[theme-reviewers] Default Wordpress Functionality Disabled

[Chip Bennett]

We don't allow "reinventing the wheel" in order to get around the
requirement not to lock core functionality behind the commercial paywall.

There are lots of ways to add a custom background and a custom header.
WPORG-hosted Themes are required to support the core implementation of
those features, and are required not to lock those core features behind a
commercial paywall. You can't just come up with a custom implementation of
a core feature just to be able to lock that feature behind the commercial
paywall.

This Theme's implementation of the "post format" feature is a perfect
example.


On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Towfiq I. <tislam100 at gmail.com> wrote:

> But he is not locking core functions, is he? he is blocking his custom
> functions behind pay wall.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com> wrote:
>
>> Themes can not lock core functionalists (post type is one of them) behind
>> a pay wall. Enough to reject the theme right away.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Harish Chouhan <me at harishchouhan.com>wrote:
>>
>>> This seems a bit tricky.
>>>
>>> Situations like these should be judged on a case to case basis. Many
>>> free themes in the Repo do not support all Post Formats. So comparing this
>>> theme with them it does not do anything wrong.
>>>
>>> IMO, If however, in the PRO version only difference is more Post Formats
>>> than this is not great. If there are other features too then I think it
>>> should be ok.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Vicky Arulsingam <
>>> vicky.arulsingam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> As per the Guidelines: "Themes are required to support proper
>>>> WordPress core implementation of all included features".
>>>> So substituting his own code and placing that functionality behind a
>>>> pay wall isn't allowed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Rohit Tripathi <rohitink at live.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am reviewing a theme in which, the user has disabled the option to
>>>>> choose post-types, i.e. standard, video, gallery, quote. Instead, he has
>>>>> added his own functinality to choose the post type. But, it is only
>>>>> available if the users chooses to upgrade the theme. Is this allowed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Example: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9670/li7.png
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank You!
>>>>>
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