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Abdullah Al Imran
Abdullah Al Imran

Reputation: 9

WordPress.org theme submission

I have approved 2 WordPress theme on ThemeForest. I know better about Themeforest theme submission guidelines. But it's time I am going to submit a theme on WordPress.org repository. My Question is. could I include Third-party WordPress plugin in my theme from WordPress repository?

if you know it. kindly let me know. thank you

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (2)

Full Stack Web Developer
Full Stack Web Developer

Reputation: 440

No you cannot use the plugin according to the @janw answer and also check the guidelines he provided you in their answer

Upvotes: 0

janw
janw

Reputation: 6662

Here is the official theme submission guide

The answer is no.

  • Themes cannot include plugins.
  • Themes cannot require plugins to work.
  • Themes may recommend plugins from WordPress.org or third-party sites (link to them as free or upsell plugins, GPL licensed only).
  • Themes may use TGM Plugin Activation to recommend only plugins hosted on WordPress.org (by using 'required' => false for each plugin).
  • Themes may include libraries such as option frameworks (these must pass the requirements).

plugins

You can't include them. You can build a notice telling the user to install a wordpress.org plugin.

Upvotes: 2

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