[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #61183: Make all themes fully support HTML5 by default.

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#61183: Make all themes fully support HTML5 by default.
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 Reporter:  dmsnell      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.6
Component:  General      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Description changed by dmsnell:

Old description:

> See #54731.
> See #59883.
>
> This ticket proposes that `add_theme_support()` return `true` by default
> for HTML5 support. The reality of the web and WordPress today is that
> //only// HTML5 is supported, regardless of the `DOCTYPE` and regardless
> of what a theme may infer. Unless a theme sends an actual HTTP `Content-
> type: application/xml+xhtml` header or the page's path ends in `.xml`
> then a browser will not interpret it as HTML4 or XHTML.
>
> Therefore it is not only safe to default support to HTML5 (because that
> is what is truly happening in a browser), but it will help improve the
> reliability of HTML that WordPress generates, as it will not incorrectly
> generate HTML that will be corrupted in a browser based off of outdated
> expectations of parsing rules.

New description:

 See #54731.
 See #59883.

 This ticket proposes that `add_theme_support()` return `true` by default
 for HTML5 support. The reality of the web and WordPress today is that
 //only// HTML5 is supported, regardless of the `DOCTYPE` and regardless of
 what a theme may infer. Unless a theme sends an actual HTTP `Content-type:
 application/xml+xhtml` header or the page's path ends in `.xml` then a
 browser will not interpret it as HTML4 or XHTML.

 Therefore it is not only safe to default support to HTML5 (because that is
 what is truly happening in a browser), but it will help improve the
 reliability of HTML that WordPress generates, as it will not incorrectly
 generate HTML that will be corrupted in a browser based off of outdated
 expectations of parsing rules.

 === Existing code filtering the `current_theme_supports-html5`

  - [https://wpdirectory.net/search/01HXFVEPBJ718TG7HRYM256DSQ No plugins]
  - [https://wpdirectory.net/search/01HXFVF7P3J1DGVAK7QC2F3JYE No themes]

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