[theme-reviewers] Deregistering mediaelement style / script

Afzaal wordpress at thinkupthemes.com
Thu Apr 10 19:59:44 UTC 2014


Thanks Emil & Chip,

So I just want to confirm incase I come across a similar issue in  
future. Is there ever a suitable reason to deregister a core style /  
script?

I'm guessing the answer is no.

Afzaal



Quoting Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>:

> The script should not be removed. There may be Plugins that rely on the
> core script.
>
> The same is almost certainly true for the stylesheet. The Theme can filter
> the core stylesheet, as necessary. It doesn't need to be removed.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Afzaal <wordpress at thinkupthemes.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm currently reviewing a theme where the author is deregistering a
>> WordPress bundled stylesheet "wp-mediaelement". This is being done within a
>> custom theme class and immediately the authors own stylesheet is being
>> registered.
>>
>> Is there any problems with doing this? I know that deregistering some
>> scripts such as jQuery are not allowed, so thought it best to ask.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Afzaal
>>
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