[theme-reviewers] TGM plugin activation

[Chip Bennett]

If the code itself is in the Theme, then the code must be reviewed.

Hopefully, one day in the far future, we may have a way of vetting code
libraries (such as frameworks, or scripts such as this one); but for now,
unfortunately, we don't have any feasible way of vetting.

If anyone has any ideas, we'd love to hear them. For example: we could
start a static page on the Make/Theme site, listing vetted/approved code
libraries, the version reviewed, and the date reviewed/approved.

Thanks,

Chip

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Bryce Adams <brycead at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I use this in a lot of my themes. It's by Thomas Griffin who is a very
> well known/established developer. I doubt a full review of the code in it
> is needed, but perhaps just a few developers/reviews on this list should
> confirm whether or not it's okay to use it in wp.org themes.
>
> --
> Bryce Adams
>
> On Wednesday, 14 November 2012 at 10:40 AM, Kirk Wight wrote:
>
> Has anyone come across themes submitted using this library:
> http://tgmpluginactivation.com/ ?
>
> It's a library that allows a theme to suggest or require plugins on
> activation (both from extend/plugins and private repos). Its benefits are
> obvious, but a theme review including this library would necessitate a full
> review of the code to which it links.
>
> Perhaps we'd consider allowing it as long as plugins are only recommended
> instead of required, and only from extend/plugins?
>
> I'm asking, of course, because it would be great to start suggesting it
> (or something similar) to theme devs that are including functionality like
> shortcodes, etc in themes. Also because, well, I might want to use it
> myself :)
>
> Thoughts?
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