id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
20189	Deprecate bloginfo() in favor of siteinfo()	benbalter		"The function `bloginfo()` should be deprecated in favor of a more aptly named `siteinfo()`.

The function traces its roots back to version 0.71, and no longer properly describes its use, especially after 3.0's custom post type and custom taxonomy functionality. Put another way, the technology we have created has outpaced the metaphor we use to describe it.

Especially in the buttoned-up context of enterprise installs, “blog” can be a dirty word and helps to perpetuate the perception that WordPress is nothing more than a mere blogging engine (rather than a full-fledged CMS) and should not be considered for ""serious"" content management needs. Yet, to get the title of any site, regardless of content, the command we all still run is `get_bloginfo()`.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set up a WordPress site for something other than a blog
2. Attempt to spit out the site title, url, or stylesheet directory
3. Be confused why I'm calling my WordPress site a ""blog"", when I'm using it to publish other types of content

( Some [http://ben.balter.com/2012/03/05/wordpress-for-government-and-enterprise/ background] )

Yes, on paper it's a somewhat trivial issue, and may require a broader, somewhat existential discussion to resolve, but internal terminology ultimately leads to external perceptions, and it is a discussion well worth raising, if it hasn't already been hashed out elsewhere."	defect (bug)	closed	normal		General	3.4	trivial	maybelater		georgemamadashvili@…