[theme-reviewers] TEMPLATEPATH/STYLESHEETPATH are being deprecated

[Edward Caissie]

I'd definitely second it as a "RECOMMENDED" item under Theme Check.


Cais.


On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Andrew Nacin <wp at andrewnacin.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>
>> Good morning, all,
>>
>> Just a heads-up, in case you're not aware: the TEMPLATEPATH and
>> STYLESHEETPATH constants are slated for deprecation<http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18298>
>> .
>>
>> The Guidelines haven't changed yet, but expect that they will in the
>> future (most likely with the WordPress 3.3 release). I would strongly
>> recommend going ahead and replacing these constants now, with their
>> equivalent functions, get_template_directory() and
>> get_stylesheet_directory().
>>
>> (See the in-ticket comments for why this is the best practice, anyway.)
>>
>
> Should be noted that we haven't decided to deprecate these constants, and
> it likely won't happen until 3.3.
>
> That said, I would have no problem with the theme check enforcing (as a
> suggested guideline, not a required one) that one use the functions rather
> than the constants.
>
> Cheers,
> Nacin
>
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