Remove Press This from Settings -> Writing

[celloexpressions]

Press This is a tool, not a setting, and currently lives in both tools.php and options-writing.php. Per #13563, the idea was that adding it to the settings page would allow the Tools menu to be removed, but 4 years later that hasn't happened.

It looks like there is a lot of history of moving back-and-forth here, but I can certainly say that having it in two places is counterproductive. Let's remove it from Settings -> Writing, then we can potentially look at removing the tools menu or other related improvements later (maybe we could move all tools to a Settings -> Tools page, as there are things that should go there). See also #13521, although I don't agree with the arguments there (rather, we should move all remote publishing tools to a tools page).

If we do this, Settings -> Writing is actually fairly manageable (in terms of Decisions, not Options) once Post by Email is removed from core.

[celloexpressions]

Remove Press This from Settings->Writing (code is duplicated on tools.php)

[celloexpressions]

Another issue is that contributors, authors, and editors should all have just as much access to Press This as administrators do, but they generally don't have access to settings.

Completely different approach: what if we move tools that are relevant for all users (not just those with access to settings) to the Dashboard? Placing things like Press This, Mobile Apps info, etc. alongside other more "external" information like WordPress News. Either way, Press This really doesn't belong in Settings.

[michael-arestad]

@celloexpressions I agree. Settings is not a good place for Press This to live. I'm not fully convinced we need to eliminate Tools either.

We definitely can and should explore other locations for Press This. It could be on Add New, part of the dashboard itself via the Welcome Panel, or any number of places. This is something we're currently exploring and we're open to ideas.

[kraftbj]

+1 on removing from Settings. PT is for non-admins and admins, so having a link to it in an admin-only area doesn't work IMO.

I like Tools personally, but open to it being placed elsewhere.

[kraftbj]

Removed in the Press This Revamp in [31534] via #31373.

[kraftbj]

We forgot to take out the contextual help in Options->Writing for Press This.

[kraftbj]

Removing contextual help for PT in Options->Writing

[SergeyBiryukov]

In 31743:

Press This: Remove obsolete help tab in Settings -> Writing.

props kraftbj.
fixes #26794.