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Help Wanted: Default parameters are not correctly rendered in plugin registry methods
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Description
See, for example, registerAdminConsoleCustomSetting, where showTitle is missing:

This happens because the default parameters have a different structure in the AST returned by the parser.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start from the documentation page for registerAdminConsoleCustomSetting and trace the parser or renderer that produces the plugin registry method reference. Compare how ordinary and default parameters are represented in the AST, using the missing showTitle example as the reproduction. Done means default parameters appear correctly in the generated reference.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100