[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19627: Themes should be able to opt-in to a static front page

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#19627: Themes should be able to opt-in to a static front page
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 Reporter:  nacin            |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Themes           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 As [comment:29] mentions, all themes should support a static front page
 already, even if it uses the same template as other pages. What's the goal
 here? To make it more obvious that a static front page can be used? To
 change the user's static front page option automatically on a theme switch
 (it's an `option`, not a `theme_mod` for a reason)? To display text
 implying that the current theme supports a static front page in a specific
 way? To allow themes ''not'' to support a static front page? The `Your
 theme supports a static front page` text should probably go away
 regardless.

 #16379 and #38013 are probably more relevant projects for improving the
 way static front pages can be changed.

 We could do something like [comment:62], but that assumes that a
 significant number of users would activate a theme without first
 previewing it in the customizer, where the ability to change the front
 page is a clear part of the flow. An admin notice probably isn't the best
 UX, because the user likely wants the blog index on the front if they left
 the option that way. Core could also start defaulting to a static front
 page if that would help, since that's a more common behavior. Perhaps
 renaming "Static Front Page" to "Front Page" for the customizer section
 title could also help.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19627#comment:78>
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