An updated version of my WordCamp Buffalo 2013 talk.
Hi!
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SO YOU WANT TO WRITE APLUGIN
SO YOU WANT TO WRITE ATHEME
Awesome!
So... I just start coding, right?
So... I just start coding, right?WRONG
Step back. Breathe.We’ll get through this together.
(1)Make sure you’re not doing workthat someone else already did.
2,000+ themes on .org
5,000 themes on theme marketplaces
28,000+ plugins on .org
(2)Have a business model (or not).
Free vs. Paid
Freemium vs. Premium
Distribution
(3)Choose a license. Carefully.
I am not a lawyer.
Code must be GPLv2 compatible
MIT. Apache 2.0. Public Domain.!✓
Creative Commons.!✗
What about non-code assets?
It’s complicated.
Other theme directories? It depends.
WordPress.org? Yes.
If you can, you should.
Good for the community
Good for the soul
People are good.
(4)Understand best practices.
Theme Review
Theme Unit Testing
Theme-Check
Plugin Review
(5)Document
(5)Build it.
(6)Submit it.
Readme.txt
Plugin vs. theme readmes
Plugin Banners
Screenshots
FAQs
SVN
(7)Support it.
Thank you!