[theme-reviewers] tracking code in themes

[Chip Bennett]

Exactly: user-configurable, and disabled by default (i.e. OPT-IN).

(I wondered when we'd see our first PressTrends implementation get
submitted...)

Chip

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 6:25 AM, George Mamadashvili <
georgemamadashvili at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it should be disabled by default, and theme author may include
> option to enable it if user want to share data.
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 4:12 PM, yulian yordanov <yul.yordanov at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Currently reviewing a theme which has tracking code in its functions from
>> a service called "PressTrends" http://presstrends.io/ This service
>> fetches details about users to theme's author for statistical purposes, but
>> I'm wondering is it's OK for a theme in WP repository?
>>
>> That's how the code looks like:
>>
>> // Add your PressTrends and Theme API Keys
>> $api_key = '-----'; (deleted by me)
>> $auth = '------'; (deleted by me)
>>
>> $data = get_transient( 'presstrends_data' );
>> if (!$data || $data == ''){
>> $api_base = 'http://api.presstrends.io/index.php/api/sites/add/auth/';
>> $url = $api_base . $auth . '/api/' . $api_key . '/';
>> $data = array();
>> $count_posts = wp_count_posts();
>> $count_pages = wp_count_posts('page');
>> $comments_count = wp_count_comments();
>> $theme_data = get_theme_data(get_stylesheet_directory() . '/style.css');
>> $plugin_count = count(get_option('active_plugins'));
>> $all_plugins = get_plugins();
>> foreach($all_plugins as $plugin_file => $plugin_data) {
>> $plugin_name .= $plugin_data['Name'];
>> $plugin_name .= '&';
>> }
>> $data['url'] = stripslashes(str_replace(array('http://', '/', ':' ), '',
>> site_url()));
>> $data['posts'] = $count_posts->publish;
>> $data['pages'] = $count_pages->publish;
>> $data['comments'] = $comments_count->total_comments;
>> $data['approved'] = $comments_count->approved;
>> $data['spam'] = $comments_count->spam;
>> $data['theme_version'] = $theme_data['Version'];
>> $data['theme_name'] = $theme_data['Name'];
>> $data['site_name'] = str_replace( ' ', '', get_bloginfo( 'name' ));
>> $data['plugins'] = $plugin_count;
>> $data['plugin'] = urlencode($plugin_name);
>> $data['wpversion'] = get_bloginfo('version');
>> foreach ( $data as $k => $v ) {
>> $url .= $k . '/' . $v . '/';
>> }
>> $response = wp_remote_get( $url );
>> set_transient('presstrends_data', $data, 60*60*24);
>> }}
>> add_action('admin_init', 'if_presstrends');
>>
>>
>> --
>> Yulian Yordanov
>> post-scriptum.info
>>
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