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Chip

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 7:05 AM, James Laws <jamielaws at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I think this is a sticky subject. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with
> it honestly. It's one thing to offer your own custom theme options but it's
> another thing altogether to bundle, in most cases, someone else's plugin.
> Not sure how I feel about that.
>
> James
>
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> This is probably a good topic for a wider discussion.
>>
>> My initial thought is that *simple* Plugin functionality (e.g.
>> breadcrumbs) being *properly incorporated* (i.e. not simply being bundled,
>> and with proper function_exists checking for the original) is acceptable.
>> But at some point, the complexity of the Plugin (e.g. Yoast SEO) should
>> preclude it from being incorporated into the Theme.
>>
>> Chip
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If the plugin is properly implemented there should be no problems. For
>>> example Coraline Theme implemented Theme options based on a plugin, so it's
>>> OK. Yoast Breadcrumbs are still current
>>> http://yoast.com/wordpress/breadcrumbs/ and I am not sure about
>>> http://themes.svn.wordpress.org/billions/1.1.2/core/plugins/seo-features.php.
>>> Now there is one thing to pay attention to and that is if they can be
>>> disabled (turned off) from i.e. Theme Options, just in case that user wants
>>> to use something else. I am sure that breadcrumb will not cause issues,
>>> however meta plugin could if the user installs any other SEO plugin. If one
>>> is "hardcoded" and other one installed as "real" plugin from plugins they
>>> could affect each other and or create double meta tags,
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Emil
>>>
>>>
>>> *----*
>>> *Emil Uzelac* | ThemeID | T: 224-444-0006 | Twitter: @EmilUzelac | E:
>>> emil at themeid.com | http://themeid.com
>>> Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Vicky Arulsingam <
>>> vicky.arulsingam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's the official word on themes bundling plugins? The theme I'm
>>>> currently reviewing (http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3398) is
>>>> including Yoast Breadcrumbs and Add Meta Tags as part of the download
>>>> package.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Vicky Arulsingam
>>>>
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