[theme-reviewers] Is there an official stance on shortcodes in themes?

[Chip Bennett]

I disagree.

This guideline clearly and objectively excludes post-content shortcodes:

Since the purpose of Themes is to define the presentation of user content,
Themes must not be used to define the generation of user content, or to
define Theme-independent site options or functionality.


Post-content shortcodes are creation/definition of user content. User
content will break when switching Themes. Post-content shortcodes are
Plugin territory.


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Bryan Hadaway <bhadaway at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, recommended, not required.
>
> Overall (not directing this at you), this continues to be a big issue with
> theme reviewers overstepping their bounds in reviews by listing things as
> implied required without explicitly defining that certain things are *only
> * recommended.
>
> It's well overdo for admins to crack down on this. Most reviewers do this,
> it's not an isolated issue.
>
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