[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42486: The Tools screen is blank for users who cannot manage categories or tags
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#42486: The Tools screen is blank for users who cannot manage categories or tags
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Reporter: johnbillion | Owner: (none)
Type: defect (bug) | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: Awaiting
| Review
Component: Administration | Version: 4.9
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: has-patch 2nd-opinion has- | Focuses:
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Comment (by Clorith):
So, what about expanding the terminology of "Tools" to make this page hold
value for a wider array of users?
As an author (or any users unable to install something), a tool for me
might be knowledge of how to use something specific in WP-admin. Sure
there's the help tab in the top right corner for some pages, but that
doesn't exist in the editor (although it does have a link that takes you
to a WordPress.org article), or in the customizer (the small question mark
with a short text)? Could a tool for these users be something simple like
a link to a few curated articles on WordPress.org, as a way to provide
value to a page that may otherwise end up blank?
In network admin, this could also exist to provide articles on managing a
network.
There are other things the tools section could do, like a curated list of
plugins, for those with access to them, but I think that's a different
ticket altogether.
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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42486#comment:38>
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