Add $labels argument to register_post_status()

[ramiy]

WordPress functions register_taxonomy() and register_post_type() has labels argument. Why not add labels to register_post_status()?

The current way to add status:

$args = array(
	'label'                     => __( 'draft', 'text_domain' ),
	'label_count'               => _n_noop( 'Draft (%s)',  'Drafts (%s)', 'text_domain' ),
	'public'                    => false,
	'show_in_admin_all_list'    => true,
	'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,
	'exclude_from_search'       => true,
);

register_post_status( 'draft', $args );

The new way (using labels):

$labels = array(
	'name'                      => __( 'Draft', 'text_domain' ),
	'singular_count'            => __( 'Draft (%s)', 'text_domain' ),
	'plural_count'              => __( 'Drafts (%s)', 'text_domain' ),
	'any_other_label'           => __( 'Any Other Label', 'text_domain' )
);
$args = array(
	'labels'                    => $labels,
	'public'                    => false,
	'show_in_admin_all_list'    => true,
	'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,
	'exclude_from_search'       => true,
);

register_post_status( 'draft', $args );

[ramiy]

Related #12706

[kovshenin]

Just a note that singular_count and plural_count will probably not work that way, because many languages have more than one plural form, and in order to know which form is used, it has to be given a number. That's why _n_noop is used in the first place, which maintains the structure and is then translated with translate_nooped_plural. I think :)

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to kovshenin:

That's why _n_noop is used in the first place, which maintains the structure and is then translated with translate_nooped_plural. I think :)

Correct.

[ramiy]

Good point.

But the goal is not this string or that string, the goal is to create a standard way to add translation strings to register_{taxonomy|post_type|post_status}() functions.

The new code with _n_noop():

$labels = array(
	'name'                      => __( 'Draft', 'text_domain' ),
	'count'                     => _n_noop( 'Draft (%s)',  'Drafts (%s)', 'text_domain' ),
	'any_other_label'           => __( 'Any Other Label', 'text_domain' )
);
$args = array(
	'labels'                    => $labels,
	'public'                    => false,
	'show_in_admin_all_list'    => true,
	'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,
	'exclude_from_search'       => true,
);

register_post_status( 'draft', $args );

[maor]

Replying to kovshenin:

Did you mean to set the version to 3.6? (:

[theorboman]

Add an optional $labels paramater to register_post_status()

[theorboman]

Here's a patch for the above. The diff adds an optional $labels parameter to

register_post_status()

$labels is an associative array which expects the keys 'name' and 'count' which (if present) will be used in place of the 'label' and 'label_count' arguments respectively.

[ramiy]

6 years old ticket

[desrosj]

Even though this ticket is old, I think that the original request still has merit.