5. “The goal of the theme directory is not to list every theme in the world,
it's to list the best ones. We want a reasonable number of themes we
can point to that embody the best and brightest of WordPress
development, and that users can choose without compromise.”
– Matt Mullenweg
6. Why Host At The Repository
Enduser Developer
• Convenience • Automatic updates
• Quality • Exposure
• Reliability • Support Forum
• Freedom • Great way to give back!
Source: Bennett, 2011
8. Purpose
• Review and approve Theme tickets as quickly and as completely as possible
• Provide an educational resource for the WordPress Theme Developer community
• Encourage and establish community standards for Theme quality and best practices
Source: Bennett, 2011
9. The WordPress Theme Review Team
• Four Administrators
• > 50 Reviewers with various levels of
• expertise
• involvement
• activity
11. We communicate through...
• The Theme Reviewer mailing list
http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers
• The Make WordPress Themes blog
http://make.wordpress.org/themes/
• Themes Trac
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/
• IRC
#wordpress-themes
12. Organization of Theme Trac
• Four priority queues:
• Currently approved Themes
• Tickets older than 2 weeks
• Previously reviewed, but not approved Themes
• New Themes, never reviewed
13. Theme Review
• Tickets are assigned by priority
• Reviewers assign Tickets to themselves
• Issues are noted in a comment
• Tickets are closed as approved/not-approved
• Previously approved tickets, mostly diff-review only
14. Before looking at the code...
• Theme Name
• Author/Theme URI
• License
• Footer Credit Links
• Screenshot
21. How To Become A Reviewer
• Setup a WordPress test environment
• Setup Theme-Trac access
• Join the Theme Reviewers mail list
• Go to the Trac Ticket Request Queue Page, and leave a comment asking to be assigned a Theme
• Perform some test reviews
• Once you have done enough Theme reviews, you will be added to the “Reviewers” group
Source: http://make.wordpress.org/themes/about/howmake.wordpress.org-to-join-wptrt/