Does its job but adds unecessary new tab

  • Like me, most users would probably use this plugin to remove bloat and clean their admin experience, or even remove noise for their users and editors and other admins.

    The fact that the plugin adds a new tab when there is a “Settings” tabs in WordPress that’s made just for that goes against this idea of cleaning up the interface. That’s a shame. Otherwise I would have used it on more of my sites. I want to hide notices and warnings, but I don’t want a new tab to appear on all my websites just for that.

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  • Plugin Contributor Gerasimos

    (@thewebcitizen)

    Hello Julian! Thanks a lot for your feedback.

    We want to make your experience while using HideDashboard Notifications better so can you please share a screenshot showing the Tab you mentioned?

    Thanks a lot in advance.

    Thread Starter julianoe

    (@julianoe)

    Hello!

    That’s the tab I’m talking about https://ibb.co/x1T8MMQ

    A lot of plugins (here you can see Easy WP SMTP doing the same on the screenshot) use new tabs hook to be visible… but it adds bloat very fast, even though you can hook to the Settings tab for that.

    A lot of great plugin hook to the Settings tab, from bbpress to WP Super Cache, Autoptimize, Akismet.

    Plugin Contributor Gerasimos

    (@thewebcitizen)

    Got it, so you advise that it would be best to hook the Plugin tab settings within the WP Settings menu.

    Thread Starter julianoe

    (@julianoe)

    Seeing that the plugin has not a lot of different settings pages and does not need sub-menu, I really think that using the default WordPress settings menu (add_options_page) is better in terms of UX.

    Surely you don’t get to have the pride of seeing your own plugin in the main admin menu but this way it does not bloat the admin interface of users of the plugin. If every plugin adds its own menu item for a settings page, the WP admin very quickly looks like a Christmas Tree.

    Even more so as this specific plugin aims at reducing noise in the admin.

    Just my honest opinion.

    Plugin Contributor Gerasimos

    (@thewebcitizen)

    Thanks for your feedback Julian! The plugin’s settings will remain under the same position because this way it’s easier of the power user(administrator) to access it using a mobile browser app.

    Thread Starter julianoe

    (@julianoe)

    I don’t really see how that’s more difficult to access the Settings sub menu. One has to wonder what share of users need to access the settings for hidden notices on mobile on a regular basis.

    My point stands. I’ll look for another plugin.

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