[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 lgedeon):

 I like the lead by example method. Let's add this into the themes we can.
 They are used as a model for many other themes. This should also be
 recommended practice specifically for themes that are built with child
 themes in mind. Duplicating header.php or doing the output buffer hack
 just to add one thing should not be necessary. body_class() is gaining
 wide acceptance, why not body_open as well?

 As a theme developer, I would rather add one line that I know is becoming
 a standard than insert a custom hook that may never be used by more than
 one custom plugin.

 There are so many times we need to get something to the top of the page.
 Sure sometimes it is ads, but other times it is an announcement,
 navigation, a widget area, or any other piece of content that a user might
 want. Sure we can do things in CSS and/or JS a lot of times, but page
 rendering would be faster with the hook - might even get to do page
 caching, and in many cases would just be less breaky.

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