WordPress Theme Reviewers Team
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The document discusses WordPress themes and the theme review process. It provides details on the themes directory, the WordPress Theme Review Team (WPTRT) which reviews themes, and the theme review process. Key points include that there are over 1700 free themes in the directory with hundreds of millions of downloads, and themes must pass review based on guidelines before being included. It offers tips for theme developers such as using child themes, following best practices, and using the appropriate licenses for code.
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WordPress Theme Reviewers Team
- 1. WordPress.org Themes Directory – Behind the Scenes Mario Peshev @no_fear_inc WordPress Engineer DevWP.eu
- 2. Contents • About WPORG themes directory • About WPTRT • The Process • How does it Work
- 3. What is the Themes Directory? • The directory hosting all themes on WPORG • http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ • All free, all GPL
- 4. Some Numbers • 1700+ themes • 67,700,000+ downloads • Most popular themes: • http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/responsiv e/ – 550,000+ downloads • http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyten / – 1,252,000+ downloads • http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyele ven/ – 1,179,000+ downloads • * April, 2013
- 5. WordPress Theme Review Team (WPTRT) Who are they? • Team of WordPress community members – all volunteers • Mostly self-directing, under the WPORG umbrella • Varying degrees of WordPress experience/expertise
- 6. WordPress Theme Review Team (WPTRT) (2) What is their purpose? • Review and approve Theme tickets as quickly and as completely as possible • Provide an educational resource for the WordPress Theme Developer community • Encourage and establish community standards for Theme quality and best practices Anyone can get involved!
- 7. Can I get in with my theme? Sure, you can! However, you need to be aware of the Guidelines http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review
- 10. Theme Unit Test • http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test/
- 11. Theme Development WordPress Themes: • files that work together to create the design and functionality of a WordPress site • each Theme may be different and offering many choices for site owners • http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Develo pment
- 12. Theme Queues • Trac provides a list with several priority queues • Reviews are conducted based on a specific order
- 13. Purpose of these guidelines? • Outlining best practices for theme development • Less conflicts • Improved compatibility
- 14. What’s the best way of building my theme? Follow the flow from Theme Development page • Build a theme with valid markup and styling • Enable WP_DEBUG during development • Test with the Theme Unit Test data • Support all core features • Don’t forget the edge cases!
- 15. Cheats display errors error_log ( from my wp-config.php )
- 16. Plugins • Theme Check • Debug Bar • Log Deprecated Notices • Debogger • Theme Mentor • Monster Widget • Developer • Regenerate Thumbnails • WordPress Beta Tester
- 17. Theme Check • “A simple and easy way to test your theme for all the latest WordPress standards and practices. A great theme development tool!
- 18. Log Deprecated Notices • “Logs the usage of deprecated files, functions, and function arguments, and identifies where the deprecated functionality is being used.” http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/log-deprecated-notices/
- 19. Debogger • “A simple tool for debugging themes.” http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debogger/
- 20. Theme Mentor • Cousin of the Theme Check http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-mentor/
- 21. Developer • “A plugin, which helps WordPress developers develop.” http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/developer/
- 22. WordPress Beta Tester • “Allows you to easily upgrade to Beta releases.” http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/
- 23. Can I join the team? First you need to do: • Learn the guidelines • Setup the right enviroment • Do several test reviews
- 24. Guidelines • Learn the guidelines thoroughly • Apply in the make/themes group http://make.wordpress.org/themes/about/how-to-join-wptrt/
- 25. Discussions • Not everything set in stone
- 26. Chime in Mailing lists • Subscribe Make site • Make Themes site IRC • #WordPress-Themes (not actively used)
- 27. Arguable topics • Removing Default Widgets • Replacing Widgets with customized ones • Theme vs. Plugin territory • Using shortcodes • Post-content shortcodes are Plugin territory • http://lists.wordpress.org/pipermail/theme- reviewers/2013-March/012114.html
- 28. Arguable topics (2) • front-page.php and home.php behaviour • PHP version for Themes • Browser compatability • Should we support 100% IE? • Custom Support Forums
- 29. Make Themes org • Home for official resources to help people developing WordPress themes http://make.wordpress.org/themes/
- 30. Licensing • “The license under which the WordPress software is released is the GPLv2 (or later) from the Free Software Foundation. A copy of the license is included with every copy of WordPress, but you can also read the text of the license here.” • http://wordpress.org/about/license/
- 31. 3rd party scripts • Be careful with images licenses • Beware of additional item licenses • It’s important 3rd party items to be GPL compatible
- 32. On Quality Quality “The goal of the theme directory is not to list every theme in the world, it’s to list the best ones. We want a reasonable number of themes we can point to that embody the best and brightest of WordPress development, and that users can choose without compromise.” – Matt Mullenweg
- 33. Child Themes • Theme that inherits the functionality of other theme. • Recommended to use for making theme changes • Easy to use • Great opportunity for expanding the business • http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
- 34. Child Themes Structure • site_root (www) wp-content themes *your-theme *your-theme-child style.css – required functions.php – optional template files – optional other files – optional
- 35. style.css Template is your link to the parent theme
- 36. Shortcodes • Shortcodes should be carefully added (if at all) to your themes • Content changed by shortcodes is useless when a theme is switched • Themes should be used for presentation layer only and not adding functionality • Custom Post Types and Taxonomies could be a stopper if embedded in themes
- 37. Questions? Tweets as @no_fear_inc Mario Peshev on LinkedIn nofearinc on WordPress.org GitHubering via mpeshev DevWP.eu - blog