[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 KMBredt):

 What about a more extreme-version of the get_template_part by introducing
 an selector-approach probably known from jQuery. I stumbled upon it, while
 dealing with the Infinite Scroll plugin, although they are using it on the
 client-side, a server-side version should be able to provide what's needed
 (if that is even possible). Instead of targeting specific files one could
 target a <div> with a certain ID or other HTML-elements with IDs or
 classes.

 You would have a function (e.g.: wp_selector()) which has at least three
 arguments. One for what to select (to help theme- and plugin-developers a
 CSS/jQuery-syntax is probably preferred), one to decide if the content or
 the actions, which should be inserted or happen, are inserted/do happen
 before or after the found selector, and the third argument gives the
 content or action.

 For example:

 {{{
 wp_selector('.postmetadata','after','gplusbutton');
 }}}


 Plugin-developers would need to add an option or two to let the
 designer/user insert the specified selector to satisfy all needs. This
 should make it very easy to set the right hooks at the right places.
 Perhaps a fourth option could add a z-index-like approach to deal with
 plugins rooting for the same place.

 If the selector is not present or couldn't be found a more common hook can
 be set as a fifth argument and act as a fallback.

 Please note, that I have absolutely no clue if this is even technically
 possible.

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