Preparing your theme for submission

[jonathanbossenger]

Details

• Content type (Online Workshop, Lesson, Course, Tutorial, or Lesson Plan): Lesson
• Content title: Preparing your theme
• Topic description: Once development has been completed, review the additional steps required before submitting a theme to the theme directory: testing your theme, reviewing and following the theme review guidelines, and preparing documentation.
• Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): Developer
• Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Intermediate

Learning Objectives

• Describe ways to test a theme
• Implement the theme review guidelines
• Prepare theme documentation

Related Resources and Other Notes

Automation Code

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• Gather any relevant links to Support, Docs, or related material
• Description and Objectives finalized
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• Lesson created on Learn.WordPress.org
• Lesson video published to YouTube
• Lesson on Learn.WordPress.org updated with YouTube video
• Lesson published to Learn.WordPress.org

[jonathanbossenger]

Script: https://github.com/jonathanbossenger/wp-content/blob/main/theme-developer-learning-pathway/08-publishing-themes/03-preparing-your-theme-for-submission.md

[jonathanbossenger]

Video for review: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eI-wcXtphnSvT3G8p7Vbgxq3ycwCwuBI/view?usp=drive_link

[ironnysh]

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Very informative lesson👌

Suggestion: at 0:51, when referring to testing future WordPress versions, it’ll be nice to mention a “shortcut”: use Playground to test multiple WP and PHP versions. Playground also allows testing backward compatibility.

[jonathanbossenger]

Thanks @ironnysh

Suggestion: at 0:51, when referring to testing future WordPress versions, it’ll be nice to mention a “shortcut”: use Playground to test multiple WP and PHP versions. Playground also allows testing backward compatibility.

That's a great idea. I'm not going to have time to include it for the release, but I have created an update issue for tasks I plan to tackle once the pathway is published.

[jonathanbossenger]

https://wordpress.tv/2024/07/17/preparing-your-theme-for-submission/

[jonathanbossenger]

https://youtu.be/U-Aba8l7nwU

[jonathanbossenger]

https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/preparing-your-theme-for-submission/

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