[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 MikeSchinkel):

 Another thought — and if someone has already suggested this and I missed
 it, sorry about that — but a new menu system of this nature could
 potentially **allow new menu options to be added by classification rather
 than position**, with a default positioning that the plugin vendor does
 not control, and the ability for the user to easily reorganize and/or hide
 options.

 So when your plugin wants to add a menu option is might look something
 like this:


 {{{
 // This would be put into content
 wp_menu()->add_submenu(array(
    'label' => 'Courses'
    'post_type' => 'mysite_course',
    'callback' => '...'
 ));

 // This would be put into content
 wp_menu()->add_submenu(array(
    'label' => 'Subjects'
    'taxonomy' => 'mysite_subject',
    'callback' => '...'
 ));

 // This would be put into manage
 wp_menu()->add_submenu(array(
    'label' => 'MyPlugin Settings'
    'settings' => new WP_Settings_Page("myplugin",...),
    'callback' => '...'
 ));

 }}}

 I did not include an example for "design" as I could not think of a good
 one. What should a plugin put in the "design" menu?

 There would be a need to give the plugin vendor the ability to put things
 where they want them, but maybe we should want to add a
 **"''Miscellaneous"''** top level option so that items that literally
 don't fit elsewhere can go into that menu option. And most vendors
 probably would not want their menu being put in a ''"Miscellaneous"''
 option, so they would be less likely to pollute it.

 **With this constraint in place** no plugins or themes should be able to
 pollute the top level menu. We could make is to that top level menus could
 only be modified by a drop-in so that people implementing a custom site
 could have that control, but no plugin or theme could do it automatically.
 ''(Or maybe we could allow a theme to also modify the menu?)''

 Anyway the above and especially the code is just meant to be **a catalyst
 to encourage consideration of and discussion about** how to ensure plugins
 don't destroy the simplicity and cohesiveness of this potential design as
 well.

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