[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48816: Use get_bloginfo in the REST API index

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#48816: Use get_bloginfo in the REST API index
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 Reporter:  TimothyBlynJacobs  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |    Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:                     |
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 The REST API provides data in the site "index" when making a request to
 `https://example.org/wp-json`. This  describes the site and the APIs
 available. In particular it returns the name of the website, and the
 tagline. These values are retrieved using `get_option` directly instead of
 `get_bloginfo`.

 Because this data would be used presentationally, it seems like it'd be
 more useful if it returned the "presentation" version of these strings.

 As far as I could tell, the index has more or less worked the same since
 the GSOC version of the REST API, so I wasn't able to find any description
 of why it was built that way.

 I opened this because of
 [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/18760 a Gutenberg PR] which
 would display the site title.

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