[theme-reviewers] Guidelines: Plugin Territory - Asking the user to install plugins?

[Chip Bennett]

The TGM Plugin Activation library is fine. But the Plugins should be
flagged as *recommended* and not as *required*.


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok just that this theme has a page that allows you to install those
> plugins in once click, is that ok as well or not? It looks like it
> using TGM Plugin Activation to do the job.
> Regards,
> Daniel Fenn
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> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
> > Yes; Themes cannot *require* Plugins. Themes must pass the review
> > requirements as-is, with no Plugins active. Themes can integrate support
> for
> > Plugins, but can only *recommend*, not *require*, installation of those
> > Plugins.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
> >>
> >> Plugin notices are good, however it should be optional, not required.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Bump
> >>>
> >>> On 10/13/13, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > Ok I found it that they are all GPL3 (checked on website) it more of
> >>> > "Up-sell Themes may be subjected to more rigorous or additional
> >>> > Theme-Review requirements, at the discretion of the Theme Review
> >>> > Team".
> >>> > Regards,
> >>> > Daniel Fenn
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> >> Hello all,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Can a reviewer please tell me how you would go about a case where a
> >>> >> theme provide one click options to install a set of plugins? It not
> >>> >> forcing me to do so but one place it says "Install Required Plugins"
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Also where should I look to check on "Commercial versions of free
> >>> >> Themes (i.e. “freemium” or “up-sell” Themes) are required to be
> >>> >> released under GPL-compatible licenses"?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Theme in question:
> >>> >> http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14735#comment:4
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thank-you :)
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Regards,
> >>> >> Daniel Fenn
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Daniel Fenn
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