{"id":29775,"date":"2012-09-17T23:04:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T17:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=29775"},"modified":"2022-05-18T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T04:45:23","slug":"wordpress-theme-reviewer-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2012\/09\/wordpress-theme-reviewer-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of a WordPress Theme Reviewer [Interview]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we interview Nisha Singh, an official WordPress theme reviewer who approves WordPress themes before they go live in the official WordPress theme directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As you are aware that we publish WordPress themes<\/a> ourselves, and Nisha had a chance to review some of our WordPress themes. We were impressed by her detailed notes, and impeccable quality code evaluation, which enabled us to improve our WordPress themes to the high-quality standards set by the WordPress theme directory.<\/p>\n

WordPress Theme Reviewer Interview<\/h2>\n

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So we decided to publish this interview with her, and she agreed to share some secrets that will help WordPress theme designers make better WordPress themes, as well as give an opportunity for those interested in theme design to become a WordPress theme reviewer yourself.<\/p>\n

Tell us a little more about yourself.<\/h3>\n

I am working as a Tester in AmiWorks and whenever I have free time in the office I review WordPress themes.<\/p>\n

Why did you become a WordPress theme reviewer?<\/h3>\n

I am part of the WPoets team at AmiWorks where my primary role is to test the quality of the themes that we create for our clients since we also follow WordPress theme review guidelines<\/a>. So to improve my understanding of the process, and to contribute something to the WordPress community I started reviewing themes from the WordPress theme repository.<\/p>\n

What training \/experience is required to review WordPress themes?<\/h3>\n

You don’t need any formal training, just the ability to understand the guidelines and figure out if themes are not violating them, and since most of it is done by tools it’s very easy.<\/p>\n

Tell us more about the WordPress theme review team and how they work.
\nI think Justin Tadlock’s article<\/a> answers this question way better than I could :)<\/p>\n

Basically, we make sure the theme works as it\u2019s supposed to in all sorts of scenarios and uses WordPress best practices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is a typical daily work schedule of a WordPress theme reviewer?<\/h3>\n

Nothing special, we test themes whenever we have some free time.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of the themes which Nisha has reviewed…<\/p>\n

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What rules do you follow when reviewing WordPress themes?<\/h3>\n

I follow all the rules that are mentioned on WordPress Review Guide<\/a>\u00a0on WordPress Codex.<\/p>\n

What tools do you use to review WordPress themes?<\/h3>\n

We use the following plugins<\/p>\n