General: Replace Cheatin’ uh? with friendlier error messages.

While intended as a playful error message, `Cheatin’ uh?` can be interpreted as insulting or accusatory in an already stressful situation. This replaces Cheatin’ with more meaningful error messages, depending on the error that occurs.

Props ElectricFeet, EricMeyer, karmatosed, dd32, BandonRandon, melchoyce for language; dmsnell for original patch; peterwilsoncc.
Fixes #38332.



git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@42648 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

src/wp-admin/custom-header.php

@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ wp_nonce_field( 'custom-header-options', '_wpnonce-custom-header-options' );
 		check_admin_referer( 'custom-header-upload', '_wpnonce-custom-header-upload' );
 		if ( ! current_theme_supports( 'custom-header', 'uploads' ) ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'The current theme does not support uploading a custom header image.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ wp_nonce_field( 'custom-header-options', '_wpnonce-custom-header-options' );
 
 		if ( ! current_theme_supports( 'custom-header', 'uploads' ) ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'The current theme does not support uploading a custom header image.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ wp_nonce_field( 'custom-header-options', '_wpnonce-custom-header-options' );
 
 		if ( ! empty( $_POST['skip-cropping'] ) && ! ( current_theme_supports( 'custom-header', 'flex-height' ) || current_theme_supports( 'custom-header', 'flex-width' ) ) ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'The current theme does not support a flexible sized header image.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);

src/wp-admin/customize.php

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/admin.php' );
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( 'customize' ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to customize this site.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if ( $wp_customize->changeset_post_id() ) {
 
 	if ( ! current_user_can( get_post_type_object( 'customize_changeset' )->cap->edit_post, $changeset_post->ID ) ) {
 		wp_die(
-			'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+			'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 			'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this changeset.' ) . '</p>',
 			403
 		);
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if ( $wp_customize->changeset_post_id() ) {
 
 	if ( in_array( get_post_status( $changeset_post->ID ), array( 'publish', 'trash' ), true ) ) {
 		wp_die(
-			'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+			'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 			'<p>' . __( 'This changeset cannot be further modified.' ) . '</p>' .
 			'<p><a href="' . esc_url( remove_query_arg( 'changeset_uuid' ) ) . '">' . __( 'Customize New Changes' ) . '</a></p>',
 			403

src/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/admin.php' );
 if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit comments.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);

src/wp-admin/edit-tags.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if ( ! in_array( $tax->name, get_taxonomies( array( 'show_ui' => true ) ) ) ) {
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( $tax->cap->manage_terms ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to manage terms in this taxonomy.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ switch ( $wp_list_table->current_action() ) {
 
 		if ( ! current_user_can( $tax->cap->edit_terms ) ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create terms in this taxonomy.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ switch ( $wp_list_table->current_action() ) {
 
 		if ( ! current_user_can( 'delete_term', $tag_ID ) ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to delete this item.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ switch ( $wp_list_table->current_action() ) {
 
 		if ( ! current_user_can( $tax->cap->delete_terms ) ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to delete these items.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ switch ( $wp_list_table->current_action() ) {
 
 		if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_term', $tag_ID ) ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this item.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);

src/wp-admin/edit.php

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if ( ! $post_type_object ) {
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->edit_posts ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit posts in this post type.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);

src/wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function add_link() {
 function edit_link( $link_id = 0 ) {
 	if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_links' ) ) {
 		wp_die(
-			'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+			'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 			'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit the links for this site.' ) . '</p>',
 			403
 		);

src/wp-admin/includes/file.php

@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ function wp_edit_theme_plugin_file( $args ) {
 			}
 
 			if ( ! isset( $result['message'] ) ) {
-				$message = __( 'An unidentified error has occurred.' );
+				$message = __( 'An error has occurred.' );
 			} else {
 				$message = $result['message'];
 				unset( $result['message'] );

src/wp-admin/js/customize-controls.js

@@ -6836,7 +6836,7 @@
 
 		cheatin: function() {
 			$( document.body ).empty().addClass( 'cheatin' ).append(
-				'<h1>' + api.l10n.cheatin + '</h1>' +
+				'<h1>' + api.l10n.notAllowedHeading + '</h1>' +
 				'<p>' + api.l10n.notAllowed + '</p>'
 			);
 		},

