Add title class name to latest posts Block

[miminari]

Description

I think the title element of the latest posts Block should contain the class name, just like the author, post date, etc.

related #22759

How has this been tested?

1. You create a new post.
2. Add a latest post block, and save.

You will see the class name wp-block-latest-posts__post-title added to the a tag of the post title in the editor screen and on the front side using the dev tool.

Screenshots

Types of changes

New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)

Checklist:

• My code is tested.
• My code follows the WordPress code style.
• My code follows the accessibility standards.
• I've tested my changes with keyboard and screen readers.
• My code has proper inline documentation.
• I've included developer documentation if appropriate.
• I've updated all React Native files affected by any refactorings/renamings in this PR (please manually search all *.native.js files for terms that need renaming or removal).

[jorgefilipecosta]

Hi @miminari, classes are not part of the public WordPress API and they can be changed or removed. Normally we only add classes when we have a use case for them (as part of the styling core/Gutenberg does) I guess we can add the class if one day we need to use it?

[miminari]

@jorgefilipecosta Thank you for your reply. OK, that is the policy of WordPress, but I don't think it explains why other elements are given classes and why only the title element doesn't need to be styled. Why not? It is uncomfortable. If you try to apply a style to this block in your theme, I'm sure you will feel the same discomfort. And since it's an a tag, you have to be a little careful when you try to give it a style according to "the stylelint". Conversely, why is the class name given to the time tag?

[aristath]

I'm afraid I don't quite understand why this would be necessary... That block doesn't have any text links in it other than the post-titles, so .wp-block-latest-posts a will work just fine without affecting anything else 🤔
Am I missing something?

[miminari]

@aristath Thank you for reply. What I'm trying to tell you is that the coding rule may be ambiguous. If the rule is to add classes only for the minimum required by the core, then, the class name of the time tag doesn't seem to be necessary, does it?

[dashkevych]

I'm afraid I don't quite understand why this would be necessary... That block doesn't have any text links in it other than the post-titles, so .wp-block-latest-posts a will work just fine without affecting anything else 🤔
Am I missing something?

The block allows to display the content of the post (either excerpt or full post). So, I believe having .wp-block-latest-posts a will also affect links inside the content area, including the Read More link.

[skorasaurus]

Hi, thanks for your effort in making this. Since your PR was made, another PR was made and has been merged into Gutenberg that adds the title class name; fulfilling the purpose of your PR.

[adrianahdez]

Hi @skorasaurus, I know that the PR you referenced is merged but I found that it is wrong, because the class for post title was added on the featured image element instead on the post title element. I've created a new issue for this