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/40-plugins.php

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+<?php
+if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
+
+return new class extends WPH_Step {
+    public function id(): string { return 'plugins'; }
+    public function title(): string { return 'Step 4 — Plugin Updates'; }
+    public function sub_items(): array {
+        return [
+            'Go to Dashboard → Updates and review all pending plugin updates',
+            'Before updating, note which plugins have updates and what versions they are moving to',
+            'Update plugins one at a time if the site is complex or has many interdependencies; batch update is acceptable for straightforward sites',
+            'After each update (or after a batch), check the front-end and any key functional areas (forms, checkout, membership, etc.)',
+            'Check for any plugins that have been deactivated but not deleted — flag these to the client',
+        ];
+    }
+    public function watch_outs(): array {
+        return [
+            'WooCommerce updates — always treat these as high-risk, test checkout flow afterwards',
+            'Page builder updates (Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder) — can affect layout rendering',
+            'Security plugin updates — confirm they reactivate and are still reporting clean',
+            'Plugins that haven\'t been updated by their developer in over 12 months — flag as a risk',
+            'Plugins showing "Update unavailable" or removed from the WordPress repository — flag immediately, these can indicate abandoned or compromised plugins',
+        ];
+    }
+};