Use "posts" instead of "topics" (in tagcloud tooltips)

[Dianakc]

Hello,

I suggest use post(s) instead of topic(s) ​here.

"Topics" is very related to forums (bbPress), while "Posts" are more general term I think?

Thanks

[SergeyBiryukov]

Previously suggested in #6624. Looks like it was erroneously closed by the reporter.

[janhenckens]

Looks like this was indeed meant to be fixed in #6624. I added a new patch here with those changes.

[lukecavanagh]

Patch applies cleanly and fixes the issue.

[lukecavanagh]

Patch Example Fix

[GaryJ]

With custom taxonomies (i.e. genre), it might not be posts that are shown but some custom post (i.e. book).

I suspect the correct solution would be to have the tag cloud look at the post type associated with the chosen taxonomy, and pull in a particular singular or plural label. It would also need to allow for multiple post types associated with the same taxonomy too i.e. 1 book and 3 films.

[karmatosed]

A valid point about not just posts being shown. I think topics is also troublesome because of what could be considered to be a topic. It's tricky to find a fit all situation here. If the tag cloud could be intelligent that would be great to see.

[DrewAPicture]

Replying to karmatosed:

A valid point about not just posts being shown. I think topics is also troublesome because of what could be considered to be a topic. It's tricky to find a fit all situation here. If the tag cloud could be intelligent that would be great to see.

I'd suggest maybe using "item/s" as we have already in various places in the admin to be both targeted and flexible at the same time. An item is a "thing" while not always having to be a "post" or a "topic", and certainly not a "thing" ;-)

[karmatosed]

Items works @DrewAPicture :)

[GaryJ]

"Items" is the quick solution which fixes the immediate incorrectness of "posts", but I still think (perhaps a new ticket) that there's room to be cleverer here that wouldn't take us down a rabbit hole.

For instance, if my CPT is staff members, or a taxonomy of teams, then "8 people" in a Support team or "6 teams" is going to look far better than "8 items" (linking to people's names) or "6 items" (linking to team names).

Multiple tag cloud widgets on a page is also going to be less than ideal, particularly for screen readers. Yes, "posts" may well be wrong, but "items" may well be too generic to be sufficiently right.

[melchoyce]

"Items" is the quick solution which fixes the immediate incorrectness of "posts", but I still think (perhaps a new ticket) that there's room to be cleverer here that wouldn't take us down a rabbit hole. ... Yes, "posts" may well be wrong, but "items" may well be too generic to be sufficiently right.

+1.

@boemedia also brought up a good point in Slack about "items" not necessarily being the best word when it comes to translations.

[oglekler]

I believe this issue has been fixed with #35566 so it can be closed.