[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32844: Remove Post Formats and make them an optional plugin like Links

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#32844: Remove Post Formats and make them an optional plugin like Links
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 Reporter:  mor10         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Post Formats  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by courane01):

 Replying to [comment:20 chipbennett]:

 I am envisions HG this the same manner. Possibly letting custiomizer
 handle design differences among post format options.


 > Replying to [comment:19 littlefyr]:
 > >
 > > Agreed. Probably the most compelling use case for Post Format is one
 where I have a serial collection (ie Posts) of things but on any given day
 I'll want to have a different thing and that thing is distinguished not by
 its style, but by its content.
 > >
 >
 > The key thing to remember - and I remember the epiphany way back when
 Post Formats were first introduced - is that the feature is not a custom
 ''content'' (i.e. ''post'') type, but rather a custom ''taxonomy'', for a
 given ''content'' (i.e. ''post'') type.
 >
 > A blog post (i.e. the content type) can have different kinds of
 information. How that information gets entered and stored is really what
 needs to be fleshed out and standardized.
 >
 > For a post with the Link post format, does the user enter the link as
 the Post Title, or the Post Content - or maybe as post meta data? Is the
 link entered as a raw URL, or does it have a link title for constructing a
 fully formed HTML link? Does a post with the Link post format also allow
 for descriptive content?
 >
 > Does a post with the Aside post format have a Post Title?
 >
 > Are videos, audios, and images configured as post attachments? Post
 meta?
 >
 > Those are the kinds of questions that really need to be answered, in and
 by core, in order for Post Formats to be truly useful.
 >
 > I think those things can be answered with the feature remaining in core.
 Others may disagree.

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