[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18561: Better Way to Insert Things Below Individual Posts

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#18561: Better Way to Insert Things Below Individual Posts
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 Reporter:  jane         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  General      |     Version:  3.2.1
 Severity:  minor        |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jdgrimes):

 I that this idea is partly missing the mark, and at this point time would
 be better spent pursuing the idea of content blocks, which would allow
 plugins to make bits of content available, and users would be able to
 arrange them around the post as they see fit. Rather than the location
 being hard-coded by the plugin based on assumptions about what the theme
 will look like. I think somewhere in the comments up there it was
 mentioned that maybe not everything belongs under the post in every theme,
 sometimes it would do better above/beside it or somewhere else non-
 standard. What we really need here is standard content-block areas that
 themes could register, like a post metadata content block area. The plugin
 could then add its content block to that content block  area by default,
 but the theme would decide how that content block area was displayed,
 under/beside the post or whatever. And a user could also decide to move
 the content to a different content block area instead. I don't know, but
 that sounds like the future to me.

 I realize that this might not fit every use-case, but I think we need to
 clarify the particular use-cases that it wouldn't fit and then tailor any
 further action on this ticket (or something like it) specifically for that
 smaller subset of uses, rather than as a way to display everything and
 anything.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18561#comment:129>
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