[theme-reviewers] $post->guid Issues in Some Repository Themes

[Simon Prosser]

Thanks Otto, so the plugin justs needs to flag a warning really, that normal
permalinks should be used, in most cases.

On 23 June 2011 21:45, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Mike Little <wordpress at zed1.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 20:53, Simon Prosser <pross at pross.org.uk> wrote:
> >> I got a tweet from Chip asking for theme-check to flag it as bad, so ..
> >> Are people not supposed to use it at all? if so theme fails? and if so
> >> what is the suggested alternative?
> >
> > You should *never*, *ever* use the guid in your theme.
>
> ... unless you're using it for the right thing.
>
> Concept: Photoblog theme. Creates a special media-enabled rss feed for
> photo posts only. Uses the guid in the feed.
>
> Concept: Podcasting specific theme. Ditto for podcast enabled feed.
> Uses guid in the feed properly.
>
> Never use the GUID field as a "permalink", because it's not one.
>
> If we add this to the theme check, it should be a strong warning, not
> a requirement to pass the upload. Too many possible specialized cases
> that I'd rather not exclude outright.
>
> -Otto
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