"WordPress 5.0" is available link goes to uninformative page

[brentswisher]

When viewing a site that has not updated to 5.0, the "update nag" link goes to ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_5.0 which is not a very informative page, it essentially just links to ​https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0/

Is there any reason not to link right to the support page from the admin?

[brentswisher]

Screenshot of link location

[subrataemfluence]

Welcome to Trac and thanks for the ticket!

The link goes to a codes page where you have the actual information page link available, i.e. ​https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0/.

Unlike 4.9.8, probably 5.0 does not have the documentation completed yet and so it encourages users to navigate to the above link.

Since all WordPress versions by default have a landing codex page with information furnished, it is good to have that page in place for 5.0 as well (although it is not completed yet) along with a link to navigate to the actual information page.

I am quite sure, in due course, as the documentation completes, the codex page will have them.

[swissspidy]

Actually, with the migration from the Codex to HelpHub we should probably update the URLs in the update_nag() function accordingly.

[audrasjb]

Hi,

I tested the patch and it works fine on my side with both 5.0.x and 4.9.8/9 versions.

Adding commit tag to see if it can land in 5.0.3.

[desrosj]

This falls outside of the 5.0.3 scope. Punting to 5.1.

[pento]

In 44451:

Install/Upgrade: Link to HelpHub instead of the Codex.

WordPress version links in the Codex (eg, ​https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_5.0) are redirected to their HelpHub equivalent.

Rather than relying on the redirect, Core and link directly to HelpHub.

Props swissspidy.
Fixes #45574.

[ocean90]

In 44700:

Install/Upgrade: After [44451], update translator comments to include the new placeholder.

See #46111.
Fixes #45574.