[theme-reviewers] Plugins and Themes

[Edward Caissie]

@Emil - Those guidelines have been around for quite some time, but they are
not the most obvious to find ...

... there are also a few in there that we might consider for the Theme
Review guidelines, too.


Cais.


On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:

> 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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