[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32910: Main url for Post Type for WordPress Menus

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#32910: Main url for Post Type for WordPress Menus
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 Reporter:  bhubbard           |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |    Version:  4.2.2
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration     |
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 When a developer uses `register_post_type` and sets `show_in_nav_menus` to
 `true` it allows users to view a list of all the items in that post type
 and link to them in a WordPress menu. The problem is many times a post
 type has an archive page that developer probably expects users to use.

 Example:
 Register a Post Type called Testimonials, like say in jetpack or
 testimonials-by-woothemes. So using jetpack as a current example, I know
 as a developer that I can go to example.com/testimonial/ and all my
 testimonials will display based on the theme's archive-testimonial.php
 file, archive.php file, index.php file, etc. But its not obvious to a user
 that they can link to the archive or how they can link to this archive
 page. Currently they must use the Custom Links menu feature to add this
 link to the menu. This also assumes the user would know what that archive
 url would be.

 Maybe we can add something like `show_in_menu_archive_link` as a parameter
 for `register_post_type` which will then display the link for users while
 giving developers the option to hide it if needed. We would also probably
 want to add a new label as well.

 I'm thinking the link should be display above the the other links, I
 provided a screenshot as an example:

 [[Image(https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/f11122f4-0180-4ff7-b26e-
 ffb09e44567a/0a2abab4f3445806/res/92644015-6e0d-47b1-8c5f-
 38339d41c027/skitch.png?resizeSmall&width=832)]]

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