[theme-reviewers] Adding links to footer in dashboard section?

Chip Bennett chip at chipbennett.net
Fri Jul 12 16:56:34 UTC 2013


There are two separate questions here (note: good reason to start separate
email threads for separate topics):

1) Appropriate links in the admin footer
2) Sponsored links, anywhere


On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Ayman Al Zarrad
<aymanalzarrad at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I think that adding links to the footer is ok only on theme options page
> but it shouldn't appear anywhere else.
> If I'm mistaken please correct me...
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* devcorn <wp at devcorn.com>
> *To:* Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers. <
> theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 12, 2013 6:51 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Adding links to footer in dashboard
> section?
>
> I seen a theme, not on WordPress theme directory..
>
> where developer put that this free theme development is
> sponsored/supported by some organization link.. but that was only on themes
> options page.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
> "This Theme is sponsored by"?
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 12:47 PM, devcorn <wp at devcorn.com> wrote:
>
> just want to add something, is it allowed if someone put footer link (
> only on theme options page, no public facing ) like [ [ This theme is
> sponsored by : Link . ] ]..
> and also the metabox (feed or info ) on dashboard like some plugin
> developers do??
>
> -Ash
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Admin footer links are global too. not-approved it is.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
> Admin footer links: discouraged, but probably okay if done only on the
> Theme's settings page. Definitely not globally. That's just spammy.
>
> Deregistering core-bundled script: absolutely not, under any circumstances
> for any reason - either on the front end or in the admin.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Are themes allowed to add links to footer in dashboard and deregister core
> bundled jquery?
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13333
>
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/dk/0.5&new_path=/dk/0.6
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