[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37915: Customize: allow terms to be created in nav menus

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#37915: Customize: allow terms to be created in nav menus
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 Reporter:  celloexpressions         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  Customize                |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by boonebgorges):

 * keywords:  needs-patch => needs-patch 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 Previously: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/34923#comment:46

 Having thought a bit more about this, I agree with my former self (good
 job, former self!) that the most feasible strategy for the time being is a
 "shadow" taxonomy for each affected taxonomy. Very roughly, here's what
 I'm imagining:

 {{{
 if ( is_customize_preview() || this is customize.php ) {
     $menu_taxonomies = get_taxonomies( array( 'show_in_nav_menus' => true
 ), 'objects' );
     foreach ( $menu_taxonomies as $menu_tax_name => $menu_tax ) {
         $shadow_tax_name = '_draft_' . $menu_tax_name;

         $shadow_args = (array) $menu_tax;
         $shadow_args['public'] = false;
         $shadow_args['show_ui'] = false;
         $shadow_args['show_in_menu'] = false;
         $shadow_args['show_tagcloud'] = false;
         // etc

         register_taxonomy( $shadow_tax_name, $shadow_args['object_type'],
 $shadow_args );
     }
 }
 }}}

 When customizing, save terms as '_draft_post_tag' etc, and when changes
 are saved, delete the draft terms and publish them as actual terms.

 Does this strategy seem workable and sane to you? (Keeping in mind that
 "sane" is a relative term in this context.) Of the available options, it
 seems to me like the one with the smallest footprint and the least
 likelihood of interfering with (a) future improvements to the taxonomy
 system, and (b) the various ways in which taxonomy terms are used - and
 especially queried - in the wild.

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