[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58279: Add tool to easily discover and remove or override erratic "Update URI" for plugins

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#58279: Add tool to easily discover and remove or override erratic "Update URI" for
plugins
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 Reporter:  tobifjellner  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins       |    Version:  5.8
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 WordPress 5.8 introduced the plugin header field "Update URI". The purpose
 and usage of this field is described in
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/06/29/introducing-update-uri-plugin-
 header-in-wordpress-5-8/

 Unfortunately, there are some plugins that by mistake (perhaps while
 experimenting) populated this field with some value that forces WordPress
 to stop checking for updates to this plugin.

 It would be good if the "Plugin list" could clearly indicate if a plugin
 is blocked from wp-org automatic updates via a declaration of "Update
 URI".
 Additionally, it could even offer to remove that declaration on behalf of
 the user (perhaps after first expanding a "Read more" that could explain
 the situation and the risk associated with incorrectly removing this
 declaration.)

 I finally decided that this ticket would best sort under "Plugins", but
 other components could also contribute to handling this issue:
 - Site Health could comment that "The following plugin/plugins are blocked
 from automatic updates due to "Update URI" header.
 - Upgrade/Install could add a note "''n'' plugins skipped due to Update
 URI being set".

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58279>
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