The theme review team is requiring all themes to implement keyboard navigation in two months time, around the third of september 2019. Because this may be a complex task for many authors, we encourage you to start planning for and working on this as soon as possible. We want to point out that this requirement… Continue reading Planning for keyboard navigation
Category: Review
Speed up reviews with autocomplete snippets
When reviewing themes for the WordPress.org theme directory, you will find that there are mistakes that are more common than others. This means that we often use the same type of messages in different tickets and reviews. We can use this fact to make our reviews faster. I have done so many reviews that many… Continue reading Speed up reviews with autocomplete snippets
My Theme Review Process 2018
Updated december 2018 The Theme Review Team on WordPress.org encourages reviewers to find their own flow and tools that work for them. There is no right or wrong way to review a theme, as long as the requirements are checked and the author receives useful feedback. My personal review process require a lot of manual… Continue reading My Theme Review Process 2018
Getting ready to do accessibility reviews
The scope of this post is reviewing accessible themes submitted to WordPress.org. Updated December 6 2017. The accessibility-ready tag has been available in the WordPress.org theme directory for over 2 years. Themes that include the tag are not set live until the theme has had a full review plus an additional accessibility review. While most… Continue reading Getting ready to do accessibility reviews
How to get your theme live faster
When authors submit themes to the WordPress.org theme directory they are sometimes surprised that they might need to wait up to 8 weeks for a review. One of the reasons to why it can take this long is that many authors submit themes that are incomplete. By checking these four things you can greatly reduce… Continue reading How to get your theme live faster
My theme review process
Updated September 2017. The Theme Review Team on WordPress.org encourages reviewers to find their own flow and tools that work for them. ‘There is no right or wrong way to review a theme, as long as the requirements are checked and the author receives useful feedback. My personal review process require a lot of manual… Continue reading My theme review process