Admin Page: no option to bulk activating / deactivating modules

[jeherve]

In the current version of Jetpack, you can go to Jetpack > Settings in your dashboard and activate or deactivate all modules at once, thanks to the bulk editing options.

In Jetpack 4.3, you have 2 options:

1. You can disable JavaScript in your browser while visiting the new Jetpack dashboard, and the old Settings screen will appear.
2. You can go to the old settings URL if you have it bookmarked (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=jetpack_modules).

It would be nice to offer a quick access to those bulk editing options in the new Jetpack interface.

I can think of 2 ways to quickly add that option back, as a work-around:

1. Add a link to the old settings URL somewhere in the Jetpack dashboard; in the footer, for example.
2. Once the search feature will be available, include bulk editing capabilities to the search results page; one could search for "Appearance", and be able to activate / deactivate all Appearance related modules; A search for "all" could allow you to edit all modules at once.

[jeherve]

Thinking about this some more; if we can't implement this in 4.3, would it be possible to customize the existing search feature, and add "active" and "inactive" search keywords that would allow you to quickly see a list of active or inactive modules?

cc @dereksmart since you worked on Search.

[jessefriedman]

Would be good to investigate a new way to bulk change options by presenting the ability to turn on all "Engagement" or "Security" features, instead of all features at once, or cherry picking the ones you want. Which will allow us to continue the conversational flow around grouped features.

thoughts @dereksmart @jeffgolenski @MichaelArestad ?

[MichaelArestad]

That will likely exist in the next iteration. :)

[jeffgolenski]

@jessefriedman Definitely. And this goes waaaay back to some wireframes I created during our initial explorations late last year at the GM. Concepts are a little outdated in terms of UI, but still relevant.

[jessefriedman]

@jeffgolenski <3 it. We could probably just get rid of the Activate All and Deactivate All buttons there. And just have the Enable button enable them all at once.

[jeherve]

Pasting remarks from #5121.

cc @robertdall

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There was nothing wrong with the 4.0 install UI. One list of all the modules that you could see at a glance they all had their own icons it was easy and efficient to look at what was installed and what wasn't. Sure I could check the search icon with isn't remotely user friendly even intuitive that you can click the search icon to see a list.

There is too much padding on the list. You have scroll to see what was is installed and absolutely no more bulk options. That is also completely horrible and a huge step backwards for Jetpack. You guys made major gains over the years with me and others improving how your plugin works making it easier and faster to check setting and move on and this just throws that all away.

For 99% of the install I create, 99% of the wordpress users I work, talk with, help, with want to see at a glance what the settings are. Most people are the set and forget it type and this completely new UI increase time lost to finding the setting. With the categories on the side you could segment the list to what you wanted to see. But This top menu UI is just horribly bad, space consuming time consuming, error prone (did I leave a module on another screen I forgot to check bad)

I am sorry if I sound rude or ungrateful for the massive amount of work that goes into this plugin. But this truly a step backwards for usability and efficiency and makes me never want to install jetpack on another install.

Signed a very annoyed Robert Dall

[jeherve]

Also mentioned here:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-stats-well-stink/page/2/#post-8157218

[georgestephanis]

Here's a itty bitty plugin that will add a "Jetpack > Modules" menu item that gives access to the legacy module management screen including bulk activate / deactivate.

https://github.com/georgestephanis/jetpack-module-list/blob/master/jetpack-module-list.php

[mrwweb]

The fact that clicking the search icons shows all the modules was completely lost on me until someone at JP support mentioned it. I know empty search results are starting to be a more common UI, but bulk managing modules settings feels way to import to hide like that. +1 for a link to "Bulk Management" or something like that.

[robertdall]

Even the word "list view" would have improved this. To suggest the search icon shows all the modules is akin to the hamburger menu in terms of usability.

[jeherve]

Also reported here:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-did-omnisearch-stats-access-go/#post-8251469

The old interface with the modules, and especially the view of what’s active and what’s inactive, was a lot better.

Emphasis is mine. I think that's something we'll need to address when introducing bulk activating / deactivating tools.

[jeherve]

Also requested here:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-very-bad-interface/

[jeherve]

#5461

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