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WordPress constants that should have never been constants
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// Constants causing serious damage (application *states* are never constant):
DOING_AJAX
DOING_AUTOSAVE
DOING_CRON
IFRAME_REQUEST
IS_PROFILE_PAGE
WP_ADMIN
WP_BLOG_ADMIN
WP_IMPORTING
WP_INSTALLING
WP_INSTALLING_NETWORK
WP_NETWORK_ADMIN
WP_REPAIRING
WP_SETUP_CONFIG
WP_USER_ADMIN
WP_USE_THEMES
XMLRPC_REQUEST
// Other constants that should have never been defined (but aren't too destructive at least):
AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL
BACKGROUND_COLOR
BACKGROUND_IMAGE
// These are all states technically, but at least they are constant for one whole network.
BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE / BLOGID_CURRENT_SITE
DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE
PATH_CURRENT_SITE
HEADER_IMAGE
HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH
HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT
HEADER_TEXTCOLOR
NO_HEADER_TEXT
// More states, but there's not much to unit test here anyway (or that can be tested).
SHORTINIT
WP_UNINSTALL_PLUGIN
TEST_COOKIE // This was ever needed as a variable to begin with, let alone a constant.
WP_POST_REVISIONS
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