[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #45516: Auto Draft title issue for custom post types

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#45516: Auto Draft title issue for custom post types
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 Reporter:  rajanit2000                          |       Owner:
                                                 |  SergeyBiryukov
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  7.0
Component:  Administration                       |     Version:  5.0
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots has-test-info has-   |     Focuses:
  patch has-unit-tests commit                    |
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Changes (by SirLouen):

 * focuses:  administration =>
 * component:  Posts, Post Types => Administration


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:78 peterwilsoncc]:
 > I'd like to go back to first principals and consider what exactly the
 problem is that needs to be solved.
 >
 >
 > I believe the issue is that "Auto Draft" is technical details AND that
 there is no way to differentiate between posts when viewing the admin
 screen.
 >
 > The issue with `(no title supported)` was similar: it's a technical
 detail AND there was no way to differentiate between posts when viewing
 the admin screen.
 >
 > Wrapping the title in brackets isn't great. `No title` or `Untitled` is
 an improvement on the earlier version but still lacks a way of
 differentiating the posts in the admin.
 >
 > An additional question to ask is this: Is this a bug in WordPress or
 themes/plugins developing CPTs without title support? WordPress provides
 numerous filters to modify the title display; is it reasonable to expect
 these to be used (I believe it is).
 >
 > Regarding the default themes, I'm not overly concerned about them
 displaying the default value on the front end. WordPress default themes
 are designed to support WordPress default post types which support titles.

 To be clear, I don't 100% understand what you are expecting from this.

 I'm going to try to guess what your proposal is: switching from `(no
 title)` to `No title`?

 `(no title)` in the Admin dashboard, has been the default for centuries
 when no title has been set.

 If this is what you have in mind, basically you are going out of scope of
 this ticket. The right way to proceed is to open a new ticket focusing on
 this change if you think this will bring a legibility improvement.

 But this ticket is trying to fix a singular defect. I don't understand why
 we must solve 2 or 3 things at a time. We should aim to do atomic changes,
 which are easier to review, easier to test and unit test, and easier to
 track back and understand when git blaming. If we fix this, switching from
 `Auto Draft` to an empty string (which results, by default, in `(no
 title)` then we can steer into `No Title` or whatever idea, but in another
 ticket.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45516#comment:79>
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