[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #8233: Global Header: Reorder top items and consolidate dropdowns

[Making WordPress.org]

#8233: Global Header: Reorder top items and consolidate dropdowns
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 Reporter:  richtabor           |      Owner:  richtabor
     Type:  enhancement         |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:
Component:  WordPress.org Site  |   Keywords:  has-patch
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 The global header currently has eight top-level items and three conceptual
 dropdowns (Extend, Learn, Community). "Extend" in particular isn't
 language that appears anywhere in core or wp-admin. It sits between the
 visitor, and what they came for.

 We've essentially buried some of the most critical parts of WordPress:
 Plugins and Themes.

 From Matt in Making WordPress Slack:
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C18723MQ8/p1776034303785159

 > people who make core, to get to plugins, themes, blocks, or patterns on
 > our homepage you have to click on extend, now pretend you are a wp-admin
 > user coming to .org to find those things... is there anywhere we say
 > extend as nav or even naming in core?

 Proposed change: collapse Extend, Learn, and Community into two clearer
 umbrellas — Resources and About — while keeping every destination
 reachable. Move Showcase, Plugins, and Themes as the first three items in
 the global navigation.

 No menu items are dropped. This is an information architecture change.

 See GitHub for the patch and full before/after:
   - PR: https://github.com/WordPress/wporg-mu-plugins/pull/739
   - Previous discussion (2022):
 https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2022/08/18/navigation/

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