Now that’s not a speculation. It’s a sad fact. As a matter of fact it’s disgusting. It’s something that should have been accomplished long time ago. It’s kinda absurd to try and think of what are they waiting for. WordPress Theme Editor sucks, always have. Despite that themes are easy to activate and customize, but it’s a pain in the ass to edit one within WP. Why, why, why?! (yelling out loud!).

Love me or hate me but I take no justification for this. I’m sure you don’t either. WordPress as the most popular blogging platform has a lame Theme Editor. The same applies to Plugin Editor too, for it’s no better than the alike. This situation would raise many curious questions but I honestly don’t want to go into all that. I think it’s really not worth discussing about it, or maybe it is. Well actually it is something to discuss about, and that of a high importance.

Being fully aware of the fact that I’m not the first to have spoken about this issue, however, it’s something I just can’t keep my mouth shut, nor walk away and whistle. Because I’m facing it on a daily basis, it’s something I have to use for a quick modification. Now I know that Automattic was busy dealing with the Automatic Upgrade WordPress task, but as far as I’m concerned WordPress is also build by a vast number of contributing developers. Even if they didn’t do anything more than just submit a bug, or open a ticket it would simply help by suggesting it to the core developers. But I’m deadly sure they can do more than that.

I completely enjoyed some of the changes that Michael Castilla (WPCandy.com) has made to it’s own Theme Editor. His list consists of:

  • Code syntax highlighting (with tabs)
  • Ability to edit the file name (very nice)
  • WordPress’ quicktags toolbar
  • Drop-down list of theme files
  • Separation of core and template files
  • Theme file revisions (the second most nicest ever)

It’s a hot topic I suppose. Please don’t tell me about any third-party plugin that replaces the native Theme Editor with a more advanced one for I don’t want to know. It should come with WordPress and must be in there. End of discussion.

What really pushed me towards this post is this last innovation.
mahjoolz

Boom! I know, you don’t have to tell me. An awesome design. I was totally amazed by it. I just wonder if Mr. Mullenweg could find the time to redesign his personal cottage, how come he don’t consider the time to polish his little baby a bit more? You tell me, or no, better let Matt do it.

Eventually, I’m just telling you, a better Theme Editor wouldn’t do no harm to nobody, it’s just a good improvement each of us would have applauded and warmly welcomed.

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