Custom Admin Dashboard Widget

/**
 * Add a custom dashboard widget showing recent snippet stats.
 */
add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', function(): void {
    wp_add_dashboard_widget(
        'ifci_snippet_stats',
        __( 'Snippet Library Stats', 'theme-domain' ),
        'ifci_render_stats_widget'
    );
} );

function ifci_render_stats_widget(): void {
    $total    = wp_count_posts( 'ifci_snippet' );
    $published = isset( $total->publish ) ? absint( $total->publish ) : 0;

    $categories = wp_count_terms( array(
        'taxonomy'   => 'ifci_snippet_cat',
        'hide_empty' => false,
    ) );

    $recent = get_posts( array(
        'post_type'      => 'ifci_snippet',
        'posts_per_page' => 5,
        'orderby'        => 'date',
        'order'          => 'DESC',
    ) );

    echo '' . esc_html__( 'Total Snippets:', 'theme-domain' ) . ' ' . esc_html( (string) $published ) . '';
    echo '' . esc_html__( 'Categories:', 'theme-domain' ) . ' ' . esc_html( (string) $categories ) . '';

    if ( $recent ) {
        echo '' . esc_html__( 'Recently Added', 'theme-domain' ) . '';
        echo '';
        foreach ( $recent as $post ) {
            printf(
                '%s — %s',
                esc_url( get_edit_post_link( $post->ID ) ),
                esc_html( $post->post_title ),
                esc_html( get_the_date( '', $post ) )
            );
        }
        echo '';
    }
}