I would like to add my perspective on the review process.<br><br>I have been submitting one theme - with revisions and slight name modifications - for almost two years now - starting with 2010 Weaver, changed to simply Weaver, and now Weaver II.<br>
<br>Because Weaver II is a name change, and represents a total rewrite of Weaver, it has been in the Priority Queue for almost 3 months now. I've just been sitting here waiting my turn.<br><br>But seriously - three months for new themes? The past week, the review rate has been only one new theme reviewed.<br>
<br>It is important to keep existing themes up to date - but to essentially have the new theme approval rate one a week will do nothing to encourage authors to submit new themes.<br><br>I had good reasons to change from Weaver to Weaver II, and perhaps should have requested it be treated as a revision of the existing approved theme. But I don know if I knew three months ago, that I likely would have done things differently, including the possibility of simply abandoning the WP theme repository.<br>
<br>But Weaver II represents a cutting edge theme/framework that has (or had three months ago) really new features, including what I think is likely the best mobile support of any WP theme. It is really frustrating to see it languish in the queue.<br>
<br>I just think a almost three month wait is excessive, and will seriously discourage developers from developing and submitting new themes.<br><br>The discussion of new 3.4 features seems almost silly since if the new queue theme stays at several months, it is likely that there won't be any new themes.<br>
<br>I believe is really important to keep fresh, new themes with cutting edge features coming in for the future health of WordPress.<br><br>Just some thoughts. I believe something needs to be done. I'd volunteer to review some themes, but I have serious ethical concerns about that, as well as a full work load supporting my theme which has become very popular on its own while waiting on the queue.<br>
<br>Bruce Wampler<br><br>