[theme-reviewers] How to request "grandfathered" exception to WP 3.9 Theme guidelines?

[Chip Bennett]

Any arbitrary script/stylesheet that hooks into wp_head or wp_footer (or
that can/should do so) is exactly the focus of the guideline change.
Allowing a grandfather exception would defeat the purpose.

If you're talking about markup at template locations, that's possibly worth
discussing.
On Mar 6, 2014 12:16 PM, "Bruce Wampler" <weavertheme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to avoid specifics on this general group, but, to generalize...
>
> Using the WP Settings API runs all settings through validation checks
> which often filter the content, possibly deleting part of a particular
> setting through the filter (think JavaScript). So, my existing
> validation/filters allow one kind of content to be accepted (for those with
> raw html capability only). The new guidelines prohibit that kind of content
> in some places, so to comply with the new guidelines, I would have to
> simply change the validation filter to remove that content. But that same
> filter will then also remove that content from any users who had previously
> had the now prohibited content. So their sites will now be broken just by
> updating to the new version and opening the admin page - the previously
> valid settings will be filtered out.
>
> A plugin (which has been suggested as a way around this requirement) is
> not a solution in this case because they would have to install the plugin
> before updating to a new 3.9 compliant version of the theme, and then
> simply deactivating the plugin would revert to removing the settings which
> is not very user friendly behavior. So the only solution I can see to not
> screw my exiting users is to ask to get this one thing grandfathered for my
> existing themes.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Derek Herman <derek at valendesigns.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey Bruce,
>>
>> I just read the WordPress 3.9 proposal and didn't see anything about
>> settings being erased - could you please elaborate on what would cause that?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Derek Herman
>> http://valendesigns.com
>>
>>
>>
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