Update Services should be removed from Writing Settings

[lloydbudd]

ENV: trunk r8779

At first, I was looking at updating the mediocre "with line breaks" Update Services Setting text, but I got to thinking that very few people add Ping Services any more.

This setting probably dates back to before Ping-o-matic, or at least the early, unreliable days of it.

I think some non-english users add locale-specific ping services, moving to a plugin for those who need it wouldnt be too bad IMO

What's the harm in leaving it? I use it to ping an Oregon blogs directory for example.

Viper, less is more. What's the harm in for the small minority that use it to install a plugin to do so?

DD32, that's very interesting. Removing this option would likely encourage participation in the community that prepares a localized version of WordPress to add that to locale-specific ping services to their packages.

Fair enough.

What about bundling the plugin with WordPress though? I can just see the "lack" of this feature being a point detractors make about WordPress.

Heck, I wouldn't mind converting more features to bundled plugins (TinyMCE for example, heh).

Replying to Viper007Bond:

What about bundling the plugin with WordPress though? I can just see the "lack" of this feature being a point detractors make about WordPress.

Heck, I wouldn't mind converting more features to bundled plugins (TinyMCE for example, heh).

That's a solid, interesting idea. With the integrated plugin installer, I wonder if there isn't an elegant way to not bundle, but to have a short list of recommended plugins. Usage would be the measure for what are recommend blogs.

Postponing to 2.8.

Punting due to impending release. Will reconsider in upcoming release cycle.

the thingy is needed in case you want to add extra services for i18n sites.