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Admin screens open as draggable, resizable, minimizable **windows** on a **desktop**, with a left-edge **dock** built from the admin menu. Purely opt-in per user — the classic admin stays untouched for everyone else, and deactivating the plugin restores vanilla Core exactly.\n\nZero Core patches. Every feature is wired through public WordPress hooks.\n\n[![Active Installs](https://img.shields.io/wordpress/plugin/installs/desktop-mode?logo=wordpress\u0026logoColor=%23fff\u0026label=Active%20Installs\u0026labelColor=%2323282D\u0026color=%2323282D)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/desktop-mode/) [![Playground Demo Link](https://img.shields.io/wordpress/plugin/v/desktop-mode?logo=data%3Aimage%2Fsvg%2Bxml%3Bbase64%2CPHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjQ2IDI2IDUxIDUyIiBmaWxsPSJ3aGl0ZSI%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%2BPC9zdmc%2B\u0026logoColor=%23fff\u0026label=Playground%20Demo\u0026labelColor=%233858e9\u0026color=%233858e9)](https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WordPress/desktop-mode/refs/heads/trunk/.wordpress-org/blueprints/blueprint.json) [![Studio Demo Link](https://img.shields.io/wordpress/plugin/v/desktop-mode?logo=wordpress\u0026logoColor=%23fff\u0026label=Open%20in%20WordPress%20Studio\u0026labelColor=%2323282D\u0026color=%2323282D)](https://wp.com/open?deep_link=add-site%3Fblueprint_url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fraw.githubusercontent.com%252FWordPress%252Fdesktop-mode%252Frefs%252Fheads%252Ftrunk%252F.wordpress-org%252Fblueprints%252Fblueprint.json)\n\n## Demo\n\n\u003cvideo src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/590aacc2-e9d7-4213-889e-b91e060e1bd8\" controls width=\"720\"\u003e\u003c/video\u003e\n\n---\n\n## Contents\n\n- [Demo](#demo)\n- [Current State](#current-state)\n- [Still ahead](#still-ahead)\n- [Repository layout](#repository-layout)\n- [How to run it](#how-to-run-it)\n  - [Quick install](#quick-install)\n  - [Development setup](#development-setup)\n- [Requirements](#requirements)\n- [For plugin authors](#for-plugin-authors)\n- [License](#license)\n\n---\n\n## Current State\n\n- **Per-user opt-in**\n  Admin-bar toggle sets the `desktop_mode_mode` user meta. A dedicated `/desktop-mode/` portal URL auto-enables desktop mode for first-time visitors (gated by `desktop_mode_portal_auto_enable`) and the `admin_init` redirect sends opted-in users from `/wp-admin/` to the portal (`desktop_mode_admin_redirect_to_portal`).\n\n- **Desktop shell**\n  Fixed-viewport desktop that overlays `/wp-admin`: wallpaper area, unified dock (placement picked in OS Settings — left / right / bottom, default bottom), right-column widget layer, and full windowing system. `desktop_mode_mode_init`, `desktop_mode_shell_before` / `_after`, and the `desktop_mode_shell_config` filter are the main extension points.\n\n- **Window system — iframe + native**\n  Iframe windows load admin pages with `?wp_desktop=1` (chromeless mode). Native windows render directly in the parent DOM via `desktop_mode_register_window()` / `wp.desktop.registerWindow()` — multi-tab native windows are supported through `desktop_mode_register_window_tab()`. Both types share drag, resize, minimize, maximize, close, fullscreen, and detach-to-new-tab.\n\n- **Dock**\n  One unified rail hosting every admin menu — core and plugin alike — plus shell-level system tiles. Placement (left / right / bottom) is the user's OS Settings preference. Core menus are ordered before plugin menus; per-item hiding via `desktop_mode_dock_placement` (`'hidden'`). Per-item multi-window support via `desktop_mode_dock_item_multi`. Letter-badge icon fallback for plugins without icon art.\n\n- **Virtual desktops (“Spaces”)**\n  Multiple desktops per user, each with its own window set. Overview grid (zoom-out view) surfaces the Spaces switcher, thumbnails, and create/close controls.