Show theme path in ms-themes.php and ms-sites.php?action=editblog in network admin

[novasource]

ms-themes.php and ms-sites.php?action=editblog leaves me guessing as to where each theme is. Please show the filesystem path, under the WordPress root folder, where the theme is.

I think this is especially important for network sites. At least in my case, we had to develop a few child themes that are subtly different from each other, and it would be helpful to immediately know where on the filesystem each theme is. Right now I have to inspect each child theme to remember which one corresponds to what I see in the themes list.

[novasource]

Why?

[scribu]

Yes, some explanation is in order.

[SergeyBiryukov]

With 16292.patch

[SergeyBiryukov]

16292.patch​ replicates the code from class-wp-themes-list-table.php. Added screenshot.

[PeteMall]

In my opinion, this adds information that is not needed by most of the end users. We already have filters in place if you want to add additional info to the themes lists table.

[scribu]

Thanks for the screenshots, Sergey.

I tend to agree with Pete. We're trying to make multisite more accesible to non-technical users. That's why we don't have a Post ID column anymore, for example.

Theme paths would be easier to scan if they were displayed in a separate column anyway.

[scribu]

Alternatively, just give your child themes distinct names.

[novasource]

Wait a second, this isn't for "end users" or "non-technical users". This enhancement is for system administrators who deal with administration of a WordPress Network, which may have many themes. That's why I put this ticket in the Network Admin category. Sorry if my original post didn't make this clear.

It's difficult to figure out which theme corresponds to what directory without WordPress explicitly showing it to us.

[scribu]

Wait a second, this isn't for "end users" or "non-technical users". This enhancement is for system administrators who deal with administration of a WordPress Network, which may have many themes.

Exactly, the idea being that "end users" should not necessarily be sysadmins in order to administrate a WordPress network.

However, the case can be made that if the path is useful enough to be displayed in a single-site scenario, it's probably equally or even more useful in a multi-site scenario.

As I said in the previous comment, I think the path(s) should be displayed in a new column, in a more concise manner.

[PeteMall]

After talking to Ryan in #wordpress-dev I would recommend closing this as a wontfix again. I don't think this makes sense for the majority of the users and you can use an existing filter to add the info in your use case.

[novasource]

After talking to Ryan in #wordpress-dev I would recommend closing this as a wontfix again. I don't think this makes sense for the majority of the users is already a filter in place for you to add the info in your use case.

Huh? I am asking for more information to be added to /wp-admin/network/themes.php, not for the ability to filter stuff.

[PeteMall]

You can use the theme_row_meta filter to add the info you want. Filter == Hook

[novasource]

I'm confused. Apparently we want this product easy enough for non-technical people to use, and we do that by forcing these people to customize delivered PHP files to get information that will be essential for large WordPress networks with a lot of themes. I'm not seeing the logic in this.

[PeteMall]

Replying to novasource:

I'm confused. Apparently we want this product easy enough for non-technical people to use, and we do that by forcing these people to customize delivered PHP files to get information that will be essential for large WordPress networks with a lot of themes. I'm not seeing the logic in this.

I'm not asking you to hack any core files. I simply don't see the benefit (for the majority of the users) of adding this to the WordPress core. I understand your use case and that is why I suggested that you write a 10 line plugin to add the info you want.

[PeteMall]

For what it's worth, I manage several large WordPress networks and I don't think this is essential information.