[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47954: Create a sanity check for siteurl and home changes

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#47954: Create a sanity check for siteurl and home changes
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 Reporter:  Otto42          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Description changed by Otto42:

Old description:

> One of the most common problems is when people change the site URL fields
> on the settings general screen, without full understanding of what it
> means.
>
> The idea is to enhance this field so as to perform some kind of sanity
> check before actually changing the fields. Health check exists, we have
> checks for plugin and theme changes to some degree. This could be checked
> as well.
>
> Concept: Change the field, make an internal request, see if it fails, if
> so change them back, them warn the user with a "hey, this change seems
> like it's gonna break things real bad, are you really sure?" Or
> equivalent.
>
> Second thought: when these change, email the admin user about them, with
> a revert link that will work no matter what.
>
> I'm sure that other ideas exist as well.

New description:

 One of the most common problems is when people change the site URL fields
 on the settings general screen, without full understanding of what it
 means. It's a common enough problem that we've had documentation on ways
 to fix it for ages:

 https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-the-site-url/

 The idea is to enhance this field so as to perform some kind of sanity
 check before actually changing the fields. Health check exists, we have
 checks for plugin and theme changes to some degree. This could be checked
 as well.

 Concept: Change the field, make an internal request, see if it fails, if
 so change them back, then warn the user with a "hey, this change seems
 like it's gonna break things real bad, are you really sure?" Or
 equivalent.

 Second thought: when these change, email the admin user about them, with a
 revert link that will work no matter what.

 I'm sure that other ideas exist as well.

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