\n\n- **Arrange \u0026 snap**\n  Admin-bar Arrange menu: Cascade, Tile, Overview, Snap to grid. Plugins contribute custom entries via `desktop_mode_arrange_menu_items` and react to clicks via `desktop-mode.arrange.custom-action`. Tile grid dimensions and snap cell size are both filterable.\n\n- **Wallpaper registry**\n  Server- and client-side registration (`desktop_mode_register_wallpaper()` / `wp.desktop.registerWallpaper()`). CSS presets + canvas (WebGL/2D) wallpapers with collision-aware surface data (`wp.desktop.getWallpaperSurfaces()`) for snow/rain/physics effects. In-panel `renderEditor` callback for custom controls, shared vendor-module loader (`pixijs` pre-registered).\n\n- **Widgets**\n  Right-column floating cards, optionally draggable / resizable outside the column. `desktop_mode_register_widget()` / `wp.desktop.registerWidget()`. Built-in clock. User placement persists per-user in `localStorage`.\n\n- **Desktop icons**\n  Wallpaper-layer shortcuts via `desktop_mode_register_icon()` — targets a registered native window or an admin URL.\n\n- **AI Assistant + slash commands**\n  Cmd+K palette backed by an OpenAI agentic loop (search_posts, search_pages, search_comments tools). Admin-configured API key + model picker. Auto-analysis on `save_post` / term / comment save with per-entity prompt filters. `wp.desktop.registerCommand()` adds slash commands with autocomplete (`suggest()`), confirm dialogs (`ctx.confirm()`), and full lifecycle hooks (`before-run` / `after-run` / `error`). Built-in `/open [window]` is extensible via `desktop-mode.open-command.items`.\n\n- **Palette registry**\n  Cmd+K cycles through all registered palettes (`wp.desktop.registerPalette()`) — the AI assistant is palette 0 by default; additional plugin overlays share the shortcut.\n\n- **Cross-frame drag bridge**\n  Media-library attachments drag across iframe boundaries via coordinated postMessage. Site-wide toggle through the Extended Options REST endpoint.\n\n- **Toast notifications**\n  Shell-level toasts rendered via the `\u003cwpd-toast\u003e` component. Plugins register their own tone/icon via the `desktop_mode_toast_types` filter. Iframe pages raise a toast through the `desktop-mode-notification` bridge message — it survives the iframe's own lifecycle.\n\n- **OS Settings**\n  Native-window settings panel: wallpaper picker (with HD-only media filter), accent color swatches + custom gradient editor, dock size slider, AI platform config, and per-user default-on-startup window. Persisted via `/desktop-mode/v1/os-settings`.\n\n- **Session persistence**\n  Full window stack (including desktops, focus, state) is debounce-saved to `/desktop-mode/v1/session` and restored without layout flicker. Viewport-shrink clamping keeps off-screen windows reachable.\n\n- **postMessage bridge**\n  Typed messages for title changes, navigation (same-origin validated), focus, color-scheme sync, screen-meta panels (Screen Options / Help), external-link capture, iframe-ready handshake, and observability (`iframe-error`, `iframe-network`).\n\n- **UI component library**\n  ~25 `\u003cwpd-*\u003e` web components (`wpd-button`, `wpd-menu`, `wpd-panel`, `wpd-range-field`, `wpd-swatch`, `wpd-toast`, `wpd-tabs`, …) available to plugin authors — rendered server-side via `desktop_mode_component()` or imported in TS.\n\n- **i18n**\n  Full gettext coverage across PHP and TypeScript; Spanish translation shipped. Strings go through `wp.i18n` (`__`, `_x`, `_n`, `sprintf`) directly — no shell-specific re-export.\n\n- **Component registration API**\n  Stable `desktop_mode_register_*` functions for windows, widgets, wallpapers, icons, and window tabs. All return `true` / `WP_Error` with documented error codes.\n\n- **Public hook API**\n  Comprehensive PHP and JS hook surface — dock items, placement, multi-window, native-window lifecycle, widget lifecycle, wallpaper lifecycle + surfaces, window lifecycle, iframe observability, arrange actions, virtual-desktop transitions, palette registration, command lifecycle, batch close, AI prompt + model + post-type filters, accents, toast types, default wallpaper. See [`docs/hooks-reference.md`](./docs/hooks-reference.md) and [`docs/javascript-reference.md`](./docs/javascript-reference.md).