[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51809: What happens to the about page with major auto-updates?

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#51809: What happens to the about page with major auto-updates?
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 Reporter:  helen         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  5.8
Component:  Help/About    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-design  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by francina):

 Personally, I think that adding a notification in the dashboard or any
 other form of notification (email) will negate one of the benefits of
 auto-updates: lowering updated fatigue amongst users.

 I would very much like to see a proper landing page, as mentioned by
 @karmatosed. This would allow the project to showcase how blocks are a
 great ally for creativity and not a constraint.

 How do we get people there? I started listing how people get WordPress.

 So far I have got:
 1. Auto-update within Core
 2. Manual update via WP-CLI
 3. Auto-update from managed hosting
 4. Update via dashboard
 5. Update via upload
 6. New website: via hosting installation software
 7. New website: via WP-CLI
 8. New website: via upload
 I am sure there are more.

 All these people probably interact with WordPress in a different way and
 have a different knowledge of it + various degrees of tech-savviness.

 So, as far as I am concerned:
 Start - rethink and landing pages
 Stop - About page as is. A disproportionate amount of effort goes into it.
 Continue - exploring how do we get people "there"

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51809#comment:6>
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