orionrush

+1 if I may . . for LESS

Was just looking further into the URL Admin and Global plugins.

Arbitrary url admin –
Aren’t we usually wanting to apply all the general plugins to a page and omit only the ones that shouldn’t apply? Perhaps all the ticks should be active by default, and we unselect the ones we dont need. Having a ‘tick all’ box would be good too- just like the plugin’s page currently.

But in the long run check me here, do I have this right — Global Plugins and Arbitrary Url Admin are really two sides of the same coin no? One applies collections of plugins to the same URL –– the other isolates plugins from being applied to all urls. If so, there has to be a way to cleanly roll this functionality into the same interface.

Load order page:
Unless Im mistaken you can nix this now that you’ve got drag and drop working – correct? ??

@ Jeff

Vast improvement there. No bugs so far that I can tell.
Shifting the order effects the load order correct? Its not just a visual organisation.
— You may want to add a touch of text next to the arrows to indicate that shifting them affects load order. something as simple as ‘load order’ in small grey text.

For me, I’d be really keen to see some better UI with groups. I second petergus’s request for tabs (i think that’s what he’s asking for) on the main plugin’s page. But further it would be great if you incorporate drag and drop between group headings on the /wp-admin/admin.php?page=PO_Groups page. It is so difficult at the moment to manage and create new groups.

Possible workflow:
Position one:(PO_Groups page Top) User creates groups using your ‘create group’ field.
Position two a: Groups appear as headings in abc order at the top of the general plugin list.
Position two b: The pool of installed plugins appears in an area just below the headings – by default this is the ‘general’ group
— users after creating group headings, will drag and drop plugins from the general group into the appropriate group heading above.
— add the plugin description to the plugin row – often times plugins have weird names and I cant remember what plugin does what from the name alone.

— the group headings apear as tabs (or a dropdown list as it could get too long for tabs) on the top of the main plugins page wp-admin/plugins.php (as per petergus’s comment).

— the load order of all plugins is managed as you have it now on the main plugins page, with the tabs

If you’ve ever used a small CMS called indexhibit they use a very similar UI in the admin to control the order of pages in the front end menu.

Wow, that’s fantastic. I’ll give it a spin tomorrow!

Is this the only one that is in development? I have a wp install that I use to test plugins and gee – its really getting unwieldily. I’d really value being able to easily sort – by drag and drop (just imagine) plugins into groups – display by tabs anything – plugin-organizer is a step in the right direction but dosen’t quite make it easy enough.

Hey Im trying to figure out taxonomy and custom post types myself for a discography – did you get anywhere with this?