\n\n---\n\n## Still ahead\n\n- **Mobile (phone OS)** — purpose-built home-screen grid, full-screen apps, app switcher, gesture nav, bottom tab bar.\n- **Tablet hybrid** — split view, slide-over, horizontal dock. `wp.desktop.mode = 'desktop' | 'tablet' | 'mobile'` surface.\n- **Cross-window drag \u0026 drop (the North Star)** — extend the current drag bridge to Media → Gutenberg block insertion, with pluggable mime-type negotiation.\n- **Polish** — color-scheme-aware variables across all shell surfaces, View Transitions API animations, full a11y audit (ARIA, focus traps, keyboard nav).\n- **…and a whole lot more hooks, filters, and actions** — every new surface lands with its own extension points, so this list keeps growing.\n\nSee [`docs/architecture.md`](./docs/architecture.md) for how the pieces fit together and [`docs/hooks-reference.md`](./docs/hooks-reference.md) for the hook surface (current and planned).\n\nSee [`docs/architecture.md`](./docs/architecture.md) for how the pieces fit together and [`docs/hooks-reference.md`](./docs/hooks-reference.md) for the hook surface (current and planned).\n\n---\n\n## Repository layout\n\n```\n.\n├── desktop-mode.php       # bootstrap: header, constants, require_once of includes/\n├── includes/              # PHP subsystems\n│   ├── helpers.php              admin-bar.php       ajax.php\n│   ├── assets.php               render.php          portal.php\n│   ├── session.php              default-window.php  components.php\n│   ├── os-settings.php          extended-options.php\n│   ├── accents.php              wallpapers.php      toast-types.php\n│   ├── media-query.php\n│   └── ai-copilot/              # AI assistant (OpenAI client, analysis, search, jobs)\n├── assets/                # compiled CSS + JS (Vite output; tracked in git)\n│   ├── css/  desktop.css, windows.css, dock.css, chromeless.css, variables.css\n│   └── js/   desktop.js, desktop.min.js, chromeless bridge, media-library enhancements\n├── src/                   # TypeScript source — compiled by Vite\n│   ├── desktop.ts / dock.ts / hooks.ts / commands.ts / palette-registry.ts\n│   ├── ai-assistant.ts / drag-bridge.ts / toast.ts / desktop-icons.ts\n│   ├── native-windows.ts / built-in-commands.ts / public-api.ts / types.ts\n│   ├── window/          # Window class — DOM, pointer, tabs, iframe bridge\n│   ├── window-manager/  # stack, desktops, arrange, snap, overview\n│   ├── wallpapers/      # registry, layer, surfaces, server sync, vendor loader\n│   ├── widgets/         # registry, layer, frame, picker, storage\n│   ├── settings/        # OS Settings panel sections\n│   ├── ui/              # \u003cwpd-*\u003e web components\n│   ├── modules/         # vendor-script lazy-loader\n│   └── plugins/         # built-in demos (animated-logo-wallpaper)\n├── docs/                  # developer-facing docs (source of truth for plugin authors)\n├── tests/                 # PHPUnit + Vitest\n├── languages/             # .po / .mo (es shipped)\n├── bin/                   # package-zip helpers\n├── package.json           # devDeps (vite, typescript, vitest)\n├── vite.config.js         # Vite lib-mode: src/desktop.ts → assets/js/desktop[.min].js (IIFE)\n├── vitest.config.ts\n└── tsconfig.json\n```\n\n---\n\n## How to run it\n\n### Quick install\n\nJust want to try it? Grab the pre-built zip and upload it to any WordPress — [Studio by WordPress.com](https://developer.wordpress.com/studio/), [`wp-env`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-env/), or a hosted site. No Node, no build step.\n\n1. Download [`desktop-mode.zip`](https://github.com/WordPress/desktop-mode/releases/latest/download/desktop-mode.zip) from the latest release (or pick a specific version from the [releases page](https://github.com/WordPress/desktop-mode/releases)).\n2. In WP Admin: **Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin**, choose the zip, and activate.