[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18548: Add a better option for <title> tags

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#18548: Add a better option for <title> tags
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 Reporter:  joostdevalk                         |       Owner:  joostdevalk
     Type:  enhancement                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Template                            |  Review
 Severity:  normal                              |     Version:  3.3
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback needs-codex  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by joostdevalk):

 Replying to [comment:58 F J Kaiser]:
 > I still don't get why this is ''really'' needed. Teaching devs is what
 codex is for and not the core itself. And if you really want to teach
 people directly through template tags, use {{{_doing_it_wrong();}}} and
 extend the {{{wp_title();}}} function.
 >
 > This is the first function I see in core that is a "''parallel''"
 function. Normally core has wrapper functions for such stuff. Example:
 {{{function wp_title_tag() { echo '<title>'.wp_title( null, false
 ).'</title>'; }}}}. If you want to add fancy stuff in there: fine. But
 actually doubling most part of the ''original'' function makes imo no
 sense.
 >
 > @joostdevalk: You still didn't answer any of my above concerns or
 discuss any of the suggestions I made or alternatives I offered. This
 gives me the feeling that it's just about "boxing" this through.

 Sorry you feel that way but I think you're not getting our points. The
 goal is to:
 - have a new, better way of doing titles, without messing without causing
 issues with all themes that are currently out there. This absolutely,
 100%, rules out changing the way `wp_title()` works. You might think that
 we should train devs better, but our real concern are users, not devs, who
 end up with wonky titles on their blogs because their theme is old and
 they don't know how to change it. So backwards compatibility is paramount.
 - second, learning from our earlier mistakes, we do not want themes to be
 able to change what's in the title in any other way than plugins can, so
 we need to make the entire contents of the title tag filterable through 1
 filter. The only way of making 100% sure of that is outputting the
 `<title>` tags through the code. We can't do that within `wp_title`,
 you'll understand why because of the point above.
 - finally, we will probably, if this fix goes in, end up deprecating
 `wp_title`.

 Make sense now? Any concerns I left unanswered?

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