[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26976: WP should try to set a default title

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#26976: WP should try to set a default title
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-    |       Owner:
  Bernardy               |      Status:  new
     Type:  defect       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
  (bug)                  |     Version:  trunk
 Priority:  normal       |  Resolution:
Component:  General      |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility, administration,
 Severity:  normal       |  template
 Keywords:               |
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Changes (by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 * type:  feature request => defect (bug)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 Latz]:
 > Inserting some arbitrary text will most certainly lead to some
 confusions. If an author decides to have no title for his post I think he
 is satisfied to see "(no title)" in the backend.
 > The same goes for feeds. If the author sets no title he most probably
 wants to have no title in the feed neither. BTW, WP is handling the empty
 title correctly by setting the title tag to `<title />`.
 >
 > It would make more sense to put the proposed behaviour into a plugin
 since the user would consciously opt-in for this feature in that case.

 I think you're missing the point of the bug report — it has nothing to do
 with the `<title>` tag or whatever appears when outputting the title in a
 loop, and everything to do with the title of posts when viewed in lists.

 Currently, the admin area fills in a cryptic and extremely unhelpful "(no
 title)". In feeds and widgets, in contrast, WP will show the post's ID —
 nothing else. Not "(no title)" or anything useful: a numerical ID in guise
 of title.

 In both cases, having WP be a bit smarter by outputting the first few
 words gives a lot more context.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26976#comment:3>
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