[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-Bernardy                    |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |  Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  General                              |  Review
 Severity:  normal                               |    Version:  trunk
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility, administration,   |   Keywords:
  template                                       |
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 When creating a post without a title, various bits and pieces of WP aren't
 as user-friendly as they should be.

 Among them:

 - Occurrences of "(no-title)" in the admin area (e.g. posts list)
 - Posts titled after their ID in the Recent Posts widget

 Could we add some code in there to try to fill the gaps where relevant,
 i.e. in cases where an author who purposely sets no title (for an aside
 when not using a custom post type or similar, for instance) would find it
 desirable and useful? Namely:

 - In the admin area, for post lists
 - In the RSS feed, for feed readers
 - In widgets, and more generally outside of the loop

 Tentative solution that can be dropped as a plugin in the meanwhile, to
 see what I mean:

 {{{
 add_filter('the_title', function($title, $post_id) {
         if ($title || in_the_loop() && !is_feed() && !is_admin()) return
 $title;

         $post = get_post($post_id);

         if (trim($post->post_excerpt)) {
                 $text = $post->post_excerpt;
             $text = apply_filters('the_excerpt', $text);
         } else {
             $text = $post->post_content;
                 $text = strip_shortcodes($text);
                 $text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
                 $text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
         }

         return wp_trim_words($text, 6);
 }, -50, 2);
 }}}

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