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While phpmyadmin's wp_posts table reports something like this 

Showing rows 0 - 29 (10,223 total, Query took 0.0022 sec)
SQL query:
SELECT * FROM  `wp_posts` LIMIT 0 , 30

Wordpress's dashboard reports 

All (10,222) | Published (10,222)
Search Posts:  10,222 items « ‹  of 512 › »

As you can see, there is a disconnect here... 10,222 != 10,223

Does anyone know why WordPress reports 1 less then the actual all post count?

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    You seem to have found an answer in wp-hackers list... Would you mind sharing the answer here?
    – brasofilo
    Jun 22, 2012 at 19:12
  • will do. if you be patient, you do not have to worry about these things... if you look at some of my old answers, i answer the questions that i myself asked for the other's benefit. these things are a matter of time.. stay cool, we'll do it.
    – Average Joe
    Jun 22, 2012 at 23:34
  • Downvote removed. I raised the flag as it would keep anyone from researching for something that already had tons of feedback at wp-lists... Thanks for reporting back!
    – brasofilo
    Jun 23, 2012 at 20:47

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It all comes down to this.
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11889

Behind the scenes, WordPress does generate a place-holder post for your next one! And for that special post, it sets the post_status to a special one, 'auto-draft'. Basically, the culprit is the post generated by WordPress without your knowledge.

Once you know this fact, it is easy to understand why there is a disconnect. Wordpress admin screen's ALL count info is based on ALL posts except this special one. WordPress's SQL's WHERE excludes the post whose post_status='auto-draft'.

Whereas, phpMyAdmin's SQL's WHERE needless to say, totally lacks this condition, and hence we end up with the -1 disconnect between the two ALL post counts, causing guys like me the WTH situation.

So under the hood, the cause of the disconnect is this...

select count(*) from `wp_posts`

vs

select count(*) from `wp_posts` where `post_status` <> 'auto-draft'
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