Opened 6 years ago
Last modified 4 years ago
#44696 new defect (bug)
Plugin Deactivation Page Jump
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| Milestone: | Awaiting Review | Priority: | normal |
| Severity: | minor | Version: | 4.9.7 |
| Component: | Plugins | Keywords: | |
| Focuses: | ui, administration | Cc: |
Description
This isn't so much a bug as it is a gripe with the plugin management interface that has long annoyed me.
If you have a number of plugins installed and activated:
- Scroll down the list of plugins
- Deactivate a plugin near the bottom
- Page refresh jumps back to top of the list
Often, I am deactivating and reactivating plugins for testing or development purposes, or to check for potential conflicts. Having the page jump back to the top after deactivation, then having to scroll down the list of plugins and find the same or similarly named plugin again tends to waste a lot of my time.
I think it would be much more convenient to load an anchor link to the deactivated plugin upon the page refresh, rather than sending the user back to the top of the list with every deactivation.
Just a suggestion that would help me, and I'm sure many others.
Thanks! :D
Hi @organicthemes, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the ticket.
It might also be a good idea to display active plugins first for easier visual scanning. Here's a small plugin I wrote after the idea came up on support forums: https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-active-plugins-first/.