[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #59767: Front page template selection needs to be more granular

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#59767: Front page template selection needs to be more granular
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 Reporter:  flixos90     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Themes       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:  template
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Changes (by flixos90):

 * keywords:  2nd-opinion has-patch => has-patch
 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * milestone:  Future Release =>


Comment:

 Per
 https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/discussions/64620#discussioncomment-10538827,
 the problem with this proposal is that it would also surface those
 templates to end users using the site editor. At this point, it would make
 things more confusing for end users. In other words, while for developers
 this template granularity would be okay, end user UX would suffer from it.

 A better solution (also raised on that Gutenberg discussion) might be to
 deprecate/remove the `home` template entirely (at least for fresh sites)
 and instead rely on the blocks from the `page_for_posts` page itself to
 render the blog.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59767#comment:11>
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