wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android
Seeing 'View Admin' on Sites with no admin access [Type] Bug
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Description
Expected behavior
'View Admin' section should be hidden for Sites with no admin access
Actual behavior
'View Admin' section is visible for Sites with no admin access
Steps to reproduce the behavior
WP > select site with no admin access > scroll down to 'External' section.
Notice 'View Admin' is visible.

Tested on [device], Android [version], WPAndroid [version]
Samsung S21 Ultra, Android 11, WP 18.2-rc-3
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in the WordPress Android app: select a site without admin access, scroll to the External section, and inspect the View Admin entry. Trace the visibility decision for that entry. Done means View Admin is hidden for sites without admin access and remains available for sites that have it.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100