Add a post-download-of-WordPress page

[andreamiddleton]

When people download WordPress from WordPress.org, there is no page or message that comes up, post-download, that tells them they've succeeded or that anything has happened. It's confusing and leads to people downloading WordPress multiple times.

There should be a page that comes up after successful download that says something like:

Hooray! You’ve successfully downloaded WordPress!

For help getting started, check out our [Documentation and Support Forums]​https://wordpress.org/support/.

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Attached is a mock-up.

[andreamiddleton]

Mockup of a post-download page

[jonoaldersonwp]

Oh, this is an interesting idea!

I'm nervous about it being deployed as a page, because that'd require us to execute a JavaScript update after the download link has been clicked - that might be confusing/undesirable to many users.

How about we deploy this as a modal overlay, instead?

[andreamiddleton]

Sure, I don't have a strong opinion on whether it's an overlay or a page :) Are there any other technical barriers or considerations?

[Otto42]

When and where would it be displayed? Like here: ​https://wordpress.org/download/ after you click the download button?

[jonoaldersonwp]

Yep. We could later extend to match on any/various .zip download URLs, and add context, too ("You just downloaded a theme; here's how to install it!").

Hah, turns out we do a flavour of this on yoast.com.

Visit ​https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ and click the 'Download Yoast SEO Free' link.

[andreamiddleton]

Replying to Otto42:

When and where would it be displayed? Like here: ​https://wordpress.org/download/ after you click the download button?

Yes, that's what I had in mind. Any blockers to implementation that you can think of? :)

[Otto42]

@jonoaldersonwp what would be the correct way to do this from your perspective?

[jonoaldersonwp]

Modal would be preferable from a UI / SEO / Analytics perspective!

[coffee2code]

In 9374:

Main theme: Add and update assets for new post-download modal.

See #4702.

[coffee2code]

In 9375:

Main theme: Add new post-download modal.

Props andreamiddleton, jonoaldersonwp, coffee2code.
Fixes #4702.

[coffee2code]

Implemented as a modal per @jonoaldersonwp recommendation. Copy is as provided by @andreamiddleton, though the sub-header text was changed from

You’ve successfully downloaded WordPress!

to

You're on your way with the latest WordPress!

The impetus for that change being that the implementation is not such that the actual download progress/status is known. Thus, it needed to not actually reference the success or state (downloading vs downloaded) of the download.

[dd32]

In 10262:

Main theme: Add RTL styles for the jQuery Modal plugin for the post-download modal.

Props nabilmoqbel.
See #4702.
Fixes #5427