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Opened 5 months ago

Closed 5 months ago

#63466 closed defect (bug) (wontfix)

Add “View Term” link to the term edit screen for publicly viewable terms

Reported by: nikunj8866's profile nikunj8866 Owned by:
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: Taxonomy Keywords: has-patch needs-testing needs-test-info
Focuses: ui, accessibility, administration Cc:

Description

Currently, when editing a taxonomy term (e.g., a category), the edit screen does not provide a link to view the term archive page on the front end, even if the term is publicly viewable. Users must return to the term list screen to access the "View" action from the row actions.

This is inconsistent with other content types (e.g., posts and pages), where a "View" link is prominently available on the edit screen.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Navigate to Posts > Categories.
  2. Add a category.
  3. On the category list page, observe the "View" link available in the row actions.
  4. Click on the category name to open the Edit Category screen.
  5. Notice that there is no "View" link to access the category archive page.

Expected behavior:

A "View" link should be displayed on the edit screen for publicly viewable terms (such as categories and tags), similar to how it appears for posts and pages.

Use case:

Improves the admin user experience by allowing quick access to the front-end view of a term archive without requiring navigation back to the term listing page.

Attachments (3)

term-edit-screen-view-link.png (117.7 KB) - added by nikunj8866 5 months ago.
Add “View Term” link to the term edit screen
Posts ‹ Fruitables — WordPress.mp4 (307.1 KB) - added by vishalmori 5 months ago.
Edit-Category-‹-Fruitables-—-WordPress-05-21-2025_10_53_AM.png (164.0 KB) - added by vishalmori 5 months ago.

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Change History (7)

@nikunj8866
5 months ago

Add “View Term” link to the term edit screen

This ticket was mentioned in PR #8818 on WordPress/wordpress-develop by @nikunj8866.


5 months ago
#1

  • Keywords has-patch added

#2 @nikunj8866
5 months ago

  • Keywords needs-testing needs-test-info added

#3 @vishalmori
5 months ago

Hi @nikunj8866 ,

"view Category" is already there in toolbar.

#4 @swissspidy
5 months ago

  • Milestone Awaiting Review deleted
  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Status changed from new to closed

Agreed, this is already in the toolbar, which is the common location in wp-admin for these links. Making an exception for terms to add a second link just adds redundancy and confusion.

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