[Feature request] Display templates for blank titles or descriptions in Bulk Editor

mariusghitulescu commented 7 years ago

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[x] I've searched for any related issues and avoided creating a duplicate issue.

Please give us a description of what happened.

When using the Bulk Editor tool, all posts which do not have a custom SEO Title or Meta description set will show up as blank for "Existing SEO Title/Meta Description".

This may be confusing for the users, because an empty field does not mean the post will have no title or meta description, but it will use the auto-generated ones from the template variables.

bulk editor title

Please describe what you expected to happen and why.

Instead of showing an empty space as in the above screenshot, it should show the variables set for the template, as when editing a post individually.

title variables

How can we reproduce this behavior?

Create post with empty SEO Title / Meta Description
Check the post in Bulk Editor -> empty fields
Edit the post individually -> the fields will show the default variables unless overwritten

Technical info

WordPress version: 4.8.1
Yoast SEO version: 5.3.3
Relevant plugins in case of a bug:

mariusghitulescu commented 7 years ago

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networksolution commented 6 years ago

+1

Pcosta88 commented 6 years ago

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jdevalk commented 6 years ago

Agreed, we should probably italicise the template title, but we should show it.

mariusghitulescu commented 5 years ago

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galbaras commented 5 years ago

v10.0 still has this problem

Pcosta88 commented 5 years ago

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galbaras commented 5 years ago

Seems like it's how the bulk editor should have worked to begin with, and therefore a bug. We're on version 10.0.1 and this was opened when 5.3.3 was out, but was likely an issue before.

Why is this a feature request or an enhancement, and why is it on the backlog?

Surely you can see the value of having correct SEO attributes displayed in lists as a way to speed up SEO work by not wasting time.

rmarcano commented 5 years ago

This issue also occurs on the Posts and Pages overview page, but only for the meta description.

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amboutwe commented 5 years ago

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Pcosta88 commented 5 years ago

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galbaras commented 5 years ago

Is this such a difficult fix?

Djennez commented 5 years ago

This feature request doesn't have priority at the moment. We welcome any PRs from the community, implementing a version of this.

galbaras commented 4 years ago

12.2 and counting. Is this on your radar?

galbaras commented 4 years ago

This should be a reuse of existing code in a new place, yet it hasn't been done in over a year :(

rmarcano commented 4 years ago

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rmarcano commented 4 years ago

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Pcosta88 commented 4 years ago

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galbaras commented 4 years ago

This has been open since Sep 6, 2017. It may get more attention if someone removed the "[Feature request]" from the title, because the bulk editor should show the current values if the user is meant to evaluate and possible replace them.

I'm sure it was supposed to by design.

monbauza commented 4 years ago

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galbaras commented 4 years ago

Today is the 1,000-day anniversary of this issue.

Pcosta88 commented 4 years ago

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galbaras commented 4 years ago

Given that #11753 now works, why not use the same code for the bulk editor?

galbaras commented 3 years ago

3 years, 3 months since this issue was opened and counting.

shabnam611 commented 11 months ago

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