Podcast: align bottom Stats cards with wpcom Stats card module look

[robertbpugh]

Summary

Visually align the Top episodes, By app, and Locations Stats cards with the wpcom Stats card module look so the Stats tab reads as one consistent surface.

• Real 1px border + 5px radius, no shadow.
• Larger 20px / 500-weight section titles.
• 24px content padding; header pads 24/24/12 with no divider.
• Scoped via &:not(.podcast-stats-chart) so the Downloads chart card stays as-is.

Test plan

• On the podcast Stats tab, confirm Top episodes, By app, and Locations cards show the new border, radius, header padding, and 20px title.
• Confirm the Downloads chart card (4 summary tiles + chart) is unchanged.
• Confirm the per-episode Stats view inherits the same look on its bottom cards.
• RTL spot-check (logical padding properties).

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the Podcast dashboard Stats tab styling so the non-chart stats cards (Top episodes, By app, Locations, and similar “bottom” cards) visually match the WordPress.com “card module” appearance while keeping the downloads chart card unchanged.

Changes:

• Restyles .podcast-stats__section-card (excluding .podcast-stats-chart) to use a 1px border, 5px radius, no shadow, and updated internal padding.
• Increases section title typography within the affected cards to a larger 20px/500-weight style.
• Adds a changelog entry documenting the visual alignment update.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
projects/packages/podcast/src/dashboard/stats/style.scss	Applies the new card-module styling to non-chart Stats cards while explicitly excluding the downloads chart card.
projects/packages/podcast/changelog/update-podcast-stats-bottom-cards-wpcom-styling	Documents the UI styling change for the Podcast Stats cards.

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[robertbpugh]

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

[Copilot]

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

Addressed in 7c9a441: updated the changelog entry to use user-facing wording (“WordPress.com”) and aligned it with the existing “Stats tab:” style from the review thread. This is a changelog-only update, so there are no UI changes to screenshot.