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So You Want to Launch a Plugin/Theme?

Chris Van Patten
December 07, 2013
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So You Want to Launch a Plugin/Theme?

An updated version of my WordCamp Buffalo 2013 talk.

Chris Van Patten

December 07, 2013
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Transcript

  1. Hi!

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  2. chrisvanpatten.com

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  3. @ChrisVanPatten

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  4. vanpattenmedia.com

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  5. github.com/vanpattenmedia/

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  6. cvp.me/wordsesh2013

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  7. SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A
    PLUGIN

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  8. SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A
    THEME

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  9. Awesome!

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  10. So... I just start coding, right?

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  11. So... I just start coding, right?
    WRONG

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  12. Step back. Breathe.
    We’ll get through this together.

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  13. (1)
    Make sure you’re not doing work
    that someone else already did.

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  14. (1)
    Make sure you’re not doing work
    that someone else already did.

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  15. 2,000+ themes on .org

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  16. 5,000 themes on theme marketplaces

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  17. 28,000+ plugins on .org

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  18. (2)
    Have a business model (or not).

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  19. (2)
    Have a business model (or not).

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  20. Free vs. Paid

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  21. Freemium vs. Premium

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  22. Distribution

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  23. (3)
    Choose a license. Carefully.

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  24. (3)
    Choose a license. Carefully.

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  25. (3)
    Choose a license. Carefully.

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  26. I am not a lawyer.

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  27. Code must be GPLv2 compatible

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  28. MIT. Apache 2.0. Public Domain.
    !
    ✓

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  29. MIT. Apache 2.0. Public Domain.
    !
    ✓

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  30. Creative Commons.
    !
    ✗

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  31. Creative Commons.
    !
    ✗

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  32. What about non-code assets?

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  33. It’s complicated.

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  34. Other theme directories? It depends.

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  35. WordPress.org? Yes.

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  36. If you can, you should.

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  37. Good for the community

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  38. Good for the soul

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  39. People are good.

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  40. (4)
    Understand best practices.

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  41. (4)
    Understand best practices.

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  42. Theme Review

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  43. Theme Unit Testing

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  44. Theme-Check

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  45. Plugin Review

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  46. (5)
    Document

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  47. (5)
    Build it.

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  48. (6)
    Submit it.

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  49. (6)
    Submit it.

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  50. Readme.txt

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  51. Plugin vs. theme readmes

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  52. Plugin Banners

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  53. Screenshots

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  54. FAQs

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  55. SVN

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  56. (7)
    Support it.

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  57. (7)
    Support it.

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  58. Thank you!

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  59. cvp.me/wordsesh2013

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