Content type: Handbook

Information for contributor day organizers When running a review session, we recommend that you first present the team and what we do, and introduce contributors to the Theme Team’s blog on https://make.wordpress.org/themes/. This is where you can find the step by step guide to becoming a reviewer and the theme requirements. During the introduction you will…

Welcome to the Themes Team This section is intended to guide you through different ways that you can contribute to the Themes Team and contribute to making WordPress themes better. If you need any help at any time you can always ask the contribution day lead or organizer and you always find people to ask…

Who are the Themes Team? Team Representatives Team Representatives are the people that do much of the work behind the scenes. They make sure that the theme team runs like clockwork. Every one of them is here to help the reviewers do their jobs and the theme team function smoothly.  Themes team representative – @bijayyadav @fahimmurshed and @greenshady…

What is the Themes Team? The Themes Team is a group of volunteers who reviews and approves themes submitted to the official WordPress theme directory and maintains the Theme Developer Handbook. The team also engages and educates the WordPress Theme developer community regarding development best practices. The Themes Team: Reviews and approves themes submitted to…

What is a theme reviewer? A theme reviewer is a volunteer who helps theme authors add their theme to the official theme directory. A reviewer installs and tests the theme, reviews the code and checks for security issues. The reviewer also confirms that the theme is compatible with GPL, the license that is used by…

Are you looking to join the Themes Team? Please see the About page to learn more about the team, what the team does, how to reach the team, and more. Are you interested in seeing how you can run a contribution session related to themes? Great, you’ve come to the right place! In this section…

Information on this page may be out of date. The following are all the checks that the Theme Check plugin performs. Themes have to pass the Theme Check plugin without errors before they can be included in the theme directory. You can get the plugin from the plugin directory or you can get the developer…

Keyboard navigation Keyboard navigation support in the theme accessibility-ready guidelines Keyboard navigation testing in the Accessibility Team’s documentation site Keyboard accessibility by WebAIM Reviewing A Guide to Reviewing Themes for the WordPress Theme Repository by Chip Bennett Preliminary Theme Review Process by Emil Uzelac Prefix all the things by Justin Tadlock Most Common Admin Review Issues…

Comments Themes are recommended to support comments, including nested comments and comment navigation.If comments are not supported, the team recommends that this is documented as a limitation, in the theme readme file. Theme support The following theme support is recommended for classic themes add_theme_support( “custom-header”, $args ) add_theme_support( “custom-background”, $args ) add_theme_support( “custom-logo”, $args )…

A theme must meet all of the following requirements to be included in the WordPress.org Theme Directory. Themes that have 3 or more distinct issues may be closed as not-approved. However, theme authors may resubmit the theme once they’ve corrected the issues. 1. Licensing & copyright Themes must be compatible with the GNU General Public…