"Ensuring chances of theme acceptance in wordpress.org directory" on WordCamp Kathmandu 2016

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WORDCAMP KATHMANDU NEPAL 2016

Sudeep Balchhaudi @meissudeep
Lead Theme Developer at eVisionthemes

Ensuring chances
of theme
acceptance in
wordpress.org
directory

style.css
Ensure your Theme is GPL

Readme.txt
Declare licenses of any resources included such as external Library, Fonts , Images.

No Hardcoded Scripts and Style

Minification of Scripts or Styles
Minification is allowed but Presence of main file is required.

If your theme name is “Bizlight” with a folder name of “bizlight”. Your theme prefix is bizlight
Prefix

PHP function names.
PHP class names.
PHP global variables.
Action/Filter hooks.
Script handles.
Style handles.
Image size names.

Third-party script/style handles
Exception on prefixing

Validating , Sanitizing & Escaping

Conditions such as “is_email “ can be use to validate the data to be email.
Eg:
• absint
• validate_file
Check User Input

For sanitizing email field sanitize_email() is used
Eg:
• sanitize_html_class()
• sanitize_key()
• sanitize_text_field()
• sanitize_title()
Cleaning User Input

Escaping every thing on Output
Eg:
esc_html()
esc_textarea()
Securing Output

__( 'Hello, dear user!', 'my-text-domain' );
_e( 'Your Ad here', 'my-text-domain' );
Learn the difference between __ and _e
Translation Of Hardcoded Strings

Screenshots (1200x900)
Content creation
Plugin Territory (shortcodes , contact forms, SEO options etc.)
Some Other Short Listed

Finalizing & Testing
Code Handling
Content Handling

• wp-config.php
• define('WP_DEBUG', true);
• Use of plugin such as
• Theme check
• Developer
Code Handling

• Theme Unit Test data
https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test
• Use of plugin such as
• FakerPress
• Monster Widget
Content Handling

https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/required/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Validating_Sanitizing_and_Escaping_User_Data
http://themereview.co/prefix-all-the-things/ (Justin Tadlock)
Reference

Thank you
Sudeep Balchhaudi
@meissudeep
sudipbalchhaudi.com.np
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Sudeep Balchhaudi @meissudeep
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