[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35796: "Permalink Settings" admin page is largely blog/post specific

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#35796: "Permalink Settings" admin page is largely blog/post specific
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 Reporter:  johnjamesjacoby  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Text Changes     |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:                   |
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 The current verbiage in `options-permalink.php` is a little cryptic, and
 in a world pull of custom post types (including Pages) it's actually a bit
 confusing:

 Here's the current verbiage:

 > '''Permalink Settings'''
 >
 > WordPress offers you the ability to create a custom URL structure for
 your permalinks and archives. Custom URL structures can improve the
 aesthetics, usability, and forward-compatibility of your links. A number
 of tags are available, and here are some examples to get you started.

 I'd like to see these changed to something more like:

 > '''Post Link Settings'''
 >
 > WordPress offers the ability to customize the URL structure of your post
 and post-archive permalinks, improving the aesthetics, usability, and
 forward-compatibility. Several tags are available, and we've included the
 most popular configurations below:

 In addition, I'd like to propose we include the permalink tags in the
 dropdown Help section, rather than link off to WordPress.org.

 All of this would offer several UX improvements:
 * Keep the user on the same page rather than link off and open a new
 browser tab for WordPress.org
 * It better expresses to the end-user that this settings page is largely
 dedicated to posts, implying that pages and custom post types get pretty
 URLs largely as a consequence
 * Now that `unregister_post_type()` is in trunk, we should start thinking
 about trimming the options down to "Pretty" and "Unpretty" if the "Posts"
 type isn't even registered anymore. (There are likely to be many other
 considerations in this circumstance, but it's relevant here.)
 * It's a friendly nod to developers to remind them that this page won't
 help them with their custom post types, taxonomies, or rewrite rules for
 other purposes.

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