Creating a new Theme with new Gutenberg widgets

  • Resolved megaadmin

    (@megaadmin)


    5 years, 11 months ago

    Hello.

    I want to create a theme and publish it in the catalog. I plan to add a few new widgets to Gutenberg so that can create great pages without other page builders.

    The question is whether the moderation will accept a theme in which the code with additions for gutenberg is already included (for example, create a separate file and connect this file in the functions.php? Or will it be considered a plug-in zone? If this is considered a plug-in zone, I can put a new plug-in in the folder with the theme and enable activation using TGM? Or is it also necessary to publish the plugin in the directory, before use it in the theme?

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  • Themes can supply widgets if the data is current content (no new content in the widget).
    Themes cannot supply blocks, since that is content.
    Themes cannot supply plugins, and must work without plugins.

    Yes, You can create plugin with using TGM.

    Hi @joyously As per your requirement You can write code.

    https://make.www.ads-software.com/themes/handbook/review/required/

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Better link:

    https://make.www.ads-software.com/themes/handbook/review/required/#plugins

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    Thread Starter megaadmin

    (@megaadmin)

    Thanks for answers. I looked at the links above.

    Are widgets plugins?
    Is it possible to create new widgets (appearance > widgets) for a theme using, for example, function.php. That is:
    Within WordPress: Recent Posts, Widget About Me (photo + text), Social Links (icons + links)
    Outside WordPress: Instagram Photo Widget.

    I wanted to do something similar, like as themes on the Themeforest (with a lot of settings and custom widgets and plugins addons). But it seems that can only change the appearance.

    Widgets are not plugins. Besides the core widgets, most widgets are supplied by plugins. Themes can supply widgets if they are about existing content (not About Me photo and text or Instagram).

    You can make a theme with widgets and sell it on Themeforest. It doesn’t have to be in the WordPress repository if you don’t want to follow the repository requirements.
    Just remember that there are good reasons for those requirements.

    Thread Starter megaadmin

    (@megaadmin)

    I looked at the TGM and there it is possible to download the plugins from the github and also update it.

    This option can be used? That is, recommend installing a plugin that will be downloaded from github. Will the moderators check the plugins being in the github?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Please read what the theme review team wrote in that link If you have questions, ask them directly via [email protected] or in the #theme-review channel on Slack.

    Thread Starter megaadmin

    (@megaadmin)

    Yes, I found. Cannot use github. Just did not immediately notice. You can close the topic.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    Moved to Everything else WordPress, this is not a Developing with WordPress topic. You are asking a process question not a coding question.

    For any and all theme questions please ask in the themereview channel on Slack.

    You can get a WordPress Slack account by following these steps.

    https://make.www.ads-software.com/chat/

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