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7 Tips on Getting Your Theme Approved the First Time
The document provides 7 tips for getting a WordPress theme approved: 1) Use a GPL license and only include GPL-compatible code and images, 2) Don't start from scratch but build on frameworks like Underscores, 3) Follow WordPress requirements like enqueueing scripts properly, prefixing everything, validating and sanitizing data, and making strings translatable, 4) Learn from default and other popular themes, 5) Thoroughly test the theme, 6) Consider becoming an official theme reviewer, and 7) Keep the theme simple.
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- 1. 7 Tips onGetting Your Theme Approved The First Time Dmitry Mayorov / www.themepatio.com WordCamp London 2016
- 4. Why Release Your ThemePublicly?
- 5. Why Release YourTheme Publicly -- Give back to the community -- Get real feedback -- Become a better designer/developer
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- 7. With GPL Usersare Free to : -- Use the theme for any purpose -- Study the source code -- Modify the theme -- Redistribute the theme
- 8. How To MakeSure Your Theme is GPL-friendly?
- 9. /* Theme Name: Maker Author: ThemePatio Text Domain: maker License: GNUGPL 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: GNUGPL 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
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- 14. GPL Summary -- Declarethe 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 StartFrom Scratch
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- 19. <head> ... <script src=’theme.js’></script> ... </head> 3.1 Don’tHardcode Scripts and Styles
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- 22. Full List ofBundled 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 ) SanitizeOn The Input
- 31. $wp_customize->add_setting( ‘footer’, array( ‘sanitize_callback’=> ‘sanitize_text_field’, ) ); Sanitize On The Input
- 32. esc_html( $output ); EscapeOn The Output
- 33. // Get thedata. $prefix_name = get_theme_mod( ‘footer’ ); // Escape as a late as possible and display. echo esc_html( $prefix_name ); Escape On The Output
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- 36. echo ‘Comments’; Theme Fora Client
- 37. echo __( ‘Comments’,‘themeslug’ ); Public Theme
- 38. _e( ‘Comments’, ‘themeslug’); Public Theme
- 39. esc_html_e( ‘Comments’, ‘themeslug’); Public Theme
- 40. More Info OnI18N codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers
- 41. 3.5 Theme vs.Plugin Territory
- 42. More Info onRequirements make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/ review/required
- 43. 4. Learn FromOthers
- 44. 4.1. Study DefaultThemes
- 45. 4.2 Study OtherThemes From the Repository
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- 47. define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true); 5.1 wp-config.php
- 48. 5.2 Theme CheckPlugin wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check
- 50. 5.3 Codesniffer withWPCS github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/ WordPress-Coding-Standards
- 51. 5.4 Theme UnitTest codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test
- 52. 5.5 Monster WidgetPlugin wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check
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- 54. 6. Become aReviewer
- 55. 7. Keep ItSimple
- 56. Questions? Dmitry Mayorov /www.themepatio.com WordCamp London 2016