[theme-reviewers] theme update checking

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Sat Oct 11 02:17:07 UTC 2014


"My Theme" = "my-theme". Dashes, not underscores.

See that bit at the end of the URL?

https://wordpress.org/themes/nuvioaxis-beige

That's the slug. That should be the same as the text domain for the theme,
and it will be the directory name made for the theme when it is installed.

-Otto



On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Styled Themes <social at styledthemes.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Daniel....so basically it's done from the text domain/slug
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> If my theme is called: My Theme
> Then my text domain/slug is: my_theme  (or) my-theme (or) mytheme
>
> The text domain/slug is then used throughout for translation function calls
> and function prefix naming...etc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: theme-reviewers [mailto:theme-reviewers-bounces at lists.wordpress.org]
> On Behalf Of Daniel Fenn
> Sent: October-10-14 6:38 PM
> To: Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.
> Subject: Re: [theme-reviewers] theme update checking
>
> It checks via the theme slug. And that comes from the theme name.
>
> On 10/11/14, Styled Themes <social at styledthemes.com> wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask or if it should go to
> > the forums, but exactly how does it work when WordPress checks themes
> > for updates.does the system check against the "Theme Name" or the "Text
> Domain"
> > from the stylesheet of the theme to that of the svn when an update is
> > released? I'm wanting to clarify this for future themes that I make
> > for submission the repository.
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> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Andre
> >
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> Regards,
> Daniel Fenn
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