[theme-reviewers] Themes and Post Meta/Custom Fields

[Gene Robinson]

I think #3 would be best accomplished via a Theme's settings/options page. Even if a deactivation hook existed, I don't think i would want it to reset all of a themes options and custom settings without user consent. 

To some degree users who change themes and plugins often will always have cluttered options and postmeta. At least if the functionality and intention is well documented and the option is there to reset or delete settings when the theme is active, users who don't want to muck about with the database are empowered.

-Gene

On Oct 21, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:

> These are good guidelines.
> 
> I think the ones that we can certainly implement as consistent with existing guidelines are #1 and #2.
> 
> Any suggestion for such an automated way to remove such post meta data? (Yet *another* argument for a Theme deactivation/deletion hook.)
> 
> Chip
> 
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Gene Robinson <emhr at submersible.me> wrote:
> I'm ok with the idea of themes adding post meta if they:
> 1. document it's function and purpose in theme docs, read-me, and/or options/settings page.
> 2. prepend the post meta with the theme slug like identifier
> 3. offer an automated way to remove the post meta should the user desire removal or to reset it.
> 
> -Gene
> 
> On Oct 21, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:
> 
> > I just ran into another one, thanks to a Theme that outputs all of a post's custom field keys/values as post meta data: apparently, some Themes are adding custom fields to posts.
> >
> > Should there be some guidance here? Specifically, should Themes be adding meta information/custom field keys/values to existing posts without user knowledge?
> >
> > In my case, one Theme added various default Thumbnail images as custom fields, and another Theme added a "superawesome" custom field key (with a value of "false").
> >
> > Chip
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