[theme-reviewers] Settings API required or recommended?

[Justin Tadlock]

That specific theme was actually creating a custom table in the database,
which is something that we wouldn't allow.  I don't think that's explicitly
stated in the guidelines, but there's really no reason a theme should be
creating an extra table.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I read your comment (
> https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19847#comment:30 ) so wanted to
> know if I should say its required too.
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Justin Tadlock <justin at justintadlock.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Basically, theme authors should either be using the Settings API or Theme
>> Mods API if they're building a theme settings page.  It's not strictly
>> required to use the Settings API, but for the majority of cases you might
>> as well say it's a requirement because it's going to take care of a lot of
>> problems present with custom-built theme options pages.  There are, of
>> course, exceptions, but I don't think I've seen one yet here on
>> WordPress.org.
>>
>> Ideally, we'd push theme authors to use the Theme Customizer as much as
>> possible, which would eliminate most issues with theme options.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Ulrich Pogson <grapplerulrich at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It is recommended but if it is not used then security precautions should
>>> be taken.
>>> https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/guidelines/theme-security-and-privacy/#theme-settings-and-data-security
>>>
>>> On 29 September 2014 22:53, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Need confirmation.
>>>>
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