[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26516: Make it easier to check theme support

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#26516: Make it easier to check theme support
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 Reporter:  obenland                |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes                  |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |
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Description changed by obenland:

Old description:

> Currently we don't make it too easy for plugins (and themes I suppose) to
> get access to the information passed in the second argument to
> `add_theme_support()`.
>
> To get more information about a theme's support for post thumbnails for
> example, a plugin would have to assign the return value of
> `get_theme_support()` to a variable and then access the value stored in
> the first key of the returned array:
> {{{
> #!php
> $support = get_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
> $actual_support = $support[0];
> }}}
>
> While this is not ideal for core features that themes need to register
> support for, it gets painful quickly when themes and plugins want to deal
> with information coupled to a custom feature.

New description:

 Currently we don't make it too easy for plugins (and themes I suppose) to
 get access to the information passed in the second argument to
 `add_theme_support()`.

 To get more information about a theme's support for post thumbnails for
 example, a plugin would have to assign the return value of
 `get_theme_support()` to a variable and then access the value stored in
 the first key of the returned array:
 {{{
 #!php
 <?php
 $support = get_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
 $actual_support = $support[0];
 }}}

 While this is not ideal for core features that themes need to register
 support for, it gets painful quickly when themes and plugins want to deal
 with information coupled to a custom feature.

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