[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #61639: REST API: Posts/Pages endpoint prefixes private pages titles.

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#61639: REST API: Posts/Pages endpoint prefixes private pages titles.
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 Reporter:  youknowriad  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  REST API     |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:  rest-api
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Changes (by swissspidy):

 * keywords:   => needs-patch
 * version:   => 4.7
 * type:  defect (bug) => enhancement
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Comment:

 I don't think there was a conscious decision to explicitly add this to the
 REST API. It simply uses `get_the_title()` internally which happens to add
 the "Private:" prefix (but only if you are not in the admin!).

 By default, `get_the_title()` adds a "Protected:" prefix too, but the REST
 API removes it (see
 `\WP_REST_Posts_Controller::protected_title_format()`). This was added in
 https://github.com/WP-API/WP-API/pull/2720 because you can still access a
 protected post in the API, but you can't see the content & excerpt fields.

 For consistency reasons it sounds reasonable to me to omit the prefix for
 "Private" as well. Would probably be good to mention it in a misc dev note
 if it lands.

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 Aside: `Private: ` for empty private pages is just wrong IMO.

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