[theme-reviewers] Plugin dependencies (misunderstanding)

Chip Bennett chip at chipbennett.net
Tue Mar 5 12:42:39 UTC 2013


Themes cannot have Plugin *dependencies*. Themes mus stand alone and
function fully as defined by the Theme Review Guidelines and Theme Unit
Tests, without any Plugins.

Themes can, however, integrate *support* for Plugins, and provide an
*enhanced* experience through those Plugins.


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 12:19 AM, hal-android <hasilent00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am still new in reviewing themes,
> I found the different themes that can make users feel confused, in
> other words only certain users can use this theme.
>
> The ticket:
> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/11494
>
> Problem:
> Themes depending on plugins, and themes can work if the plugin is enabled.
>
> I've tried the plugin dependecies, and read in the article otto about
> plugins that work with the theme
> (http://ottopress.com/2012/themeplugin-dependencies/).
> But in this ticket has a different problem.
>
> Questions and wisdom:
> Is this theme can be received at the wordpress.org theme directory?
>
> Please help me to be able to make the right decision for this theme.
>
> Best regards
> Hendro Prayitno - amdhas
>
> http://amdhas.com
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