 there are currently 8 published posts in my blog
 3. its icon is the pushpin. and the pushpin usually means '''sticky'''
 posts
 /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=post&show_sticky=1
 there are currently 1 sticky post in my blog

 thus, as you can see, this link confuses "all posts (26)" with "published
 posts (8)" AND with "sticky posts (1)"
 I know, Wordpress uses pushpin icon to indicate any post, so, maybe, I'm
 wrong about sticky posts.
 But I'm definitely not mistaken in that you cannot label the link as "8
 posts" and make it refer to the list of 26 posts -- it should be fixed.
 Either label should be "26 posts" or it should go to list of published
 posts.
 IMO, the latter choice (lead to published posts).

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