[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49805: missing get_the_title / confusing the_title filter

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#49805: missing get_the_title / confusing the_title filter
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 Reporter:  thomask       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by roytanck):

 Hi Thomask. I'm trying to understand what you are trying to achieve here.
 As far as I know, the `the_title` filter hook is meant to filter the
 textual content of the title, not to add markup. The template function
 `the_title()` is a wrapper around `get_the_title()`, so it makes sense to
 place the filter inside the latter.

 The `the_title` function also has "before" and "after" parameters,
 allowing theme authors to wrap the title in markup.

 If there was a `the_title_wrap` filter, its results would -in many themes
 - land inside an `<h1>` element, or even possibly in the header title tag.
 I don't see a way to add a hook to safely wrap the title in markup, given
 in how many places `the_title()` and `get_the_title()` are potentially
 used.

 As for `the_content`, that hook filters the post content, which obviously
 is already a piece of HTML markup that you can safely extend with more
 markup.

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