[wp-hackers] Plugin Settings Menu Location

[kingler]

It makes sense to me as well that the plugin options are better placed
into the plugins menu. However, there are plugins that fits better
under other sections, such as a plugin that manages category orders
should better be placed under the "Manage" tab.

For our WPMU site, we have used another approach. To improve user
experiences, we have added a specific meta link in the plugin file
descriptions. The link will only show up when the plugin is activated.
If the plugin is just a widget, the link points to the widgets.php
page, and if the plugin adds a page on the management section, the
link goes to that section accordingly.

-Liang

kingler from 72pines

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Austin Matzko <if.website at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That's right: this makes sense from a usability perspective. One of
>> WordPress's chief virtues is its extensibility, and the way that it's
>> extended should be transparent to the end user; in other words, they
>> shouldn't have to figure out which feature is from a plugin and which
>> is core.
>
> A user knows what plugins they have and have not activated, and they
> should not have to hunt around to find where the settings for a plugin
> they just activated are.
>
> So I disagree with you and I agree with Matt in this case, and my
> plugin configuration pages are going into the plugins menu.
>
>> Something else to consider is the weight of precedent: almost all of
>> the popular plugins I can think of...
>
> ... do it the wrong way. Insert "jump off a bridge" analogy here.
>
> -Otto
> _______________________________________________
> wp-hackers mailing list
> wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers
>