Changeset 45404

Timestamp:

05/24/2019 10:13:11 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

johnbillion

Message:

Mail: Improve the user experience when the password reset email cannot be sent.

This introduces a link to the support page for resetting your password, and improves the error by bringing it into the login page instead of a wp_die().

Props neelpatel7295, estelaris, desrosj

File:

• trunk/src/wp-login.php (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/src/wp-login.php

@@ -46 +46 @@
 
         // Shake it!
-        $shake_error_codes = array( 'empty_password', 'empty_email', 'invalid_email', 'invalidcombo', 'empty_username', 'invalid_username', 'incorrect_password' );
+        $shake_error_codes = array( 'empty_password', 'empty_email', 'invalid_email', 'invalidcombo', 'empty_username', 'invalid_username', 'incorrect_password', 'retrieve_password_email_failure' );
         /**
          * Filters the error codes array for shaking the login form.
@@ -427 +427 @@
 
         if ( $message && ! wp_mail( $user_email, wp_specialchars_decode( $title ), $message ) ) {
-                wp_die( __( 'The email could not be sent. Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.' ) );
+                /* translators: URL to support page for resetting your password */
+                $support = __( 'https://wordpress.org/support/article/resetting-your-password/' );
+                $errors->add(
+                        'retrieve_password_email_failure',
+                        sprintf(
+                                __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: The e-mail could not be sent. Your site may not be correctly configured to send e-mails. <a href="%s">Get support for resetting your password</a>.' ),
+                                esc_url( $support )
+                        )
+                );
+                return $errors;
         }