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@…