<div class="gmail_quote">The plugins cannot be turned off though the seo plugin's functionality can be limited by leaving the options blank.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">But the main issue I have with themes bundling plugins is that the theme author must take responsibility for making sure plugin packages are kept updated. What happens when they don't? </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">Also by allowing this, wouldn't this mean that we're also going to be reviewing the plugins as well?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Vicky</div><div class="gmail_quote">
<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@themeid.com" target="_blank">emil@themeid.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="#333333"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If the plugin is properly implemented there should be no problems. For example Coraline Theme implemented Theme options based on a plugin, so it's OK. Yoast Breadcrumbs are still current <a href="http://yoast.com/wordpress/breadcrumbs/" target="_blank">http://yoast.com/wordpress/breadcrumbs/</a> and I am not sure about <a href="http://themes.svn.wordpress.org/billions/1.1.2/core/plugins/seo-features.php" target="_blank">http://themes.svn.wordpress.org/billions/1.1.2/core/plugins/seo-features.php</a>. Now there is one thing to pay attention to and that is if they can be disabled (turned off) from i.e. Theme Options, just in case that user wants to use something else. I am sure that breadcrumb will not cause issues, however meta plugin could if the user installs any other SEO plugin. If one is "hardcoded" and other one installed as "real" plugin from plugins they could affect each other and or create double meta tags,</font></font></font><div>
<font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font></font></font><font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cheers,</font></div>
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