[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56199: Make the warnings about critical Site Health issues more prominent

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#56199: Make the warnings about critical Site Health issues more prominent
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 Reporter:  azaozz                   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  6.1
Component:  Site Health              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  servehappy needs-design  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Clorith):

 The bubble-format is actually in use within the Health Check plugin
 already for testing, so this is something that's been tested thuroughly
 and seems to be a good approach, it does require a bit of tinkering to add
 the bubbles to parent menu elements ("Tools"), but it's definitely doable.

 Replying to [comment:4 hellofromTonya]:
 > The overarching goal of this ticket is to get site admins to take action
 to upgrade their PHP version

 If this is the primary focus, we may want to start with updating the
 ServeHappy versions within Meta. They've intentionally not been bumped up
 to 8.x yet, to avoid causing unnecessary fear within users for such a
 large jump, but with 7.x becoming EOL at the end of the year, it may be
 time to make the bump.

 IT should be noted that Site Health uses these values to determine if a
 PHP upgrade warning is needed/recommended/critical as well, so this bump
 would need to happen regardless at that point.

 Adding an email flow isn't a terrible idea, but we need to be vary of how
 often, and what for, they go out for (to avoid users perceiving it as
 spammy), especially given that plugins or themes can also extend it,
 change priorities, add new checks, etc.

 Perhaps a quarterly status, that shows a summary of
 good/recommended/critical on your site.
 A followup to the weekly automated checks, that see if the critical rate
 has gone **up**, and only if it has send a notification to the site admin.

 This would ensure critical items get addressed in a more timely manner,
 while the quarterly status gives the site admin a peace of mind reminder,
 and also keeps them aware that there are things they may want to keep
 track of over time? (just some immediate thought I had, lets iterate,
 obviously)

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