[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54972: Change config variables from Settings

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Tue Sep 17 16:44:01 UTC 2024


#54972: Change config variables from Settings
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 Reporter:  fyremoon         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bootstrap/Load   |     Version:  6.0
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:  administration
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Changes (by jorbin):

 * keywords:   => close


Comment:

 WordPress aims to avoid adding options except for those absolutely
 necessary. This especially includes more technical options.  This is
 outlined in the [https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/ WordPress
 Philosophies]

  Decisions, not options
  When making decisions these are the users we consider first. A great
 example of this consideration is software options. Every time you give a
 user an option, you are asking them to make a decision. When a user
 doesn’t care or understand the option this ultimately leads to
 frustration. As developers we sometimes feel that providing options for
 everything is a good thing, you can never have too many choices, right?
 Ultimately these choices end up being technical ones, choices that the
 average end user has no interest in. It’s our duty as developers to make
 smart design decisions and avoid putting the weight of technical choices
 on our end users.

 As such, I think this should be closed as `wontfix`.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54972#comment:2>
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