Modifying admin sidebar contents to show pending posts indicator

I’ve been trying to get a pending count to appear on the admin sidebar, for pending posts, like the little bubble that appears for pending comments:

Offtopic: Am I the only one that thinks this should be core behaviour? Where should I suggest this feature?

Anyhow, I found this plugin, but I noticed it didn’t always worked. Sometimes the notifier appears on Pages or other item.

The code it uses to add the pending count goes something like this:

$menu[5][0] .= " <span class="update-plugins count-$pending_count"><span class="plugin-count">" . number_format_i18n($pending_count) . '</span></span>';

So, clearly the problem is the hard-coded 5 there, but how can I update it so it always points to Posts?

I’ll be glad to commit this change to the plugin if we know the answer.

Thanks!

@ign

Replace the line of code you posted with the following..

foreach( $menu as $menu_key => $menu_data ) :
    if( 'edit.php' != $menu_data[2] )
        continue;
    $menu[$menu_key][0] .= " <span class="update-plugins count-$pending_count"><span class="plugin-count">" . number_format_i18n($pending_count) . '</span></span>';
endforeach;

..that should avoid the need to know the specific key.. (let me know if any problems)..

Hope that helps.. 🙂