[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4498: Add configuration page links to Plugins page

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#4498: Add configuration page links to Plugins page
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 Reporter:  strider72                    |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement                  |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal                       |    Milestone:  2.4      
Component:  Administration               |      Version:  2.2      
 Severity:  normal                       |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch plugin-management  |  
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Comment (by strider72):

 Replying to [comment:6 DD32]:
 > A Similar setup can be achieved by entering {{{<a
 href="options.php?page=plugin.php">Configure</a>}}} into the Plugins
 Description.

 True, but as discussed on wp-hackers (around the time I submitted this)
 there are circumstances where it is good to have a clean separation
 between the plain description of the plugin and an administrative link.
 An example is blogs using a "plugins used" plugin -- their "plugins used"
 page will have nonworking admin links in the plugin descriptions.

 I'm just trying to maintain a clean separation of different data.  An
 options link is not really part of describing the plugin itself.

 (From more recent discussion, there may be a call for a more generalized
 means for plugin authors to insert "meta" links into their plugins, for
 Options Pages, Uninstall Functions, and so forth.)

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