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102 changes: 101 additions & 1 deletion src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
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Expand Up @@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_recent_posts( $args ) {

$today = current_time( 'Y-m-d' );
$tomorrow = current_datetime()->modify( '+1 day' )->format( 'Y-m-d' );
$year = current_time( 'Y' );
$year = (int) current_time( 'Y' );

while ( $posts->have_posts() ) {
$posts->the_post();
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}

echo '</ul>';

/*
* List posts published on this day in previous years if the final post
* in the recently published list is within the past year (minus 1 day).
*/
if ( 'published-posts' === $args['id'] && is_int( $time )
&& $time > ( current_time( 'U' ) - YEAR_IN_SECONDS + ( 1 * DAY_IN_SECONDS ) ) ) {

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The time condition avoids running the On This Day query if the Recent posts list might already include a post from the same day in a previous year. If the query uses a date range, the number of days in seconds would increase.


$wp_otd_date = current_datetime();

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These variable names with otd would need editing, but I was more concerned with making them unique for now.

$wp_otd_clauses = array();
$window_before_days = 0; // Edit before and after if creating a range.
$window_after_days = 0;
$user_id = get_current_user_id();

for ( $offset = -$window_before_days; $offset <= $window_after_days; $offset++ ) {
$wp_otd_day_date = $wp_otd_date->modify( ( $offset >= 0 ? '+' : '' ) . $offset . ' days' );
$wp_otd_clauses[] = array(
'month' => (int) $wp_otd_day_date->format( 'n' ),
'day' => (int) $wp_otd_day_date->format( 'j' ),
);
}

$wp_otd_date_query = array(
'relation' => 'AND',
array(
'before' => array( 'year' => $year ),
),
array_merge(
array( 'relation' => 'OR' ),
$wp_otd_clauses
),
);

$wp_otd_args = array(
'author' => (int) $user_id,

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Like PR 11630, this limits the posts to any created by (or assigned to) the current user instead of all posts on the site. The argument could be removed, either for the default query or for individual sites with the wp_dashboard_on_this_day_query_args filter.

'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => array( 'publish' ),
'posts_per_page' => 50,
'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
'orderby' => 'date',
'order' => 'DESC',
'no_found_rows' => true,
'update_post_term_cache' => false,
'date_query' => $wp_otd_date_query,
);

/**
* Filters the arguments used to query posts for the On This Day dashboard widget.
*
* @since 7.1.0
*
* @param array $wp_otd_args WP_Query arguments.
* @param int $user_id The author ID the query is scoped to.
*/
$wp_otd_args = apply_filters( 'wp_dashboard_on_this_day_query_args', $wp_otd_args, $user_id );

$wp_otd_query = new WP_Query( $wp_otd_args );

if ( $wp_otd_query->have_posts() ) {

echo '<div id="wp-on-this-day" class="activity-block">';

echo '<h3>' . __( 'Published On This Day' ) . '</h3>';

echo '<ul>';

while ( $wp_otd_query->have_posts() ) {
$wp_otd_query->the_post();

$time = get_the_time( 'U' );

if ( ! is_int( $time ) ) {
/* translators: Date and time format for recent posts on the dashboard, from a different calendar year, see https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
$date = get_the_date( __( 'M jS Y' ) );
} else {
/* translators: Date and time format for recent posts on the dashboard, from a different calendar year, see https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
$date = date_i18n( __( 'M jS Y' ), $time );
}

// Use the post edit link for those who can edit, the permalink otherwise.
$recent_post_link = current_user_can( 'edit_post', get_the_ID() ) ? get_edit_post_link() : get_permalink();

$draft_or_post_title = _draft_or_post_title();
printf(
'<li><span>%1$s</span> <a href="%2$s" aria-label="%3$s">%4$s</a></li>',
$date,
$recent_post_link,
/* translators: %s: Post title. */
esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Edit &#8220;%s&#8221;' ), $draft_or_post_title ) ),
$draft_or_post_title
);

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I copied this from lines 1040 to 1052, and changed the date and time to only the date.

As a result, the link is for editing the post if the user has edit access. If the link is for viewing regardless of access, it would have no need for the ARIA label.

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);
$draft_or_post_title = _draft_or_post_title();
printf(
'<li><span>%1$s</span> <a href="%2$s">%3$s</a></li>',
$date,
get_permalink(),
$draft_or_post_title
);

But then the Recent posts could indicate visually that links in the recent and future lists are for editing, to make the difference clearer.

			$draft_or_post_title = _draft_or_post_title();
			if ( current_user_can( 'edit_post', get_the_ID() ) ) {
				printf(
					'<li><span>%1$s</span> <a href="%2$s" aria-label="%3$s">%4$s</a></li>',
					/* translators: 1: Relative date, 2: Time. */
					sprintf( _x( '%1$s, %2$s', 'dashboard' ), $date, get_the_time() ),
					get_edit_post_link(),
					/* translators: %s: Post title. */
					esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Edit &#8220;%s&#8221;' ), $draft_or_post_title ) ),
					'<span class="dashicons dashicons-edit" aria-hidden="true"></span>' . $draft_or_post_title
				);
			} else {
				printf(
					'<li><span>%1$s</span> <a href="%2$s">%3$s</a></li>',
					/* translators: 1: Relative date, 2: Time. */
					sprintf( _x( '%1$s, %2$s', 'dashboard' ), $date, get_the_time() ),
					get_permalink(),
					$draft_or_post_title
				);
			}

}

echo '</ul>';
echo '</div>';
}

wp_reset_postdata();
}

echo '</div>';

} else {
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