[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12563: New action on body open

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#12563: New action on body open
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 Reporter:  joostdevalk                  |       Owner:  joostdevalk
     Type:  enhancement                  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Themes                       |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion close  |
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Comment (by Willscrlt):

 Replying to [comment:21 obenland]:
 > Can we close this in favor of #21506?
 Hi. I agree with joostdevalk. This hook is very necessary for several
 people (at least judging by the number of similar requests I found when
 Googling this). The other ticket has some similarities, but nothing like
 this where the hook comes right after the BODY tag.

 That, too, is what I need. I realize that not all themes will support it
 (though getting it into the next updates of the TwentyEleven,
 TwentyTwelve, and TwentyThirteen themes would be a big boost), but it
 would be a lot easier for users to pick themes that support the hook (or
 add one line of code to a theme), than for plugin developers to have to
 resort to really ugly JavaScript kludges that only work if JS is enabled.

 In my case, I am writing a plugin that easily (or so I thought) allows
 people to call a PHP function at the top of the page. I will be using it
 on my own sites to load a global navigation bar across multiple domains
 and multiple Web applications (WordPress, phpBB, Piwigo, etc.). I need
 something that works across multiple themes (at least any theme that has
 built in support for the new body_open hook), since different sites use
 different themes.

 Sure, I could hack existing themes to insert the PHP function, but I'd
 rather just use a plugin to do it, and then leave the themes alone so that
 they can remain updated and my function still works.

 The need for body_open is definitely there, so I hope that this will be
 committed quickly. As far as waiting for theme support--well--nobody is
 going to support it until it becomes a reality. Even if adoption is slow,
 that doesn't mean it's useless. If a Webmaster needs the functionality of
 a plugin like mine (or any of the others I've seen suggested by people
 looking for this fix), then they will find a theme that works or hack one
 to make it work.

 I have no idea about the politics or proper procedures of getting a commit
 like this done, but the Codex does imply that if we find places that need
 new hooks, it will be easy to get them added. I took that with a grain of
 salt, but this suggestion has been around for 3 years. Can we PLEASE get
 it in the next release? It doesn't seem like it should be that hard to add
 a hook in.

 And just to be clear, this needs to come BEFORE any other WP stuff (right
 after the body tag would be best for me and for the others I read). #21506
 would come after all the top visual headings. That would be far too late
 for what most of us need. Not that that isn't a good place for a hook,
 too. It's just not the same thing. Thanks!

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