Phase 1 MVP: drop-in step registry + session + Markdown report

Plugin skeleton, drop-in step registry, option-backed session, single-page
checklist UI, downloadable Markdown report. Steps live as one file each
under includes/steps/ — adding/removing one is a single file change.
Step IDs are stable strings so renaming files preserves session data.

Architecture (hc-5ix.3): WPH_Steps singleton globs includes/steps/*.php,
natsort-orders by filename, requires each file (which returns a WPH_Step
instance), then applies a 'wph_steps' filter so installs can drop steps.

Session (hc-5ix.4): option-backed (per decision — plugin is installed
per-engagement, so DB-resident history would be lost on uninstall).
Single in-progress session per site; finished sessions render a report
that the user downloads/copies.

Recovery bootstrap (hc-5ix.1): detects whether wp-site-recovery is
installed + active, surfaces state on the start panel and in every
active session. Manual install for now; private update channel deferred
to hc-5ix.27.

Smoke-tested on testsite: registry discovery (13 steps in correct order),
start → update_step → progress count → finish → 8KB Markdown report →
discard cycle.

includes/steps/00-before.php

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+<?php
+if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
+
+return new class extends WPH_Step {
+    public function id(): string { return 'before'; }
+    public function title(): string { return 'Before You Start'; }
+    public function blurb(): string {
+        return 'Confirm prerequisites before touching anything.';
+    }
+    public function sub_items(): array {
+        return [
+            'Confirm you have admin access to the WordPress dashboard and hosting control panel',
+            'Check the client record for any known issues, recent changes, or flags from the previous healthcheck',
+            'Note the current WordPress version, PHP version, and active theme before touching anything',
+            'Install our recovery plugin (Site Recovery) — done via the button below',
+            'Make a note of the recovery path in case there is a problem',
+        ];
+    }
+};