[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #54178: Use theme.json for theme metadata instead of style.css

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#54178: Use theme.json for theme metadata instead of style.css
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 Reporter:  jamesbonham  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 Most themes no longer rely use one big css file compiled to style.css.
 This means that the file is often only used for theme metadata (name,
 description, version etc.). From an outside perspective this makes no
 sense.

 Seeing as the comment in style.css is structured data it would be most
 logical to allow theme developers to add it all to the theme.json file.

 I know this would have some far reaching implications, as many places read
 the info in style.css, but it would be logical and would encourage
 developers to start using the theme.json file more.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54178>
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