[theme-reviewers] Plugin install within theme

Tue Jan 14 19:39:54 UTC 2014

Cheers Josh.

Going through the article now and you are right, a lighter and well done solution indeed :)

From: jpollock412 at gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:34:17 -0500
To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Plugin install within theme

Be sure to see Otto's article on theme dependencies:http://ottopress.com/2012/themeplugin-dependencies/

His method is much lighter than TGM, which is a well done solution but includes options to do tons of things that themes in the theme repository can't do, like auto install and install from third party sites.

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Zulfikar Nore <zulfikarnore at live.com> wrote:

Cool, that clears my confusion as I was under the impression that we are allowing the plugin to be included in theme's folder and installed/prompted for install via TGM. Sorry had missed the previous discussion.

But I understand the point and I believe it is better for the plugin to have been approved in to the repository and installed from there.

From: jomcastaneda at gmail.com

Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:19:15 -0800
To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Plugin install within theme

Bundled: plugin files cannot be included with theme.
The plugin has to exist in the repo in order for it to be downloaded. Who's to say joe somebody uses a github link or external, possibly untrusted, site to the plugin.

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On Jan 14, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Zulfikar Nore <zulfikarnore at live.com> wrote:

The two statements left me a little baffled.

One states "and not bundled with the theme" and the other "*must* be installed from the WPORG directory".

Does this mean that the plugin can not be included in say a sub folder of the theme but has to be uploaded to WPORG first? Or by "not bundled" mean not integrated in the theme?

Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:04:15 -0500
From: chip at chipbennett.net
To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org

Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] Plugin install within theme

Also: the Plugin *must* be installed from the WPORG directory, and not from an arbitrary, external site.

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

thats allowed as long as the plugin is optional and not bundled with the theme.

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:23 PM, ethan anwar <ethananwar at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello everybody!

I'm currently reviewing the Covera Lite theme - https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15917 and found that the theme suggests a plugin and also gives the user the possibility to install that plugin from the dashboard with a custom script (functions/plugin-activation.php). 

I was wondering what's the review policy on this, if there is one.

Thanks a lot guys,

Kay

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