[theme-reviewers] Plugins and Themes

[Emil Uzelac]

I wasn't aware about the guidelines, great info Cais. @Daniel/Merci I can't
agree more. This is something that was raised on my forum and you guys know
how easy is to "blame" on Themes when stuff don't work the way they should
:)

Thanks,
Emil

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Edward Caissie <edward.caissie at gmail.com>wrote:

> Interestingly enough, this point came up in a recent Meetup about plugins
> I just organized.
>
> I would likely think that item 7 in the Plugin Guidelines (
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/guidelines/) would cover this,
> but in so doing if the plugin author is using new functionality only
> available in a newer version of a core-bundled script I would interpret
> item 7 to allow this providing the plugin author also advises the end-user
> the plugin is doing so (perhaps in the plugin description).
>
> Fortunately Theme Guidelines simply do not allow for it at all (*grin*)
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Merci Javier <mercijavier at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Emil.
>>
>> AFAIK, plugins which are hosted in the WP repo shouldn't be deregistering
>> core jquery at all.
>>
>> Best thing to do is report such plugins or inquire at
>> plugins at wordpress.org and they can take appropriate action. They usually
>> write back and inform you about the action taken on the plugin. I reported
>> a plugin which phoned home (and more) and they took it off right away and
>> let me know about it.
>>
>> Mercime
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Right and that's something I like and support all the way :)
>>>
>>> Question was prompted by this http://pastebin.com/MaVFM1KZ and not just
>>> this, there are more plugins just like it where plugin author "kills" the
>>> bundled JS library, in this particular case the jQuery and "injects" not
>>> only non-bundle, but also higher version as well.
>>>
>>> I guess they are "allowed" to do this right? and there's nothing we can
>>> do from Theme's end to prevent that :(
>>>
>>> P.S. Higher version is most of the time compatibility issue.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Emil
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure I understand the question.
>>>>
>>>>    - If a Theme wants to use jQuery, it should call wp_enqueue_script(
>>>>    'jquery' ), to enqueue the core-bundled jQuery library.
>>>>    - If a Plugin wants to use jQuery, it should call
>>>>    wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery' ), to enqueue the core-bundled jQuery library.
>>>>    - No Theme or Plugin should de-register core-bundled jQuery, in
>>>>    order to register any other version of jQuery.
>>>>
>>>> Out of curiosity: what prompted the question?
>>>>
>>>> Chip
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Guys!
>>>>>
>>>>> Should plugin check first if the Theme is already "calling" the jQuery
>>>>> and if it does, plugin should do nothing and also not to remove wp_enqueue_script
>>>>> and "inject" higher version via Google API?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Emil
>>>>>
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