[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24152: Use JSON as alternative to headers

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#24152: Use JSON as alternative to headers
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 Reporter:  ryanve           |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:
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Comment (by DvanKooten):

 YES PLEASE.

 On top of all already mentioned benefits, this'll ditch the dependency on
 `get_file_data()` to read the plugin/theme information making it much
 easier to get that same info from outside of WordPress. Gulp was mentioned
 already but there's loads more of course.

 `wp_get_theme()` and `get_plugin_data()` could take care of this in a
 backwards compatible way, so that can't be a reason not do this.

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