[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37335: Standardized API for themes to add info/links to the customizer

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#37335: Standardized API for themes to add info/links to the customizer
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 Reporter:               |      Owner:
  celloexpressions       |     Status:  new
     Type:  enhancement  |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
 Priority:  normal       |    Version:
Component:  Customize    |   Keywords:  needs-patch ui-feedback ux-feedback
 Severity:  normal       |
  Focuses:  ui           |
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 Currently, the theme review team allows themes to inject custom UI with an
 upsell link into the customizer, as a compromise provided that there is
 only one link. This creates several problems, such as providing an
 inconsistent experience for users when switching to different themes and
 potential breakage if core markup or UI changes. Since the customizer is
 API-oriented, there isn't generally a restriction to changing the markup
 or UI in core because custom things added via the API can still be
 backwards compatible.

 If we can come up with a core UI that theme developers can opt into and
 probably supply a few parameters to, the experience can be standardized
 for users, developers can keep their links, and we can better encourage
 proper customization of the customizer via the API.

 Technical implementation will be fairly straightforward - a matter of
 deciding if it should be something along the lines of `add_theme_support`
 or a custom section/control type in core that can be added directly. The
 bigger question is what this UI should look like, what information needs
 to be able to be provided, and whether it should be on the top level of
 the customizer or within a section or other nested UI.

 See slack discussion:
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/themereview/p1468283558004173.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37335>
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