[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3576: Stopping anarchy in plugins' menus

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#3576: Stopping anarchy in plugins' menus
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 Reporter:  PozHonks        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  closed   
 Priority:  low             |    Milestone:           
Component:  Administration  |      Version:           
 Severity:  minor           |   Resolution:  wontfix  
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment (by ketsugi):

 UTW has multiple plugin pages for a reason. Options>Tags sets UTW plugin
 options, while Manage>Tags lets you manage the tag data that UTW provides
 access to.

 Similarly, I have an Acronyms plugin that requires no options, but has a
 Manage>Acronyms page to let the user manage the data that the plugin uses.

 I agree that better guidelines should be provided (When to use Options?
 When to use Manage? When to put it under the Dashboard? When to create a
 plugin top-level category? etc) but this freedom should not be removed.
 Let developers make the decision.

 Better yet, let the user have final control over where the menus go, but
 this would be a separate ticket and would likely break a lot of existing
 plugins in the process of implementing.

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