Opened 12 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#22466 closed enhancement (fixed)
Want to View Pending Comments From Dashboard
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| Milestone: | 3.8 | Priority: | normal |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | |
| Component: | Comments | Keywords: | ux-feedback needs-patch |
| Focuses: | administration | Cc: |
Description
This is a very awkward aspect of WordPress that I'm just attempting to articulate for the first time: In the Recent Comments dashboard widget, there is no way to view fully the pending comments.
What it should link to:
- View Comment
- View Post
- Approve Comment
- Edit Comment
- Spam Comment
- Trash Comment
What it does instead:
- Visitor's site or e-mail address
- Edit Related Post
- View Related Post
- Reply to Comment
- Approve Comment
- Edit Comment
- Spam Comment
- Trash Comment
So there are several obvious points of confusion here.
Why would I want to reply to a comment that is pending approval, still hidden, and not even fully displayed to me?
Why can't I see the whole comment? It only shows me an excerpt here, and in order to actually read the comment I have to click over to Comments on the admin menu and find what I'm looking for manually.
Why does the most prominent link for the comment take me to the post editing screen? When is this ever useful?
Why is the post link displayed as a tiny little "#"?
Change History (11)
#2
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12 years ago
It only shows me an excerpt here, and in order to actually read the comment I have to click over to Comments on the admin menu and find what I'm looking for manually.
Why not just click "Edit" instead?
Why is the post link displayed as a tiny little "#"?
"#" is actually a link to the comment on front end. It's not displayed there if it's pending though.
#3
in reply to:
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12 years ago
Replying to SergeyBiryukov:
Why not just click "Edit" instead?
It's the wrong format. It shows raw HTML and such junk that does not correspond to what I'm approving, i.e. how it will look if approved.
#7
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9 years ago
- Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to Future Release
@miqrogroove
Why would I want to reply to a comment that is pending approval, still hidden, and not even fully displayed to me?
When you reply to the unapproved comment, you actually Approve & Reply: https://cloudup.com/cT_838VC_5L
Why can't I see the whole comment? It only shows me an excerpt here, and in order to actually read the comment I have to click over to Comments on the admin menu and find what I'm looking for manually.
Would a "View" link do the job here?
Why does the most prominent link for the comment take me to the post editing screen? When is this ever useful?
Including a link to the post that is the source of the comment is done throughout wp-admin. I have never used the post edit links from within the Recent Comments Dashboard widget (or even the Comments List Table), but someone must find them useful.
Why is the post link displayed as a tiny little "#"?
Would "View Post" text like we have in the Comments List Table work here? Example: https://cloudup.com/crh01cgfY73 I wonder if that would be too busy.
#10
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9 years ago
- Milestone changed from Future Release to 4.4
We're (I'm) already knee-deep in this stuff
#11
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9 years ago
- Keywords reporter-feedback removed
- Milestone changed from 4.4 to 3.8
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
This whole widget was rewritten during the Dash overhaul, well after miqrogroove's ticket was opened. I *think* this is safe to mark fixed, as it is vastly improved.
p.s. The first three links (visitor's site, edit post, view post) have no title attribute. This also adds to the confusion.