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7 Tips on Getting Your Theme Approved the First Time
- 1. 7 Tips on Getting Your Theme Approved The First Time Dmitry Mayorov / www.themepatio.com WordCamp London 2016
- 4. Why Release Your Theme Publicly?
- 5. Why Release Your Theme Publicly -- Give back to the community -- Get real feedback -- Become a better designer/developer
- 7. With GPL Users are Free to : -- Use the theme for any purpose -- Study the source code -- Modify the theme -- Redistribute the theme
- 8. How To Make Sure Your Theme is GPL-friendly?
- 9. /* Theme Name: Maker Author: ThemePatio Text Domain: maker License: GNU GPL v2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2 Declare the License in style.css
- 10. === Maker === Contributors: iamdmitrymayorov Version: 0.2.0 License: GNU GPL v2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl- Tags: black, gray, red, white, dark, l Declare the License in readme.txt
- 11. Typicons Author: Stephen Hutchings License: SIL (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL) URL: http://typicons.com/ Bundle Only GPL-friendly Resources
- 12. Chair & Table Author: Jordan Sanchez Licence: CC0 1.0 URL: https://unsplash.com/photos/KyB-Eo4xS Use Only GPL-friendly Images
- 14. GPL Summary -- Declare the license in style.css and readme.txt -- Bundle only GPL-friendly code -- Use only GPL-friendly images -- Provide info in the readme.txt
- 15. 2. Don’t Start From Scratch
- 18. 3. Requirements
- 19. <head> ... <script src=’theme.js’></script> ... </head> 3.1 Don’t Hardcode Scripts and Styles
- 22. Full List of Bundled Resources developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/ wp_enqueue_script/
- 23. 3.2 Prefix Everything -- Functions -- Classes -- Actions and filters -- Global variables -- Database entries
- 24. function output() { // Code goes here. } Bad Example
- 26. function maker_entry_meta() { // Code goes here. } Good Example
- 27. 3.3 Validate & Sanitize
- 30. sanitize_text_field( $input ) Sanitize On The Input
- 31. $wp_customize->add_setting( ‘footer’, array( ‘sanitize_callback’ => ‘sanitize_text_field’, ) ); Sanitize On The Input
- 32. esc_html( $output ); Escape On The Output
- 33. // Get the data. $prefix_name = get_theme_mod( ‘footer’ ); // Escape as a late as possible and display. echo esc_html( $prefix_name ); Escape On The Output
- 36. echo ‘Comments’; Theme For a Client
- 37. echo __( ‘Comments’, ‘themeslug’ ); Public Theme
- 38. _e( ‘Comments’, ‘themeslug’ ); Public Theme
- 39. esc_html_e( ‘Comments’, ‘themeslug’ ); Public Theme
- 40. More Info On I18N codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers
- 41. 3.5 Theme vs. Plugin Territory
- 42. More Info on Requirements make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/ review/required
- 43. 4. Learn From Others
- 44. 4.1. Study Default Themes
- 45. 4.2 Study Other Themes From the Repository
- 46. 5. Test
- 47. define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true ); 5.1 wp-config.php
- 48. 5.2 Theme Check Plugin wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check
- 50. 5.3 Codesniffer with WPCS github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/ WordPress-Coding-Standards
- 51. 5.4 Theme Unit Test codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test
- 52. 5.5 Monster Widget Plugin wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check
- 53. 5.6 Real Content
- 54. 6. Become a Reviewer
- 55. 7. Keep It Simple
- 56. Questions? Dmitry Mayorov / www.themepatio.com WordCamp London 2016