Ticket #31779: first-time-editor-notices.diff

src/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php

@@ -162 +162 @@
         }
 
         $content = esc_textarea( $content );
-        ?>
-<?php if (isset($_GET['a'])) : ?>
+
+    $first_time_editing = get_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'already_used_wp_plugin_editor', true );
+    if ( empty( $first_time_editing ) ) : ?>
+        <div id="message" class="error notice is-dismissible"><p><?php _e( "You are editing the actual plugin files.  Make sure you know what you're doing!<br />If you want to know more about Wordpress plugin development, checkout <a href='https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin' target='_blank'>Plugin Development on Wordpress</a>." ) ?></p></div>
+        <?php
+        update_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'already_used_wp_plugin_editor', true );
+    endif;
+
+    if (isset($_GET['a'])) : ?>
  <div id="message" class="updated notice is-dismissible"><p><?php _e('File edited successfully.') ?></p></div>
 <?php elseif (isset($_GET['phperror'])) : ?>
  <div id="message" class="updated"><p><?php _e('This plugin has been deactivated because your changes resulted in a <strong>fatal error</strong>.') ?></p>

src/wp-admin/theme-editor.php

@@ -125 +125 @@
  <div id="message" class="updated notice is-dismissible"><p><?php _e( 'File edited successfully.' ) ?></p></div>
 <?php endif;
 
+    $first_time_editing = get_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'already_used_wp_theme_editor', true );
+    if ( empty( $first_time_editing ) ) : ?>
+        <div id="message" class="error notice is-dismissible"><p><?php _e( "You are editing the actual theme files.  Make sure you know what you're doing!<br />If you want to know more about Wordpress theme development, checkout <a href='https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development' target='_blank'>Theme Development on Wordpress</a>." ) ?></p></div>
+        <?php
+        update_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'already_used_wp_theme_editor', true );
+    endif;
+
 $description = get_file_description( $file );
 $file_show = array_search( $file, array_filter( $allowed_files ) );
 if ( $description != $file_show )