[theme-reviewers] Featured Themes

[Zulfikar Nore]

Maybe the popular theme section should be given a more prominent place like the Showcase has? but WordPress.org hosted themes :)

> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:43:44 -0500
> From: justin at justintadlock.com
> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Featured Themes
> 
> When Charlie opened this topic, I think he may have had the right 
> intentions but focused on the wrong thing.  Even if he didn't, I'm going 
> to shift gears for a bit.
> 
> Of course, anyone who puts in the kind of time that's required to review 
> all those themes and see them through until they get approved, deserves 
> some major credit.  The review incentive program is awesome for that, 
> and I'm happy we implemented it.
> 
> The featured themes list has always been something of a mystery to most 
> theme authors.  The real "problem" is actually getting a theme 
> featured.  Whenever that question comes up, I hope our default answer 
> isn't going to be "the review incentive program".
> 
> That's never been nor should it be the only way for a theme to get featured.
> 
> Not everyone has the time to do reviews.  It's not necessarily something 
> they have control over.  And, it's not something that should stand in 
> the way of their theme getting equal treatment when we're deciding on 
> featured themes.
> 
> There are really good, quality themes that never get showcased because 
> our featured themes list isn't rotated often enough.  This has been 
> discussed before, but how themes get featured is not an open process.  
> I'd like to see that changed.
> 
> I'm not sure exactly what to do to change it, but it's something worth 
> discussing.
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