[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49487: Remove the "Featured" tab in the Add Themes screen

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#49487: Remove the "Featured" tab in the Add Themes screen
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 Reporter:  kjellr       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 The theme browser in the customizer prototypes an alternative interface
 that prioritizes filtering and search over the older tabbed approach,
 defaulting to latest themes. The featured, popular, latest, and favorites
 tabs do not exist on the premise that they don't actually help users. I
 don't know if any stats are available to validate that this approach is
 better, but it's been in core since WordPress 4.9.

 Rather than only removing the featured tab I proposed syncing the
 customizer interface into wp-admin, or even merging these into the single
 newer interface in the customizer. The customizer integrates theme
 browsing into the live preview workflow more seamlessly than wp-admin,
 using live site previews instead of the .org preview.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49487#comment:2>
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