<p dir="ltr">We don't have any special guidelines about plugin being part of the Theme. It's recommended, but no it is not required. Many authors do :-)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 24, 2014 1:00 AM, "Christine Rondeau" <<a href="mailto:christine@bluelimemedia.com">christine@bluelimemedia.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Just want to double check again, but I seem to recall that plugins CANNOT be bundled with themes.<div><br></div><div>I'm reviewing a theme right now - <a href="https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16203#comment:4" target="_blank">https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16203#comment:4</a></div>
<div>and the theme works without the plugin and installing the plugins is optional, but if you choose to install these, they are downloaded directly from the theme.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm pretty sure that this is not allowed right?<br>
<div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div>Christine<br><br><b><br></b><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:red"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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