Embed a Plugin to a theme

  • Hello guys, Am developing a free WordPress theme, and i want to make an already existing responsive image slider plugin a part of the theme such that when the theme is installed and activated, the slider plugin is automatically activated as well.

    I don’t want to develop an image slider from scratch for two reasons

    1. very good ones already exists
    2. since its a free theme, i may not have all the time to provide world class support, so i’d prefer to use something made and regularly update by someone else
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  • Hi Frank,

    I know that Devin has a post-type plugin in his theme portfolio press – https://www.ads-software.com/extend/themes/portfolio-press
    you might want to see how he has incorporated it in his theme.

    Thread Starter FrankWaive

    (@frankwaive)

    Thanks for your response, i really do appreciate, am now downloading portfolio-press.

    You will need to make sure you’re allowed to do that – include another person code on your own. There are a few plugins that you’ll be able to do that, since they have a license type where you just need to give authorship -> mention that part of the code was developed by X person.

    Then it should be as simple as include the code in your theme’s functions and make sure everything links correctly. You might need to change some small stuff, but that will depend on which plugin you emulate.

    @carlosmoreirapt is right, make sure to double check the licensing.
    you should take a look at some theme that also have sliders in them and see what they did.

    I find that’s the best way to learn. I love downloading theme and just poking around in there and seeing how others do it.

    Good luck

    Thread Starter FrankWaive

    (@frankwaive)

    Thanks, i definitely have the licensing concerns already, thanks a lot guys, I’ve learnt a lot today!

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