WordPress Theme Development Checklist before Theme Distribution

To publish a WordPress Theme on the official theme repository at WordPress, there is quite a big list of requirements given.  You must also localize and internationalize your WordPress theme to make it translatable. The process for localization is very simple that I will discuss some other time, meanwhile, you can Google it. Also, you have to create Subversions to maintain different versions of your theme.

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If you don’t plan to distribute your theme to the public, no need to check all items on the checklist, just make sure you have not overlooked anything essential. But your theme should include the following  functions, comments, and loops:

wp_nav_menu() in the theme templates and add_theme_support(‘nav-menus’) in functions.php. For more details, please check Function Reference/wp_nav_menu

• add_custom_background() in functions.php if you want to allow the user to upload her own background image. For details visit Function Reference/add_custom_background

the_shortlink() somewhere inside the Loop if you want to publicize it. For details visit Function Reference/the_shortlink

comment_form() instead of the < form> tag and its contents in comments.php. Look at Function Reference/comment_form

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Noor Mustafa Raza
Noor Mustafa Raza
I am a WordPress Developer and Designer, author @WPArena. I am providing Free WordPress consultation and can help you to install WordPress in a secure way to small businesses and bloggers.

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