[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 shooper):

 Replying to [comment:4 mor10]:

 > Replying to [comment:2 shooper]:
 > > Out of curiosity I checked the themes in the wordpress.org repo - less
 than half of them support post formats (assuming tagging is correct).
 This may or may not be valuable in the conversation, but thought I'd add
 that data point.
 >
 > I don't think this data point is a valid indicator. My experience is
 that Post Formats, when supported, are supported in a very limited way and
 do almost nothing. For example, in Twenty Fifteen several formats are
 supported, but the only format that really does anything at all is Aside.
 The rest seem to be there solely for taxonomy and indexing purposes.

 That actually makes the case for removing them from core even stronger in
 my opinion. If the themes that do support Post Formats don't do much at
 all, they serve even less of a function.

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