Every Theme Sucks and Nobody Cares

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1. Howdy, I’m Ryan Imel

2. I make things at WPCandy

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4. I record and stream PODCASTS

5. I operate PROS the reverse job board

6. I manage Pressed Ads

7. I publish the WordPress MAGAZINE

8. EVERY THEME SUCKS ANDNO BODY CARES

9. Themes Should Not Break. Duh.

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11. I’m sure the code of the themes in the directory

    is top notch... But I wouldn’t know, because you couldn’t make me click download on 90% of those theme pages. I won’t do it. The designs... are just awful. Ryan Imel, the guy you’re staring at

12. WordPress.org has the WPTRT

13. WordPress.org has the W

14. WordPress.org has the WP

15. WordPress.org has the WPT

16. WordPress.org has the WPTR

17. WordPress.org has the WPTRT

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19. Debug Bar http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-bar/ Theme-Check http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-check/ Log Deprecated Notices http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/log-deprecated-notices/ Debogger

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debogger/

20. The Weekly Theme Show

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24. Shortcodes

25. Shortcodes let you write and place elements without code. [button=”Read

    more!”] They can output just about anything to your page. [tweet-this]

26. Shortcodes let you write and place elements without code. [button=”Read

    more!”] They can output just about anything to your page. [tweet-this]

27. Shortcodes let you write and place elements without code. They

    can output just about anything to your page.

28. Shortcodes let you write and place elements without code. [button=”Read

    more!”] They can output just about anything to your page. [tweet-this]

29. A user’s content is sacred. It’s hallowed ground... Andrew Nacin,

    WordPress Lead Developer

30. Themes Should Not Break My Expectations

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33. Themes Should Not Waste My Time

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37. The theme options are really admirable... obviously with Google Analytics

    and SEO integrated. This must be like the best of the best... Konstantin Kovshenin, Automattic

38. That was all sarcasm. Seriously, I think this is horrible,

    and there’s not much you can do to make it worse... Konstantin Kovshenin, Automattic
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41. http://thethemefoundry.com/blog/from-the- workshop-dont-steal-my-theme-options/

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46. Themes Should Let Me Make Children

47. HTML CSS Javascript PHP Templates Theme options panel

48. HTML CSS Javascript PHP Templates Theme options panel CSS Two

    or three PHP files Child themes
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50. HTML CSS Javascript PHP Templates Theme options panel CSS Two

    or three PHP files

51. CSS Two or three PHP files CSS Grandchildren themes

52. CSS CSS 1 PHP template Great grandchildren themes

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56. ryanimel: I have a confession to make. I want to

    bribe a member of the theme team.
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60. 20,264

61. WordPress.org Plugins 20,264

62. THEME DEV should be hard work

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64. Okay, but what can we do?

65. Create your own FUNCTIONALITY PLUGINS

66. wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-create-a-functionality-plugin

67. THINK FIVE YEARS AHEAD

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70. THINK FIVE YEARS AHEAD

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72. THINK FIVE YEARS AHEAD

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74. THINK FIVE YEARS AHEAD

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