Steve Hanlon
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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.
Site Healthcheck
Internal WordPress plugin that walks a technician through a structured healthcheck. Companion to wp-site-recovery, which it expects to be installed as step 0.
Install
ln -s ~/dev/wp-healthcheck /path/to/wp/wp-content/plugins/site-healthcheck
Then activate from Plugins. Settings appear under Tools → Site Healthcheck.
Use
- Open Tools → Site Healthcheck.
- Confirm the recovery plugin status panel shows ✓ active.
- Click Start new healthcheck.
- Work through each step card. For each: choose a status (done / skipped / blocked / n/a) and add notes.
- Click Finish & generate report.
- Download the Markdown report or copy it to clipboard.
One in-progress session per site at a time. Reports are not stored in the database (the plugin is meant to be uninstalled at the end of each engagement) — download them.
Adding, removing, reordering steps
Each step is a single file under includes/steps/ named <order>-<slug>.php.
<?php
// includes/steps/45-staging.php
return new class extends WPH_Step {
public function id(): string { return 'staging'; }
public function title(): string { return 'Step 4.5 — Verify Staging Sync'; }
public function sub_items(): array {
return ['Re-deploy from production', 'Run smoke tests'];
}
};
- Add: drop a new file.
- Remove: delete the file.
- Reorder: rename the numeric prefix (steps are loaded in
natsortorder). - Conditionally drop on one install: use the
wph_stepsfilter tounsetthe step by id.
Stable string IDs (returned by id()) are what's stored in session data, so renaming a file does not break in-progress sessions as long as the id stays the same.
Phase roadmap
Phase 1 (this) is a checklist + Markdown report. Phase 3 will add per-step automation — backup detection, env auto-collect, plugin update intelligence, PageSpeed Insights, SSL checks, etc. See beads epic hc-5ix for the full plan.
Distribution
Internal/agency tool — not a WP.org plugin (decision hc-5ix.26). Distributed as a built ZIP. A self-hosted update channel is hc-5ix.27 on the phase-3 backlog.
Tracking
cd ~/dev/wp-healthcheck
bd list --label phase-1 # MVP work
bd list --label phase-3 # automation backlog