Bulk Edit category

[rfair404]

I am looking at the bulk edit feature, which I gotta admit is quite slick. Though I can add tags and make sticky etc, there appear to be several things that I would expect.

Why not add the ability to change category, change to custom_post_type, add a custom field or post thumbnail and (like page bulk edit) change template (assuming that custom post templates will eventually make it into core).

[rfair404]

Also, this feature appears to be missing from Quick Edit as well.

[rfair404]

I checked a 2.8.2 install and this feature is in both quick edit and bulk edit, have they been removed?

[nacin]

As far as I know, there are hooks that would enable you to add basically anything. We have to be careful about the 80/20 rule. Also, you can change some of those things (page template, for example).

[nacin]

The categories box disappeared during work on custom post types due to a typo. #9674

I suggest a new ticket to talk about the enhancements you've mentioned.

[rfair404]

Please elaborate:

"We have to be careful about the 80/20 rule."

[ryan]

[12812] fixes categories.

[nacin]

ryan just committed [12812], so bulk/quick edit categories is now restored in trunk.

Replying to rfair404:

Please elaborate:
"We have to be careful about the 80/20 rule."

It's a loosely defined principle that some WordPress developers have referenced as a way to judge, based on how many users will utilize a feature, whether the feature belongs in core or should be relegated to a plugin.

I'm not even sure I invoked it properly, I was just suggesting that not everything needs to be in the bulk/quick edit window. There are hooks so a plugin can add more fields.

We might as well close this as you opened #11984...

[nacin]

#11984 has been closed as worksforme, plugin territory. Closing this one as fixed on [12812].