OK, now that I installed WordPress and customized the Royal theme enough to suit my own megalomania and my girlfriend’s taste, I try to post an empty test comment, expecting a nice error message, and… ouch! the digest authentication prompt guarding my administration directory?! why?
A quick grep reveals that the wp_die() function in wp-includes/functions.php uses its own hardcoded template, linking many assets under the protected wp-admin directory, e.g. install.css. Bad.
Looks like an “idea” about Modular error pages/a way to override wp_die exists in the Wordpress Ideas vault since two weeks ago. Good.
But I need them now, themed error pages. It’s a matter of decency!
Luckily, it’s quite easy, even if a wonderfully dirty hack…
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