[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47012: Proposal: Simplify WordPress Admin Navigation

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#47012: Proposal: Simplify WordPress Admin Navigation
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 Reporter:  lessbloat                           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                |  Review
Component:  Administration                      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-design-feedback dev-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui,
                                                |  accessibility
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Comment (by jameskoster):

 > If we were to say on the one hand, "hey let's group everything content
 together", and on the other hand were to go "but not with plugin X" (where
 plugin X stands for WooCommerce in this example), how are we actually
 solving the bring content together in the default menu if we're not, in
 fact, using the default.

 Just in case it wasn't clear, WooCommerce would not be the exception. I
 imagine all of those kinds of plugins you mention would introduce their
 own menu, just as WooCommerce does in the prototype I shared.

 Another way to look at it: Content Management might just be the default
 "app" on fresh WP installs. It and other "apps" (e.g. Woo) run on top of
 WordPress as an operating system. We might abstract all of the general
 settings and options into a dedicated "system preferences" section, so the
 "Content Management app" feels more like an app, rather than a kernel.
 Something more like this: https://s.codepen.io/jameskoster/debug/rNBxpwY

 > this proposal solves the original problem very nicely, but introduces a
 variant of the problem somewhere else.

 Am I right in understanding that you think we should explore enabling
 plugins to apply context within a single core menu system? Without the
 separate "meta level" menu? My concern with that is that as you add more
 plugins the lines simply blur too much. Although I must admit it's not
 something I've explored in any great detail just yet.

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