[theme-reviewers] Theme Options and Functions

[Demetris Kikizas]

We are approaching a point when reading the theme guidelines will need
more time than building a theme.

I predict that people will stop bothering with reading all that
capricious, arbitrary stuff that is put there and will stop submitting
themes, at least people who build good themes that can become known
without help from WordPress Extend.

The worst part is that the stuff that is being continuously added to
the guidelines does not make any sense.

For example, why serialization of options should be even a recommendation?

Are there any facts or measurements showing that storing 5 or 10 theme
options in separate rows is bad in any way?

I am really worried about the direction this thing has taken.

Cheers,

Demetris
http://op111.net/code/wp-xo ‹ Extra Options, a practical plugin for WordPress