I know to some degree if you start speaking about programming, then most
would be developers would start tuning you out very quickly. However,
the term is not accurate when a developer starts looking at code. The
terms, "template tag" and "function" are the used in the same context.
Well, that is to say Template Tags are functions. It is to also say that
not all functions are template tags. Just because a function can be used
within a template does not make it a template tag.
While I was editing wp_count_posts() Codex page [1], I noticed that it
is under the Template Tag category. However, it is not within one of the
*-template.php files, it is in the post.php file. This lead me into some
confusion, as most functions, which would be referred to as Template
Tags are within the *-template.php files.
I would move the page, but I'm a n00b to the Codex, so I dare not
displease the gods. In my opinion, it should be. Am I wrong with my
assertion?
It also leads some confusion with a co-worker and myself. We both
thought that Template Tags are majority used within The Loop, however
this might be narrow thinking on our part. Doing some checking, any
Template Tag can be used outside The Loop easily, well it would take
some global hacking in order to do so.
My question is, where do you draw the line between functions (which
developers look for) and template tags which non-developers look for?
[1] http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_count_posts
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