[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #45035: allow register_post_type() arg to control whether a CPT's counts are added to the "At a Glance" Dashboard widget

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#45035: allow register_post_type() arg to control whether a CPT's counts are added
to the "At a Glance" Dashboard widget
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 Reporter:  pbiron             |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:  dev-feedback
  Focuses:  administration     |
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 It would be nice if there an arg to `register_post_type()` that controlled
 whether the CPT's counts were added to the "At a Glance" Dashboard widget,
 e.g.

 {{{#!php
 register_post_type( 'mycpt', array( ..., 'at_a_glance' => true, ... ) );
 }}}

 Ideally, I think it should default to the value of `show_in_menu`, but as
 current behavior is the equivalent of `false` I'd be OK with that as the
 default as well.

 Another "nice to have" would be to allow the param to take a string value
 that would be interpreted as a `post_status` to show the count for, e.g.,
 show counts for custom post_status = `mycustompoststatus` instead of
 `publish`.

 I have code that does all of the above, but it would have to be refactored
 a little bit to submit as a patch (especially to account for the
 `_builtin` post_types that already appear in AAG).

 If folks think this would be a good enhancement I'd be glad to work on
 that refactoring and submit a patch.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45035>
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