Add a page_type_display_name shortcut property

docs/reference/pages/model_reference.rst

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ In addition to the model fields provided, ``Page`` has many properties and metho
 
     .. autoattribute:: cached_content_type
 
+    .. autoattribute:: page_type_display_name
+
     .. automethod:: get_url
 
     .. automethod:: get_full_url

wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/pages_for_moderation.html

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
                                 <a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_explore' revision.content_object.get_parent.id %}">{{ revision.content_object.get_parent.specific_deferred.get_admin_display_title }}</a>
                             </td>
                             <td class="type" valign="top">
-                                {{ revision.content_object.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}
+                                {{ revision.content_object.page_type_display_name }}
                             </td>
                             <td valign="top">
                                 <div class="human-readable-date" title="{{ revision.created_at|date:"DATETIME_FORMAT" }}">{% blocktrans trimmed with time_period=revision.created_at|timesince_simple %}{{ time_period }}{% endblocktrans %} </div>

wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/listing/_list.html

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                 <td class="updated" valign="bottom">{% if parent_page.latest_revision_created_at %}<div class="human-readable-date" title="{{ parent_page.latest_revision_created_at|date:"DATETIME_FORMAT" }}">{% blocktrans trimmed with time_period=parent_page.latest_revision_created_at|timesince %}{{ time_period }} ago{% endblocktrans %}</div>{% endif %}</td>
                 <td class="type" valign="bottom">
                     {% if not parent_page.is_root %}
-                        {{ parent_page.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}
+                        {{ parent_page.page_type_display_name }}
                     {% endif %}
                 </td>
                 <td class="status" valign="bottom">
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                         </td>
                     {% endif %}
                     <td class="updated" valign="top">{% if page.latest_revision_created_at %}<div class="human-readable-date" title="{{ page.latest_revision_created_at|date:"DATETIME_FORMAT" }}">{% blocktrans trimmed with time_period=page.latest_revision_created_at|timesince %}{{ time_period }} ago{% endblocktrans %}</div>{% endif %}</td>
-                    <td class="type" valign="top">{{ page.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}</td>
+                    <td class="type" valign="top">{{ page.page_type_display_name }}</td>
                     <td class="status" valign="top">
                         {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/page_status_tag.html" with page=page %}
                     </td>

wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/listing/_list_choose.html

@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@
                     {% endif %}
                     <td class="updated">{% if page.latest_revision_created_at %}<div class="human-readable-date" title="{{ page.latest_revision_created_at|date:"DATETIME_FORMAT" }}">{% blocktrans trimmed with time_period=page.latest_revision_created_at|timesince %}{{ time_period }} ago{% endblocktrans %}</div>{% endif %}</td>
                     <td class="type">
-                        {% if not page.is_root %}
-                            {{ page.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}
-                        {% endif %}
+                        {{ page.page_type_display_name }}
                     </td>
                     <td class="status">
                         {% if not page.is_root %}

wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/workflows/usage.html

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                             {% endif %}
                         </td>
                         <td>
-                            {{ page.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}
+                            {{ page.page_type_display_name }}
                         </td>
                         <td>
                             {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/page_status_tag.html" with page=page %}

wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/documents/usage.html

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                             {% endif %}
                         </td>
                         <td>
-                            {{ page.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}
+                            {{ page.page_type_display_name }}
                         </td>
                         <td>
                             {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/page_status_tag.html" with page=page %}

wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/images/usage.html

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                             {% endif %}
                         </td>
                         <td>
-                            {{ page.content_type.model_class.get_verbose_name }}
+                            {{ page.page_type_display_name }}
                         </td>
                         <td>
                             {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/page_status_tag.html" with page=page %}

wagtail/models/__init__.py

@@ -805,6 +805,16 @@ class Page(AbstractPage, index.Indexed, ClusterableModel, metaclass=PageBase):
         """
         return ContentType.objects.get_for_id(self.content_type_id)
 
+    @property
+    def page_type_display_name(self):
+        """
+        A human-readable version of this page's type
+        """
+        if not self.specific_class or self.is_root():
+            return ""
+        else:
+            return self.specific_class.get_verbose_name()
+
     @property
     def localized_draft(self):
         """