src/wp-admin/media-upload.php

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ $post_id = isset( $post_id ) ? (int) $post_id : 0;
 // Require an ID for the edit screen.
 if ( isset( $action ) && $action == 'edit' && ! $ID ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Invalid item ID.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if ( isset( $action ) && $action == 'edit' && ! $ID ) {
 
 if ( ! empty( $_REQUEST['post_id'] ) && ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $_REQUEST['post_id'] ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this item.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);

src/wp-admin/nav-menus.php

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if ( ! current_theme_supports( 'menus' ) && ! current_theme_supports( 'widgets'
 // Permissions Check
 if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_theme_options' ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit theme options on this site.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);

src/wp-admin/network/site-users.php

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ if ( $action ) {
 					// If the user doesn't already belong to the blog, bail.
 					if ( ! is_user_member_of_blog( $user_id ) ) {
 						wp_die(
-							'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+							'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 							'<p>' . __( 'One of the selected users is not a member of this site.' ) . '</p>',
 							403
 						);

src/wp-admin/options.php

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if ( empty( $option_page ) ) {
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( $capability ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to manage these options.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if ( ! empty( $_GET['adminhash'] ) ) {
 
 if ( is_multisite() && ! current_user_can( 'manage_network_options' ) && 'update' != $action ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to delete these items.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);

src/wp-admin/post-new.php

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ $editing = true;
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->edit_posts ) || ! current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->create_posts ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create posts as this user.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);

src/wp-admin/press-this.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function wp_load_press_this() {
 	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) || ! current_user_can( get_post_type_object( 'post' )->cap->create_posts ) ) {
 		wp_die(
 			__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create posts as this user.' ),
-			__( 'Cheatin’ uh?' ),
+			__( 'You don’t have permission to do this.' ),
 			403
 		);
 	} elseif ( is_plugin_active( $plugin_file ) ) {

src/wp-admin/term.php

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if ( ! in_array( $taxonomy, get_taxonomies( array( 'show_ui' => true ) ) ) ||
 	! current_user_can( 'edit_term', $tag->term_id ) ) {
 
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this item.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);

src/wp-admin/themes.php

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/admin.php' );
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( 'switch_themes' ) && ! current_user_can( 'edit_theme_options' ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit theme options on this site.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if ( current_user_can( 'switch_themes' ) && isset( $_GET['action'] ) ) {
 
 		if ( ! $theme->exists() || ! $theme->is_allowed() ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'The requested theme does not exist.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if ( current_user_can( 'switch_themes' ) && isset( $_GET['action'] ) ) {
 
 		if ( ! current_user_can( 'delete_themes' ) ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to delete this item.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if ( current_user_can( 'switch_themes' ) && isset( $_GET['action'] ) ) {
 
 		if ( ! $theme->exists() ) {
 			wp_die(
-				'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+				'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 				'<p>' . __( 'The requested theme does not exist.' ) . '</p>',
 				403
 			);

src/wp-admin/user-new.php

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/admin.php' );
 if ( is_multisite() ) {
 	if ( ! current_user_can( 'create_users' ) && ! current_user_can( 'promote_users' ) ) {
 		wp_die(
-			'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+			'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 			'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to add users to this network.' ) . '</p>',
 			403
 		);
 	}
 } elseif ( ! current_user_can( 'create_users' ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create users.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if ( isset( $_REQUEST['action'] ) && 'adduser' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
 
 	if ( ! current_user_can( 'promote_user', $user_details->ID ) ) {
 		wp_die(
-			'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+			'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 			'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to add users to this network.' ) . '</p>',
 			403
 		);
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Please click the following link to confirm the invite:
 
 	if ( ! current_user_can( 'create_users' ) ) {
 		wp_die(
-			'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+			'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 			'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create users.' ) . '</p>',
 			403
 		);

src/wp-admin/users.php

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/admin.php' );
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( 'list_users' ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to list users.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ switch ( $wp_list_table->current_action() ) {
 			// If the user doesn't already belong to the blog, bail.
 			if ( is_multisite() && ! is_user_member_of_blog( $id ) ) {
 				wp_die(
-					'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+					'<h1>' . __( 'An error has occurred.' ) . '</h1>' .
 					'<p>' . __( 'One of the selected users is not a member of this site.' ) . '</p>',
 					403
 				);

