id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc focuses 25569 Remove the Custom Background Screen in Favor of the Customizer celloexpressions celloexpressions "We can't really expect theme developers to use the customizer instead of theme options pages if we continue to rely on separate pages for core customization features. We have 90% of the custom background screen in the customizer already; once #21483 is done (media library integration), there's no reason to have all of this duplicate functionality. The customizer provides a much better experience anyway, with the live preview. Added benefits: removing an item from the admin menu's appearance section will probably increase traffic to the customizer from users poking around to see what they can do/look for options. And we'll have even more functionality there too. There aren't any actions in this screen (and I believe the filters are/will become irrelevant), so we don't need to worry about back-compat for that. Perhaps there are ways that plugins could break, but we can probably get away with removing most, if not all, of `wp-admin/custom-background.php`." enhancement closed normal 4.1 Customize normal fixed has-patch