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

Daniel danielx386 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 14 22:19:40 UTC 2013


Sweet, all is good in this regard :) and what do one need to do about
the "Up-sell Themes may be subjected to more rigorous or additional
Theme-Review requirements, at the discretion of the Theme Review
Team". part?
Regards,
Daniel Fenn






On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
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>> >>> Daniel Fenn
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