Stats: static front page stats are labeled with the page title instead of "Home page"

[designsimply]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set a static front page and a posts page
2. Log out and load each page a few times to register some views for them
   ^{(fewer for one of them so you can tell them apart easily when you check stats for them next)}
3. Log in and go to https://wordpress.com/stats/day for the site
4. Look in the "Posts & Pages" box and check to see how the stats are labeled

Result: stats for the static front page are filed under that page's title even though it is the home page and stats for the posts page are labeled "Home page / Archives" even though it is not currently the home page.

Also reported at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-does-home-pagearchives-show-up-in-my-stats?replies=11

We should adjust the label for "Home Page / Archive" to just read "Archive" in these cases.

Preferably, views on my home page would be counted toward "Home Page" (rather than the static page title). It's easy to forget that page's title and wonder what that page is (especially if it hasn't been given an obvious title like "Home").

If a site has a Posts page set, views on the posts page could be called "Posts Page / Archive" or "Blog Page / Archive" and link to that posts page. If there isn't a Posts page for the site, it could be "Archive" and not link anywhere.

/hat tip samjhamdy and rachelmcr for the original report and testing

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[jessestu]

I don't know best practices for stale tickets, but this issue came up again for a user so I'm re-opening.

p9F6qB-2AQ-p2

EDIT: to be specific, this user is bothered that the WordPress.com site address shows up as Archive and their home page is a second entry, as is described in the second half of this ticket.

[donalirl]

Another case of confusion over "Home page/Archives" in #13205706-hc

[Gilmoursa]

And another case of confusion over "Home page/Archives" in #14089771-hc

[tanjoymor]

And another case of confusion over "Home page/Archives" - user following up to see if there's been a resolution #14472996-hc

Follow up ticket: #2192218-zen

[designsimply]

I don't know best practices for stale tickets, but this issue came up again for a user so I'm re-opening.

Re-opening a stale issue that has reoccurred is 👍, thanks @jessestu !

Another best practice would be to include a short quote from the user explaining the problem or confusion and the internal reference number at the bottom. This helps people who either do not have access to Automattic's internal tools or even if they do and cannot easily access them quickly.

[julsyd]

Another confused user on a Jetpack site: 2468699-zen

[jerrysarcastic]

Also have a user with an Atomic site on wpcom that has this issue. They have never used the WordPress.com site address, but see stats for both:

https://d.pr/i/Hdkq4W

in #19506287-hc

[happychait]

Another confused user in #19309190-hc

[kavyagokul]

Another confused user in 25405684-hc

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[ccwalburn]

This issue came up again today.

5518630-zen

• The labeling is confusing because they are using a static home page and the static home page is listed as a separate statistic so it isn't clear whether both stats include home page counts or not.
• It is also confusing that the WordPress.com site address is used as the link for the Home Page/Archives because their primary domain is a custom domain and their free domain ends in "wpcomstaging.com", and the link is not representative of what the stats are showing.

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• 2192218-zen
• 2468699-zen
• 5518630-zen
• 5528212-zen

[mxhassani]

Other user facing this in 5528212-zen

There was a related fix here, may be worth checking: 60563-gh-Automattic/wp-calypso

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[worldomonation]

👋 Hey folks! Since this issue has been inactive for quite some time, KitKat has made the decision to close it.

• Internal reference, for more on this decision: pdqkMK-14B-p2

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