[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47046: Site Health: Remove grading

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#47046: Site Health: Remove grading
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 Reporter:  Cybr                   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high                   |   Milestone:  5.3
Component:  Site Health            |     Version:  5.2
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  site-health has-patch  |     Focuses:  ui
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Changes (by Clorith):

 * keywords:  site-health 2nd-opinion needs-design-feedback => site-health
     has-patch


Comment:

 All right, this has been a while in the making, so thank you all for your
 patience here, as a few of us have been working on the plugin side of
 things to test implementations to find a nice golden middle road.

 [attachment:"47046.patch"] is the culmination of that. [attachment:"new-
 grading-indicator.PNG"] shows what we've landed on, the numeric indicator
 is gone, and is replaced with two (three) simple strings for clarity.

 During loading, the string states `Results are still loading…`, after
 which it will be updated with either a `Good` or `Should be improved`
 statement. This removes arbitrary confusion about what the numbers mean,
 and what is going on (previously the indicator was just pulsing, which was
 not super obvious to all).

 As I've also had a chance to observe plugins interacting with this new
 area over the months since the release, it's become clear that the
 weighting of issues needs to be adjusted, in light of this, critical
 issues will always lead to a `should be improved` response, but items in
 the `recommended` pile will have a much smaller impact on the overall
 results.

 Speaking of the indicator, yes, we've kept it, the visual aspect of seeing
 that there's still that remaining push to get things into a good state is
 rather valuable, and also provides a representation of where to look for
 the results once the checks have finished doing their thing.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47046#comment:55>
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