Source: Make WordPress: Themes

Over the past couple of months, the number of approved tickets that have been reopened due to issues found during final-approval audit has declined, but many still get reopened. As a team, we want to ensure that tickets get approved (so that new Themes get added to the directory, and into the hands of end…

Currently, we are proposing a change to the Guidelines that would blanket-prohibit Themes from adding admin notices, redirects, or other similar functionality on Theme activation. The intent of the Guideline is to curtail the proliferation of nuisance/obtrusive Theme marketing in the user’s Admin. In the vast majority of cases, such activation functionality should not be…

Based on the previous discussion, the Guidelines proposal has been revised as follows. The proposed guideline change for Credit Links has been removed, and a proposed guideline change for Custom Logos has been added. Other proposals have been clarified based on previous discussion. The two most significant clarifications regard arbitrary headerHeader The header of your…

We are pleased to announce the following winners for March 2014. New Themes @ZGani @alex27 @catchthemes @pagelines @rohitink Theme Updates @tskk @robin90 Please post a comment below, indicating your Featured Theme selection. Monthly Stats New Themes: Approved/Live: 97 Reviewers: 15 Eligibility: 10 Reopened: 19 Missed Eligibility due to reopened tickets: 2 Theme Updates Approved/Live: 468 Reviewers: 19…

As you may recall, last month we announced changes to the Theme review incentive program, both opening up the incentive to more winners, and adding in a measure of accountability.  Per those changes, we are pleased to announce the following winners for February 2014. New Themes @rohitink @cyberchimpscode @ZGani Theme Updates @tskk @robin90 Please post…

Over on the Community section they are looking for input and feedback on user profiles. How do you use them and what changes would you like to see? Go and chime in! 🙂 #community

As many of you may, or may not, have noticed there are currently over two thousand themes available in the repository. I think that is amazing. Seriously, huge thanks to all those that have contributed not only their time but their efforts as well. One thing I noticed some time ago was the mentioning of…

I’ve actually wondered as to what most of us like to use when it comes to reviewing themes and possibly even creating themes. One thing I would like to see is the use of VVV. I know most of us have never tried it out or even heard of it but I feel we can…

It’s just about that time again, with the WordPress 3.9 release just around the corner. We’ve taken a few release cycles off from making any major changes to the Guidelines, so now is a good time to take a look at what we can improve. To kick off the discussion, the admins propose the following…

We are welcoming Jose Castaneda ( @jcastaneda ) and Srikanth Koneru (@tskk) they have been chosen by the team as our new Team Reps. Jose is primary rep and Srikanth secondary. Thank You! #theme-review-team