[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39165: Add page to assist with debugging and support

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#39165: Add page to assist with debugging and support
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 Reporter:  jorbin       |       Owner:  Clorith
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by birgire):

 Here are few suggestions:

         - Seperate the list of plugins into '''active-''' and
 '''inactive''' plugins. Usually when debugging we need to see list of
 active plugins, so I think this separation would make it easier for the
 user.

 {{{
 // List all available plugins
 $plugins = get_plugins();

 foreach ( $plugins AS $plugin_path => $plugin ) {

         $key = ( is_plugin_active( $plugin_path ) ) ? 'Active plugins' :
 'Inactive plugins';

         $info[$key]['fields'][] = array(
                 'label' => $plugin['Name'],
                 'value' => sprintf( 'Version %s by %s',
 $plugin['Version'], $plugin['Author'] )
         );
 }
 }}}

         - Change "Other themes" to "Available themes", because I
 understand "Other" to be the list of all themes, excluding the active
 theme.
         - I like how it's done in WooCommerce Status, where we get the
 '''number''' of active plugins too. So I suggest a {{{show_count}}}
 attribute:

 {{{

 'Available themes'     => array(
        'fields'        => array(),
        'show_count'    => true
 ),
 'Must Use Plugins' => array(
        'fields'        => array(),
        'show_count'    => true
 ),
 'Active plugins'          => array(
        'fields'        => array(),
        'show_count'    => true
 ),
 'Inactive plugins'          => array(
         'fields'        => array(),
         'show_count'    => true
 ),
 }}}

 and then e.g. when printing out values:

 {{{
 if( isset( $details['show_count'] ) && (bool) $details['show_count'] ) {
     printf(
         '<h2>%s (%d)</h2>',
         esc_html( $section ),
         count( $details['fields'] )
     );
 } else {
     printf(
         '<h2>%s</h2>',
          esc_html( $section )
     );
 }

 }}}

 So instead of these headings:

         Other themes
         Must Use Plugins
         plugins

 we have:

         Available themes (32)
         Must Use Plugins (1)
         Active plugins (15)
         Inactive plugins (88)

 I'm working on this patch.

 I like the private fields in copy/paste code, since users might post this
 on public forums.

 This means we could also e.g. the path as a private field.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/39165#comment:21>
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