[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #61040: Provide a framework for plugin onboarding experiences

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#61040: Provide a framework for plugin onboarding experiences
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 Reporter:  jorbin       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by alanfuller):

 In terms of user expectation on activate, @kevinwhoffman expressed an
 opinion that user don't expect activate to actually activate an onboarding
 or redirect to settings.

 I argue that in fact they do.

 Most users now are used to apps on phones, in fact many users refer to
 plugins as apps. With an app from an app store there is a two stage
 process, install and open. The open activates the intial onboarding like
 create an account and set up wizard.

 I feel this is something that needs to be examined in detail with some
 real user feedback, rather than the opinions of a couple of people for and
 against.

 I apologize if extensive research has already been done, and if so can we
 have a link to it?

 My opinion is just my opinion, but having used 6.5 heavily I have formed a
 personal opinion about the lack of auto refresh, regardless of onboarding
 or not, feels horrendous, I a plugin developer and know fully about this
 issue yet every time I add a plugin, which is multiple times a day my gut
 'expects' to find the items on the dashboard and my 'gut' panics and
 thinks something is broken.

 I appreciate the efforts looking into this.

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