[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30974: Use a JSON file for theme and plugin details

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#30974: Use a JSON file for theme and plugin details
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 Reporter:  retlehs          |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General          |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 Currently plugin details go in a PHP comment and theme details go in a CSS
 comment. The file header specification could be removed in favor of valid
 JSON.

 I haven't thought about how this setup would work with mu-plugins.

 Ref:

 * http://codex.wordpress.org/File_Header
 * https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_file_data/

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