[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37934: Separate account settings and profile settings

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#37934: Separate account settings and profile settings
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 Reporter:  swissspidy          |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Users               |    Version:
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:  ux-feedback ui-feedback
  Focuses:  ui, administration  |
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 Current limitations of profile management in WordPress:

 On `wp-admin/profile.php` there's too much you can do:

 * Change personal preferences
 * Account and session management
 * Update publicly visible profile data

 If plugins add additional fields to that page, it gets very long quite
 quickly. Even without plugins you have to scroll all the way down to
 change your password. Pretty sure you change your password more often than
 disabling the visual editor, so that order isn't ideal.

 Idea:

 Separate account management and profile settings. Platforms like
 WordPress.com, Facebook or Twitter do this for a reason.

 This was recently mentioned in a discussion about adding 2FA to core, see
 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1470765550002658.

 The plugin I mentioned there: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-
 profiles/

 Slightly related: #26769.

 Account management:

 * Change backend preferences
 * Change email address
 * Change password
 * Log out everywhere else (perhaps with a session overview in the future
 as was originally the plan)

 Profile management:

 * Show/change profile picture
 * Change biographical info like name, contact methods

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37934>
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