Upcoming directory changes

Welcome to the Themes team!

We are a group of volunteers who review and approve themes submitted to be included in the official WordPress Theme directory.

We do license, security, and code quality reviews.

We help build and maintain default themes.

The primary focus of the team is to help theme authors transition to blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.-based themes.

If this sounds interesting, read more about the team here. Check out our guide for new reviewers and the frequently asked questions.

Handbooks and review requirements

The team maintains the official Theme Review Requirements, the Theme Unit Test Data, and helps the documentation team with the Theme Developer Handbook.

Coding standards and plugins

We maintain the WPThemeReview Standard for PHP_CodeSniffer, the Theme Sniffer plugin and Theme Check

Code Packages

We have code packages for themes available for use on Github and Packagist

Communication

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Meetings:

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#themereview

Previously we have encouraged theme authors to use a standard readme file that matches the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party format.

In preparation for an upcoming change to the theme directory, theme authors will now be able to use the readme files in the same manner plugins do. What this means is that if a theme’s readme file is not valid it will now show properly in the new directory. You can use the validator to check:

Readme Validator

It can be readme.txt or readme.md with .txt taking precedence. We have created a sample readme.md

There are of course some headers that would not be used so let’s discuss those.

Samuel Wood (Otto) 12:23 am on July 6, 2017

For compatibility’s sake, we would prefer readme.txt files. Using the format that the plug-in directory uses, not a normal markdown format.

Yes, both work, but stick to that which has worked for a long time if you want maximum compatibility. Feel free to then use the readme.md for GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/, and readme.txt for the WordPress directory. They don’t have to be the same.
Tom 12:33 am on July 6, 2017

Is there an approximate date set for the directory changes?
- Jose Castaneda 12:56 am on July 6, 2017
  
  Not that I am aware. It will be after the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party directory since they are laying the groundwork on there first. 🙂
Ahmad Awais 12:51 am on July 6, 2017

readme.MD would be a small win here guys! Also, if it supports common MD syntax that is supported by GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/, BitBucket, and GitLab!
Sanyog Shelar 6:32 am on July 6, 2017

wow thats great
Tomas Mackevicius 2:21 am on July 8, 2017

It would be useful to update sample readme.txt at githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/, as validation gave me warnings:

Stable tag is missing. Hint: If you treat /trunk/ as stable, put Stable tag: trunk.
Notes:
No == Upgrade Notice == section was found
No == Screenshots == section was found
No donate link was found

And none of these are included in the sample.

Thank you!

Welcome to the Themes team!

Handbooks and review requirements

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