id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
19721,WordPress should support multiple or nested plugin directories,scottnath,scottnath,"WordPress currently only looks one directory deep for the plugin files. This is a limitation in get_plugins. It should look at least two (or more).

Our setup: We have many sites on WordPress and would like to share a set of plugins across them. However, we also have a requirement where each site should have its own unique set of plugins as well. (I realize this seems like an easy job for Multisite or mu=plugins, but they're not something we can adopt currently for various reasons).

Ideally, we can create a symlink (or external/submodule) to our shared plugins folder from inside the core plugins folder and have WordPress recognize plugins within that folder:

* plugins Folder
	* hello-dolly.php
	* akismet
		* akismet.php
	* shared-plugins (symlink)

* shared-plugins folder
	* hello-dolly-enhanced
		* hello-dolly-enhanced.php
	* akismet-enhanced
		* akismet-enhanced.php

Currently, WordPress will ignore both hello-dolly-enhanced and akismet-enhanced.

Themes already support nested folder; plugins should too please!

Thanks,
Scott Nath",feature request,new,normal,Awaiting Review,Plugins,3.3,normal,,needs-patch,nashwan.doaqan@…