\n3. Click the **desktop** icon in the admin bar's top-right corner. The admin reloads inside the desktop shell. Click the same icon again to return to classic admin.\n\n### Development setup\n\nFor hacking on the plugin: clone the repo, run the build in watch mode, and load it into a local WordPress via symlink so every save is one browser refresh away.\n\n#### 1. Install dependencies\n\n```bash\nnpm install\n```\n\n#### 2. Build the TypeScript bundle\n\nThe plugin uses **[Vite](https://vitejs.dev/)** in library mode. esbuild handles transpile and minify, so builds finish in ~70 ms per bundle.\n\n**Full build** — produces every bundle (`npm run build:desktop`, `:iframe-bridge`, `:recycle-bin`, `:posts-window`):\n\n```bash\nnpm run build\n```\n\nWrites:\n\n- `assets/js/desktop.js` / `.min.js` — main shell bundle (loaded based on `SCRIPT_DEBUG`).\n- `assets/js/iframe-bridge.js` / `.min.js` — opt-in bridge that gives any same-origin iframe access to `wp.desktop.iframe.*`.\n- `assets/js/recycle-bin.js` / `.min.js` — Recycle Bin native window.\n- `assets/js/posts-window.js` / `.min.js` — Native Posts window (the `\u003cwpd-table\u003e` replacement for the `edit.php` iframe; opt-in per user via OS Settings → Features).\n\n**Development watch** — auto-recompiles the unminified bundle on save:\n\n```bash\nnpm run dev\n```\n\nLeave it running in a separate terminal; refresh the browser after each save. Set `define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true )` in `wp-config.php` so WordPress picks up the unminified bundle during development.\n\n#### 3. Load into a local WordPress\n\nYou need a running WordPress to load the plugin into. Pick whichever is easier.\n\n##### Studio, wp-env, or a hosted WP\n\nRun `npm run package` to build a zip from `HEAD` (with correct 0644 / 0755 permissions), then follow the [Quick install](#quick-install) steps 2–3 to upload and activate it. Re-package and re-upload after each change.\n\n\u003e If you changed source, run `npm run build` before `npm run package` — the Vite output is gitignored, and `bin/package.sh` splices the built files into the zip from your working tree.\n\n##### Clone `wordpress-develop` and symlink\n\nGives you the full dev loop: `npm run dev` rebuilds on save, a browser refresh picks it up.\n\n```bash\n# clone Core's Docker-based dev host alongside this repo\ngit clone https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop.git\ncd wordpress-develop\nnpm install\n\n# symlink this plugin into the WP plugins directory\nln -s \"$(pwd)/../alcazaba-plugin\" src/wp-content/plugins/desktop-mode\n\n# boot + install WordPress\nnpm run env:start      # nginx + PHP + MySQL in Docker\nnpm run env:install    # installs WordPress\n```\n\nSite: **http://localhost:8889**\nAdmin: **http://localhost:8889/wp-admin/**\nCredentials: `admin` / `password`\n\nStop the environment with `npm run env:stop` (from the `wordpress-develop` directory). Activate the plugin per [Quick install](#quick-install) steps 2–3.\n\n---\n\n## Requirements\n\n- WordPress **6.0+**\n- PHP **7.4+**\n\n## For plugin authors\n\n**This plugin is built to be extended.** Every significant behavior is hookable — drop an icon on the desktop, add a dock item, gate desktop mode by role, react to window events, or register a native window, all from your own plugin with zero patches here.\n\n**See [`docs/`](./docs/README.md) — the developer documentation index.**\n\nQuick links:\n\n- [Getting Started](./docs/getting-started.md) — the five-minute tour for plugin authors.\n- [Architecture](./docs/architecture.md) — how the pieces fit together.\n- [Hooks Reference](./docs/hooks-reference.md) — every action and filter we fire, with signatures and examples.\n- [JavaScript Reference](./docs/javascript-reference.md) — CustomEvents, `window.wp.desktop` API, and the iframe `postMessage` bridge.\n- [Examples](./docs/examples/) — copy-paste recipes.\n\n## License\n\nGPLv2 or later. 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