ColdForged

have the images directory going in “plugins” rather than in “wp-content”.

I agree in spirit, but if I want to be One-Click install compatible with the WPPM this is the way it is.

As an update to the “how would you feel about an enhanced version that requires a file in wp-admin” I just wanted to say that I’m punting on it. It’s simply not possible to only add a file to replace the “Manage Posts” functionality because it is a parent menu. All of the files that are submenus would have to change as well.

So where does that leave us? The plugin will obviously exist. I may update it depending on need and further feature development. What I will also do is simply write a complete replacement file for the base edit.php. I’ll then submit it for possible inclusion into the code base and leave it up to Matt and Ryan whether it gets in or not. I figure that’s the only way to get a truly clean install. Less glory that way, but this is open source development, isn’t it? 😉

A query for you people interested in this functionality:

I’m limited in a lot of ways by making this plugin strictly a plugin. I have to pull a lot of Javascript magic that, frankly, breaks in various mysterious ways in many environments. There’s been talk that “this is the way it should work in the core WordPress code” and I somewhat agree, but I’ve never gotten a definitive answer on how best to introduce functionality into the code base. The first time I asked was when I had my “paged comment editing” idea and the only response I got was from someone who recommended I make a plugin out of it and the rest fell into place.

So, I’ve been making these enhancements into plugins. In this case it’s less than optimum: I have to use Javascript which has limitations, I’m hampered by the core code’s dependence on the real loop for generating the post list so I can’t control all possibilities (e.g. order by post ID), by the time the plugin has a go at the query it’s all done, so if you’ve, for instance, paged past the end of something in a query I have to have an ugly “refresh to get posts” link instead of being able to correct it beforehand, etc.

Here’s my query: would there be interest in a version of the “plugin” that did more, did it better (read: without Javascript), but did it slightly outside the scope of a plugin? Meaning, you’d have to add a file to the wp-admin hierarchy. Note, disabling the plugin and getting back to the core installation would still be a matter of deactivating the plugin, the core files still wouldn’t change. This would merely be adding one to the list.

would it make sense to add a button to “show all” again rather than having to change all dropdowns back to the default?

Yes, actually it would. Good suggestion, I’ll revamp the dropdown usage for the next release.

No, the URL doesn’t stick. I even cut/pasted it to the address bar and it went to the Dashboard.

Let’s try something. Disable the plugin and go to the Manage Posts page. In the URL following “edit.php” put in “?paged=2” and press return. Where does that send you? If it sends you to the Dashboard, then that’s what you’ve got to figure out… I use that same mechanism — which should work — in the plugin.