Did you know that all themes hosted on the WordPress.org repository undergo a thorough review process by dedicated volunteer members of the Theme Review Team (TRT)?

Not all professionals working with WordPress are aware of the review process and what this involves. If you’re among them, should you decide to submit your theme to the repository for the first time, you could be in for a surprise.

Realizing that there is a substantial number of guidelines and best practices to follow can strike you as being a bit overwhelming at first. If a reviewer keeps coming back asking for changes to your theme, you can even be tempted to give in to mounting frustration and throw in the towel.

But wait, don’t give up just yet.

In this article, you’ll meet an unusual learning tool of the TRT’s own devising, i.e., the doingitwrong theme.

I’m going to show you what it is and how you can use it to your advantage.

What Is the doingitwrong Theme?

The TRT has set up a fair number of resources to get both new reviewers and theme developers up to speed with the repository guidelines.

The core resource is the Theme Review Handbook. Here you can find chapters about the review process, theme requirements (stringent rules a theme must abide by), and recommended theme features (optional guidelines you’re free to ignore, although it would be nice if you didn’t).

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