[theme-reviewers] Can Options Framework be included with the theme?

Chip Bennett chip at chipbennett.net
Sat Feb 22 14:56:18 UTC 2014


Options Framework can be confusing, because it comes in two forms: a
stand-alone Plugin, and a framework intended to be integrated into a Theme
or Plugin. Themes should use the framework version.


On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Otions framework and many other frameworks are included in many themes for
> a long time, your reviewer may have misconstrued the plugins should not be
> bundled rule.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Rohit Tripathi <rohitink at live.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I have been beliveing that options framework is allowed in themes. And it
>> has been included in most of my themes. But, in one of the reviews, the
>> Author Asked me to remove the Options Framework, and make the user install
>> it separately as a plugin.
>>
>> Technically, my theme doesn't bundle the OF plugin. Its theme options
>> panel is built using it with slight modification.
>>
>> Is there are rule like this, where I can not include OF in the theme? I
>> know that bundling external plugins, is not allowed. But, I think its
>> different about Options Framework.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rohit Tripathi
>>
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