[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18803: Core hooks for fragment caching

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#18803: Core hooks for fragment caching
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 Reporter:  sivel            |      Owner:  sivel
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Template         |    Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback
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 I have been running fragment caching for some time, but have seen a few
 negatives with the way it needs to be implemented currently.  With
 fragment caching potentially becoming even more popular after talks given
 at WordCamps, core hooks to assist in this are going to become more
 necessary, for several reasons, such as creating some standardization
 about how it is integrated into the theme.

 Since there are no hooks in something like get_sidebar() ->
 get_template_part() -> locate_template() -> load_template() you have to
 create your own function calls to use in a theme to render the sidebar.

 In my specific case I was using a child theme, and ended up having to copy
 over a lot of the parent theme files to make the modification.

 My goal is to provide some hooks that would allow use of the standard
 theme functions such as get_sidebar() but give a plugin or similar access
 to interrupt the process, generate the cache and output the cache.

 My first pass is attached as well as a sample mu-plugin that I have wrote
 to show how you can use the new hooks to perform fragment caching.

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