WordPress Theme Review and Approval Workshop
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This document outlines a workshop for reviewing WordPress themes. It discusses the purpose of theme reviews, introduces the review team, and outlines the theme review process. Reviewers are encouraged to check themes for required criteria and recommendations, test accessibility, and provide feedback in a suggested ticket format. The workshop demonstrates the review process using theme check plugins, unit tests, and debugging helpers to thoroughly evaluate a theme.
WordPress Theme Review and Approval Workshop
- 1. WORDPRESS THEME REVIEW AND APPROVAL WORKSHOP , WordPress Developer , 16 December 2015 Stanko Metodiev init Lab
- 2. ABOUT ME WordPress Developer and Project Manager @ FOSS Fan Shisha smoker * DevriX Sometimes blogger @metodiew
- 3. THE PLAN What's the purpose of the workshop? What is a theme review? The Team How to get involved? Hanbook, Requirements, Recommendations The actual review :)
- 4. BEFORE WE START This is a workshop, let's get to know each other :) What's your WordPress experience? Do you have approved theme(s) in wp.org? Have you done a theme review so far?
- 5. SO, WHERE SHOULD WE START FROM?
- 6. MAKE BLOG Theme Review Team - Make Blog
- 8. BECOME A REVIEWER Get involved
- 9. GETTING STARTED AT A CONTRUBUTOR DAY We are not at a Contrubutor Day, but the checklist is still valid :) https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/get- involved/contribution-days/getting-started-at-a- contribution-day/
- 10. THEME REVIEW PROCESS 1. A theme gets uploaded and the it goes to the new queue of new themes 2. A theme gets assigned to a theme reviewer (that's you :)) 3. The reviewer does a review checking the required items and noting any recommendations 4. Some back and forth - notes, updates and at some point the theme is approved 5. A committer reviews that ticket and make it live* The full list
- 11. REVIEWER WORKFLOW Every reviewer has their own workflow But there is a Suggested ticket format
- 12. THE ACTUAL REVIEW Lets open the and check:Handbook Theme Review Process Required Recommendations Accessibility Resources
- 14. WORDPRESS THEME CHECK PLUGIN https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/
- 15. WORDPRESS THEME UNIT TEST https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test
- 18. DEBUGGING HELPERS define('WP_DEBUG',true)余 error_reporting(E_ALL)余 ini_set('display_errors','yes')余 //Allowsyoutoupload/updatethemes/plugins/core //fromyourlocalhost define('FS_METHOD','direct')余 define('SCRIPT_DEBUG',true)余 define('WP_DEBUG_LOG',true)余 //Enablethe"Trash"FeatureforMediaFiles define('MEDIA_TRASH',true)余 //Disabletheme/plugineditor define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT',true)余 wp-config.php stuff
- 19. LOCAL SETUP Install WordPress (surprise :D) Get the theme files - SVN or ZIP Theme Unit Test
- 20. IT'S TIME FOR A DEMO Let's do the review, shall we? :)
- 21. SUMMARY It's a volunteer job, respect them It's not an easy job It takes time Be a Good Citizen
- 22. THANKS! , WordPress Developer , 16 December 2015 Stanko Metodiev init Lab