[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18561: Better Way to Insert Things Below Individual Posts

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#18561: Better Way to Insert Things Below Individual Posts
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 Reporter:  jane         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  minor        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by Otto42):

 The idea behind the_rest doesn't accomplish that goal, since using
 the_rest wouldn't be a drop in. You'd have to reformat your output for the
 other stuff not in the_content (ie, the header and footer surrounding
 the_content) into action hooks. It's not as easy to implement as it seems
 at first glance.

 get_template_part is equally not easy, but a fair number of themes are
 already using it, and there's a lot of advantages to it beyond just this
 particular case. So making it capable of handling this case as well, along
 with giving a reason to standardize on "parts", solves more problems and
 has greater benefits. Plus it's a lot simpler and doesn't needlessly add
 one-more-thing.

 The problem with adding new things is that once they're in, they're in
 forever and have to be supported until the end of time. Modifying existing
 things to be more capable is a better long run approach, when it makes
 sense to do so.

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