I am wondering what is the cleanest way to customize the core node edit form fields like the publishing and menu options fields?

They do not appear in the ***Manage fields*** tab, otherwise I would be able to organize them using modules like Display Suite, Field Groups, and either Conditional Fields or Field Conditional States as I do with other fields.

I tried with Display Suite extra's ***Extra fields*** feature, but it only adds the fields on the ***Manage display tab***, and not the ***Manage fields*** as I need.

My current solution is to add standard custom fields to the node, hide the default ones and code the logic in `hook_node_presave()` for instance, but I do not know if there any cleaner solution?