Allow user deletions to occur via URL paramters

[Viper007Bond]

There's no way to delete a user via the URL. /wp-admin/users.php relies on $_POST for some things.

Having it be able to be done via the URL could allow plugins to add a link to easily just delete a user rather than having to write a whole form. Or even perhaps a plugin could add to the "a new user has registered on your site" e-mail with a delete link.

As to security, it's all nonce protected, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Thoughts?

[Otto42]

-1.

Using GET links to delete things might not be the greatest idea. What if you're running a pre-caching type of thing (such as, say, google's web accelerator, or half a dozen others) and it prefetches your deletion link? HTTP GET is generally considered safe. Deleting something based on a GET, even with nonces, is not safe.

Let the plugin build a form instead. It's a minor thing for safety.

[JeremyVisser]

But heck, we already blatantly violate the RFCs with the Delete links in the management screens (and no, the nonces don't count), so what's a few more? I mean, it's not like WP's goal is to be standards compliant, or anything silly like that. ;)

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

wontfix?

[JeremyVisser]

Totally.