From c5856b0a7c2870803f2d4f3b8cbd8fcc940c4156 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aki Hamano <tetsuaki.hamano@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:08:49 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Options, Meta APIs: Support plural forms for count labels in
 Settings.

The `posts` and `items` labels on the Reading Settings screen, and the comment
spam link count string on the Discussion Settings screen, were single hardcoded
strings, forcing translators into whichever plural form they guessed at. Wrap
them in `_n_noop()` and resolve them with `translate_nooped_plural()` against
the saved option value, and add translator comments.

Also replaces `form_option()` with an escaped `get_option()` call for the two
number fields, since the values are now needed as integers.

Props shailu25, GaryJ, SergeyBiryukov, pavelevap, johnbillion.
See #29299.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php | 13 ++++++++++---
 src/wp-admin/options-reading.php    | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php b/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
index f8e4d5040f4e7..daa6aea1676db 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
@@ -184,10 +184,17 @@
 <td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php echo $comment_moderation_title; ?></span></legend>
 <p><label for="comment_max_links">
 <?php
+$comment_max_links = (int) get_option( 'comment_max_links' );
 printf(
-	/* translators: %s: Number of links. */
-	__( 'Hold a comment in the queue if it contains %s or more links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)' ),
-	'<input name="comment_max_links" type="number" step="1" min="0" id="comment_max_links" value="' . esc_attr( get_option( 'comment_max_links' ) ) . '" class="small-text" />'
+	translate_nooped_plural(
+		/* translators: %s: Number field for the maximum number of links. */
+		_n_noop(
+			'Hold a comment in the queue if it contains %s or more link. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)',
+			'Hold a comment in the queue if it contains %s or more links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)'
+		),
+		$comment_max_links
+	),
+	'<input name="comment_max_links" type="number" step="1" min="0" id="comment_max_links" value="' . esc_attr( $comment_max_links ) . '" class="small-text" />'
 );
 ?>
 </label></p>
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/options-reading.php b/src/wp-admin/options-reading.php
index 31facac7edcca..28d1d8f515390 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/options-reading.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/options-reading.php
@@ -177,12 +177,33 @@
 <tr>
 <th scope="row"><label for="posts_per_page"><?php _e( 'Blog pages show at most' ); ?></label></th>
 <td>
-<input name="posts_per_page" type="number" step="1" min="1" id="posts_per_page" value="<?php form_option( 'posts_per_page' ); ?>" class="small-text" /> <?php _e( 'posts' ); ?>
+<?php $posts_per_page = (int) get_option( 'posts_per_page' ); ?>
+<input name="posts_per_page" type="number" step="1" min="1" id="posts_per_page" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $posts_per_page ); ?>" class="small-text" />
+<?php
+echo esc_html(
+	translate_nooped_plural(
+		/* translators: Number of posts, used as a label after the "Blog pages show at most" number field. */
+		_n_noop( 'post', 'posts' ),
+		$posts_per_page
+	)
+);
+?>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <th scope="row"><label for="posts_per_rss"><?php _e( 'Syndication feeds show the most recent' ); ?></label></th>
-<td><input name="posts_per_rss" type="number" step="1" min="1" id="posts_per_rss" value="<?php form_option( 'posts_per_rss' ); ?>" class="small-text" /> <?php _e( 'items' ); ?></td>
+<td><?php $posts_per_rss = (int) get_option( 'posts_per_rss' ); ?>
+<input name="posts_per_rss" type="number" step="1" min="1" id="posts_per_rss" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $posts_per_rss ); ?>" class="small-text" />
+<?php
+echo esc_html(
+	translate_nooped_plural(
+		/* translators: Number of items, used as a label after the "Syndication feeds show the most recent" number field. */
+		_n_noop( 'item', 'items' ),
+		$posts_per_rss
+	)
+);
+?>
+</td>
 </tr>
 
 <?php $rss_use_excerpt_title = __( 'For each post in a feed, include' ); ?>