I think the confusion is in terminology. There are both a wp_title filter and a wp_title template tag; the requirement refers to the template tag which, if taken as-is from Twenty Eleven, should be fine.<div><br></div><div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 June 2012 16:08, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philip@frumph.net" target="_blank">philip@frumph.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>This one is new to me, the reference is here:</div>
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<div><a title="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Required_Hooks_and_Navigation" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Required_Hooks_and_Navigation" target="_blank">http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Required_Hooks_and_Navigation</a></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal">apply_filters(‘wp_title
is found in wp-includes/general-template.php</div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal"> </div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal">It
determines what the title is supposed to output, however it doesn’t do
everything that people want it to, in most cases it doesn’t output the bloginfo
appropriately on the home page that is specific for the theme.</div></div>
<div>
<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal"> </div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal">It’s
not that the codex is wrong at being a requirement, it’s more so that the
current standards do not have enough documentation and core automatic themes are
not utilizing the filter appropriately.</div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal"> </div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal">Example
twentyeleven theme:</div></div>
<div>
<div> </div>
<div><title><?php</div>
<div> /*</div>
<div> * Print the <title> tag based on what is
being viewed.</div>
<div> */</div>
<div> global $page, $paged;</div>
<div> </div>
<div> wp_title( '|', true, 'right' );</div>
<div> </div>
<div> // Add the blog name.</div>
<div> bloginfo( 'name' );</div>
<div> </div>
<div> // Add the blog description for the home/front
page.</div>
<div> $site_description = get_bloginfo( 'description',
'display' );</div>
<div> if ( $site_description && ( is_home() ||
is_front_page() ) )</div>
<div> echo " |
$site_description";</div>
<div> </div>
<div> // Add a page number if necessary:</div>
<div> if ( $paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 )</div>
<div> echo ' | ' . sprintf( __( 'Page
%s', 'twentyeleven' ), max( $paged, $page ) );</div>
<div> </div>
<div> ?></title></div></div>
<div> </div>
<div>This could actually be written as such:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>add_filter(‘wp_title’, ‘twentyeleven_wp_title’);</div>
<div> </div>
<div>function twentyeleven_wp_title($title) {</div>
<div>global $wp_query, $paged, $page;</div>
<div> // add the blog name.</div>
<div> $title .= get_bloginfo(‘name’);</div>
<div> // Add the blog description for the home/front
page.</div>
<div> $site_description = get_bloginfo( 'description',
'display' );</div>
<div> if ( $site_description && ( is_home() ||
is_front_page() ) )</div>
<div> $title .= " |
$site_description";</div>
<div> // add a page number if necessary</div>
<div> // Add a page number if necessary:</div>
<div> if ( $paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 )</div>
<div> $title .= ' | ' . _x( 'Page %s',
'twentyeleven' ), max( $paged, $page ) ;</div>
<div> return $title;</div>
<div>}</div>
<div> </div>
<div>^ little unsure of the _x( part and I’m doing this from memory.</div>
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<div>But the biggest issue probably is lack of documentation to make that a
requirement and people in the know not using it.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>However, as you can see. It *should* be done this way.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>So the end result would be:</div>
<div> </div>
<div><title><?php wp_title( ‘|’, true, ‘right’);
?></title></div>
<div> </div>
<div>
<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal">^^
Now, the problem will be the output. Someone else want to
chime in on if this is correct?</div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal"> </div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal">-
Phil</div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal"> </div></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="themes@gazpo.com" href="mailto:themes@gazpo.com" target="_blank">Gazpo Themes</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:52 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [theme-reviewers] Ticket #8055: Need
help.</div></div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Calibri';display:inline;font-weight:normal"><div><div class="h5">Hello,<br>I
need help about my theme ticket (<a href="http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8055" target="_blank">http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8055</a>)<br><br>The
theme reviewer has suggested: 'Themes must use wp_title filter.'<br>I have used
the wp_title from the twenty eleven theme, and I can see that it works fine. Can
someone tell me what's wrong with it?<br><br>Also about the header banner, it is
by default linked to the local site where it will be installed. I really can't
see where the problem is. <br><br>Can someone please tell me about above issues,
I will highly appreciate.<br><br>Thanks.<br>Sami.<br>
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