src/wp-admin/widgets.php

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/widgets.php' );
 
 if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_theme_options' ) ) {
 	wp_die(
-		'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+		'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 		'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit theme options on this site.' ) . '</p>',
 		403
 	);

src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php

@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ final class WP_Customize_Manager {
 		}
 
 		if ( ! $message ) {
-			$message = __( 'Cheatin’ uh?' );
+			$message = __( 'An error has occurred.' );
 		}
 
 		if ( $this->messenger_channel ) {
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ final class WP_Customize_Manager {
 				auth_redirect();
 			} else {
 				wp_die(
-					'<h1>' . __( 'Cheatin&#8217; uh?' ) . '</h1>' .
+					'<h1>' . __( 'You don&#8217;t have permission to do this.' ) . '</h1>' .
 					'<p>' . __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to customize this site.' ) . '</p>',
 					403
 				);

src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php

@@ -3879,7 +3879,7 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 		}
 
 		if ( ! $comment_ID ) {
-			return new IXR_Error( 403, __( 'An unidentified error has occurred.' ) );
+			return new IXR_Error( 403, __( 'An error has occurred.' ) );
 		}
 
 		/**

src/wp-includes/functions.php

@@ -2718,7 +2718,7 @@ function wp_nonce_ays( $action ) {
 			wp_logout_url( $redirect_to )
 		);
 	} else {
-		$html = __( 'Are you sure you want to do this?' );
+		$html = __( 'The link you followed no longer exists.' );
 		if ( wp_get_referer() ) {
 			$html .= '</p><p>';
 			$html .= sprintf(
@@ -2729,7 +2729,7 @@ function wp_nonce_ays( $action ) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	wp_die( $html, __( 'WordPress Failure Notice' ), 403 );
+	wp_die( $html, __( 'An error has occurred.' ), 403 );
 }
 
 /**

src/wp-includes/js/wp-ajax-response.js

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var wpAjax = jQuery.extend( {
 		selector = jQuery( selector );
 		return !wpAjax.invalidateForm( selector.find('.form-required').filter( function() { return jQuery('input:visible', this).val() === ''; } ) ).length;
 	}
-}, wpAjax || { noPerm: 'Sorry, you are not allowed to do that.', broken: 'An unidentified error has occurred.' } );
+}, wpAjax || { noPerm: 'Sorry, you are not allowed to do that.', broken: 'An error has occurred.' } );
 
 // Basic form validation
 jQuery(document).ready( function($){

src/wp-includes/script-loader.php

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 	did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(
 		'wp-ajax-response', 'wpAjax', array(
 			'noPerm' => __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to do that.' ),
-			'broken' => __( 'An unidentified error has occurred.' ),
+			'broken' => __( 'An error has occurred.' ),
 		)
 	);
 
@@ -605,7 +605,8 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 			'close'                   => __( 'Close' ),
 			'action'                  => __( 'Action' ),
 			'discardChanges'          => __( 'Discard changes' ),
-			'cheatin'                 => __( 'Cheatin’ uh?' ),
+			'cheatin'                 => __( 'An error has occurred.' ),
+			'notAllowedHeading'       => __( 'You don’t have permission to do this.' ),
 			'notAllowed'              => __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to customize this site.' ),
 			'previewIframeTitle'      => __( 'Site Preview' ),
 			'loginIframeTitle'        => __( 'Session expired' ),
@@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 		did_action( 'init' ) && $scripts->localize(
 			'admin-tags', 'tagsl10n', array(
 				'noPerm' => __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to do that.' ),
-				'broken' => __( 'An unidentified error has occurred.' ),
+				'broken' => __( 'An error has occurred.' ),
 			)
 		);
 
@@ -917,7 +918,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 					'activateImporter'         => __( 'Run Importer' ),
 					/* translators: %s: Importer name */
 					'activateImporterLabel'    => __( 'Run %s' ),
-					'unknownError'             => __( 'An unidentified error has occurred.' ),
+					'unknownError'             => __( 'An error has occurred.' ),
 					'connectionError'          => __( 'Connection lost or the server is busy. Please try again later.' ),
 					'nonceError'               => __( 'An error has occurred. Please reload the page and try again.' ),
 					'pluginsFound'             => __( 'Number of plugins found: %d' ),