<div dir="ltr">See the previous discussion thread on this one. I'm (personally) very much against bundling stand-alone Plugins with Themes. We are *Theme* reviewers, not *Plugin* reviewers, and I think it is unfair and unwise to ask Theme reviewers to review/approve Plugin code.<div>
<br></div><div>(A similar argument regarding an *integrated* Plugin: there are very few such integrated Plugins that would not fall into Plugin territory; and even with appropriately integrated Plugins - such as, say, WP PageNavi - that integration has to be done properly, so as not to cause problems should the user have the integrated Plugin already installed/activated.)<br>
<div><br></div><div>On the other hand: providing a script to facilitate installation of a Plugin hosted on WPORG is perfectly acceptable.</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Zulfikar Nore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zulfikarnore@live.com" target="_blank">zulfikarnore@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">The two statements left me a little baffled.<br><br>One states "and not bundled with the theme" and the other "*must* be installed from the WPORG directory".<br><br>Does this mean that the plugin can not be included in say a sub folder of the theme but has to be uploaded to WPORG first? Or by "not bundled" mean not integrated in the theme?<br>
<br><div><hr>Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:04:15 -0500<br>From: <a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org" target="_blank">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Plugin install within theme<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Also: the Plugin *must* be installed from the WPORG directory, and not from an arbitrary, external site.</div><div><br>
<br><div>On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">thats allowed as long as the plugin is optional and not bundled with the theme.<br></div><div>
<br><br><div><div><div>On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:23 PM, ethan anwar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ethananwar@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ethananwar@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<span>Hello everybody!</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><br><span></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">
<span>I'm currently reviewing the Covera Lite theme - <a href="https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15917" target="_blank">https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15917</a> and found that the theme suggests a plugin and also gives the user the possibility to install that plugin from the dashboard with a custom script (functions/plugin-activation.php). <br>
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<span>I was wondering what's the review policy on this, if there is one.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">
<br><span></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><span>Thanks a lot guys,</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">
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