[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48850: Plugins Screen: introduce "Automatic updates" column / option

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#48850: Plugins Screen: introduce "Automatic updates" column / option
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 Reporter:  jeherve                  |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.4
Component:  Plugins                  |     Version:  3.7
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing  |     Focuses:  administration,
  has-screenshots dev-feedback       |  multisite
  needs-dev-note needs-design        |
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Comment (by audrasjb):

 Replying to [comment:84 mapk]:
 > My only concern is that because these links are all under the Column,
 "Automatic updates", do we need to repeat "autoupdate" with every link? Is
 "Enable" and "Disable" enough? Basically these two links work as the "on"
 and "off" switches... I'd just like to make sure they provide enough
 feedback to the user that the user realizes their autoupdates are "on"

 Good point @mapk, thank you. You're right, this extra wording looks kinda
 repetitive, but I personally think it's necessary to make it very clear
 that "Enable" stands for "Enable autoupdate" and not "Enable plugin/theme"
 (even if it doesn't make sense as "Activate" is the correct wording, **in
 English**), especially when the user directly scroll down in the plugins
 listing and doesn't have the column heading in their viewport.

 That's also why I think it's better to use  "Enable (autoupdates)", since
 "Activate" is already used for for plugin activation. But we have to add
 "autoupdates" as I many languages doesn't have different wording for
 "activate" and "enable".

 Of course, we could also have a "Autoupdate ON/OFF" toggle, but we don't
 have this control on WP Core, only in Gutenberg. I think it's safer to use
 the existing controls (button-links) for 5.4 and iterate later :)

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 > @karmatosed, I'm not sure, in regards to this row in your mockup, how I
 would disable the autoupdate.
 > I'd also like to make sure we use the wording "enable" and "disable" so
 that these links don't get confused with the other "Activate" and
 "Deactivate" links under the plugin name.

 Yeah, that :)

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48850#comment:85>
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