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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
Hi!
chrisvanpatten.com
@ChrisVanPatten
vanpattenmedia.com
github.com/vanpattenmedia/
cvp.me/wordsesh2013
SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A PLUGIN
SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A THEME
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 work that someone else
already did.
(1) Make sure you’re not doing work that 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).
(2) Have a business model (or not).
Free vs. Paid
Freemium vs. Premium
Distribution
(3) Choose a license. Carefully.
(3) Choose a license. Carefully.
(3) Choose a license. Carefully.
I am not a lawyer.
Code must be GPLv2 compatible
MIT. Apache 2.0. Public Domain. ! ✓
MIT. Apache 2.0. Public Domain. ! ✓
Creative Commons. ! ✗
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.
(4) Understand best practices.
Theme Review
Theme Unit Testing
Theme-Check
Plugin Review
(5) Document
(5) Build it.
(6) Submit it.
(6) Submit it.
Readme.txt
Plugin vs. theme readmes
Plugin Banners
Screenshots
FAQs
SVN
(7) Support it.
(7) Support it.
Thank you!
cvp.me/wordsesh2013