[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56258: Add IPv6 availability check in Site Health

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#56258: Add IPv6 availability check in Site Health
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 Reporter:  josklever        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Site Health      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by zodiac1978):

 I think this shouldn't be about nagging people to ask their host to update
 to IPv6. This is not the role WordPress should have. This could be
 something for the hosting team. Maybe they want to put it on their
 recommendation page/handbook.

 For access IPv4/IPv6, there are indeed transition mechanisms:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Transition_mechanisms

 If IPv6 is available or not is a question of the used operating system,
 firmware (at home and at the provider level) and maybe load balancers etc.
 - so nothing which is commonly replaced immediately, but will over time.

 But sometimes things are odd for the end user, and they don't know why,
 and it would help to know if IPv4 or IPv6 is used for the domain to debug
 an issue.

 That's why I think this information should be displayed (see my related
 ticket above) as a first step. If things change, and we want to get people
 to better use IPv6 for any upcoming reason, a check could be easily added
 then.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56258#comment:10>
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