[theme-reviewers] Unregister core plugins

[Mattia Migliorini]

In these case the widgets are Search (because a search bar is already
present in the header) and Archives (which is rewritten in order to add
support to Bootstrap).


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Paul Appleyard <paul at spacecat.com> wrote:

> It would depend on what the widget did - if it relied on theme-specific
> data or in-widget settings, for example, it might be a prob - but if you
> switch themes and there's no issues (just the loss of whatever the widget
> upgrade did) then you would be ok I think.
>
> Paul Appleyard
>
>
> On 7/08/2013 5:49 PM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) wrote:
>
>> .. Isn't this the same as having shortcodes though? since the new theme
>> wouldn't have the ability to use it so the data is as said lost .. as the
>> people who want shortcodes to be gone made a point as being the reason;
>> just wondering if that's not pretty much the same.
>>
>> Not rehashing, just curious; because it's an interesting thought.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Paul Appleyard
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 12:43 AM
>> To: Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.
>> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Unregister core plugins
>>
>> I would think that as long as the core widget functionality is
>> unaffected, it wouldn't be an issue; that is, if they change themes
>> there's no visible affect.
>>
>> Paul Appleyard
>>
>> On 7/08/2013 3:38 AM, Otto wrote:
>>
>>> I would say that it's generally a bad idea, because people might get
>>> confused when their widgets disappear after changing themes.
>>>
>>> Instead of replacing the core widgets, create your own with the theme
>>> name in them. So instead of "Text" widget, you could add one that says
>>> "Themename - Text" to show that it's specific to the theme. Then
>>> people won't be surprised when it disappears on theme changing.
>>>
>>> -Otto
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Mattia Migliorini <deshack at ubuntu.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> In my theme (which is now under reviewing) I unregistered a pair of core
>>>> widgets in order to substitute them with my own ones, because I needed
>>>> to
>>>> integrate them with Bootstrap.
>>>>
>>>> Is it allowed to unregister core plugins or not?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Mattia Migliorini
>>>>
>>>>
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