[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 mikeschinkel):

 +1 to offer a few different new approaches that are designed to leverage
 the same plugin hooks; a template tag (i.e. `the_rest()`), sidebars as
 template zones, and especially a '''huge''' +1 to `the_loop().`

 JMTCW but -1 for extending `get_template_part()`; I think one reason why
 more themes don't use it is that it can be counter-intuitive to people, or
 at least to me. Everytime I see it I have to rethink how it works, and I
 find I have to force myself to think about using it when I build a theme
 because it doesn't make sense to me. Otto makes a good point that once
 something is in WordPress it is here to stay; pity that
 `get_template_part()` is one of those.

 OTOH, if `the_loop()` was added it might hide the more common uses of
 `get_template_part()` and those make it less onerous.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18561#comment:42>
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