[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:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Post Formats  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by helen):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 I spent months of my life poring over this as the feature lead, and
 interestingly nobody has ever stopped to ask me directly about post
 formats since. We went through use cases, documentation, real-world usage,
 UI implementation, all of the above. There are significant hurdles to
 overcome, and yes, further development would be best handled in some
 manner that can exist outside of a single release cycle, which is where
 feature plugins came in. At the end of the day, though, somebody needs to
 own that plugin, and frankly, I can understand why nobody would want to
 step up to something that attracts so much polarized commentary (not
 necessarily here, but elsewhere).

 The feature was called "Post Formats UI" in 3.6, but that is by no means
 all that we tackled, or even the majority of it. We even kept some
 improvements that came directly from those efforts, like `has_shortcode()`
 and MediaElement.js for audio/video players. I think that history needs to
 be reviewed before recreating the past, because so far that is what is
 happening on this ticket, from pondering auto-detection (yes please do,
 that would be very cool, especially in Press This) to conflating post
 types with post formats. I linked several resources in [comment:21 comment
 21].

 As for the premise of the ticket: removing post formats outright from core
 - that is a wontfix right now. Discussion can and should continue even on
 a closed ticket, but given that many seem to be seeking clarity on what is
 or is not a possibility in core, I'll make it clear that this isn't.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32844#comment:31>
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