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Add Manage Patterns in the Appearance admin menu in classic themes.

No longer needed. Part of WordPress 6.5.

function add_manage_patterns_menu() {
    add_submenu_page(
        'themes.php', // Parent slug for Appearance menu
        'Manage Patterns', // Page title
        'Manage Patterns', // Menu title
        'edit_theme_options', // Capability
        'edit.php?post_type=wp_block' // Menu slug
    );
}

add_action('admin_menu', 'add_manage_patterns_menu');

Add Last Updated column to plugins list, highlight plugins not updated in 6 months

// Add the custom column header
add_filter('manage_plugins_columns', 'add_last_updated_column');
function add_last_updated_column($columns) {
    $new_columns = array();

    foreach ($columns as $key => $label) {
        // Add the 'Last Updated' column after the 'Plugin' column
        $new_columns[$key] = $label;

        if ($key === 'name') { // 'name' is the column ID for 'Plugin'
            $new_columns['last_updated'] = __('Last Updated', 'your-text-domain');
        }
    }

    return $new_columns;
}

// Set width of Last Updated column
add_action('admin_head', 'custom_admin_styles');
function custom_admin_styles() {
    echo '<style>
        .wp-list-table .column-last_updated {
            width: 140px; /* or any other width, to avoid wrapping */
            white-space: nowrap;
        }
    </style>';
}

// Populate the Last Updated column
add_action('manage_plugins_custom_column', 'show_last_updated_column', 10, 3);
function show_last_updated_column($column_name, $plugin_file, $plugin_data) {
    if ($column_name === 'last_updated') {
        // Fetch data from WordPress.org API
        $response = wp_remote_get('https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/' . dirname($plugin_file) . '.json');

        if (is_wp_error($response)) {
            echo __('Unavailable', 'your-text-domain');
        } else {
            $plugin_info = json_decode(wp_remote_retrieve_body($response), true);
            if (!empty($plugin_info) && isset($plugin_info['last_updated'])) {
                $last_updated = strtotime($plugin_info['last_updated']);
                $current_time = current_time('timestamp');
                $six_months_ago = strtotime('-6 months', $current_time);

                if ($last_updated < $six_months_ago) {
                    // More than six months ago, make it bold and red
                    echo '<span style="font-weight: bold; color: red;">' . date('Y-m-d', $last_updated) . '</span>';
                } else {
                    // Less than six months ago, display normally
                    echo date('Y-m-d', $last_updated);
                }
            } else {
                echo __('Not found', 'your-text-domain');
            }
        }
    }
}

Show Alt text and display larger thumbnail in media library list

// Add thumbnail and alt text columns to media library list
function custom_media_columns($columns) {
    $columns['thumb'] = __('Thumbnail', 'text_domain');
    $columns['alt_text'] = __('Alt Text', 'text_domain');
    return $columns;
}
add_filter('manage_media_columns', 'custom_media_columns');

// Display thumbnail and alt text columns in media library list
function custom_media_column_content($column_name, $id) {
    if ($column_name === 'thumb') {
        $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src($id, 'medium');
        $edit_url = get_edit_post_link($id);
        echo '<a href="' . esc_url($edit_url) . '"><img src="' . esc_attr($image[0]) . '" style="max-width: 150px; height: auto;" /></a>';
    }
    elseif ($column_name === 'alt_text') {
        $alt = get_post_meta($id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true);
        if (!empty($alt)) {
            echo esc_html($alt);
        } else {
            echo '<em>' . __('No Alt Text', 'text_domain') . '</em>';
        }
    }
}
add_filter('manage_media_custom_column', 'custom_media_column_content', 10, 2);

// Set column width for thumbnail
function custom_media_column_width($defaults) {
    $defaults['thumb'] = 'Thumb 150';
    return $defaults;
}
add_filter('manage_media_columns', 'custom_media_column_width');

add_action('admin_head', 'custom_admin_media_styles');
function custom_admin_media_styles() {
    echo '<style>.media-icon {display: none !important;}</style>';
}