[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12563: New action on body open

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#12563: New action on body open
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 Reporter:  joostdevalk    |       Owner:  joostdevalk
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch      |     Focuses:  template
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Comment (by westonruter):

 Replying to [comment:43 joyously]:
 > We've gone eight years without it. What's the big deal?
 >
 > Why isn't `get_header` hook or even `wp_footer` sufficient?

 Good precedent for why `wp_body_open()` makes sense I think can be found
 in the introduction of support for `title` tag in #18548 (via `title-tag`
 theme support). Sure themes and plugins could just put `<title>` in their
 `header.php`, but this means lots of duplicated code and it makes it more
 difficult for themes, plugins, and core to manipulate the title. In the
 same way, having a standard `wp_body_open()` would make it easier for
 everyone to add markup to this (increasingly) standard location.

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