[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43481: Add tabs and placeholders to privacy tools page in wp-admin

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#43481: Add tabs and placeholders to privacy tools page in wp-admin
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 Reporter:  xkon                                 |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr has-patch ui-feedback ux-       |     Focuses:  ui,
  feedback                                       |  administration
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Now that we have CPTs for the privacy requests, thinking we should store
 the actual requests in them too and stop using the options and user_meta
 tables. Posts are the most powerful "storage object" in WP and can
 organize and store data in many different ways: post_content,
 post_excerpt, post_content_filtered, etc. can all be used for... anything
 :)

 On top of that there is "unlimited" post_meta that can be accessed by
 post_id or by meta_name. For example we can store unconfirmed requests in
 post meta and use something like `_wp_pending_privacy_request` where value
 will be the hash. Then we will be able to query the post meta table and
 get an array with all keys with that name, and compare the hash.

 Few other TODOs that we were discussing in Slack at some point:
 - Requests (new, pending, completed) should not be deletable. This is
 important for keeping audit log. The only exception may be be requests
 that haven't been confirmed by email, but then we can auto-delete them
 when the link in the email expires (and they become unusable).
 - Where to add actions and filters so plugins can easily extend this
 functionality.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43481#comment:37>
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