Theme filter truly useless

  • Resolved headelf

    (@headelf)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    I haven’t set up a WP site in a while which means there have been some changes in the wp-admin interface I haven’t had to deal with . . . until today. OMG. What happened to the theme selector? It’s like the filters are COMPLETELY USELESS. I ask for left hand sidebar and I get everything under the effing sun with a bare scattering of left hand sidebars. If it doesn’t SHOW a left hand sidebar, why am I looking at it? I ask for two-column left-hand-sidebar and I get pages of completely non-compliant themes. When did this change? Who did this? Can we hang them in effigy for all the world to see?

    If there’s a fix for this, would someone please let me know? My frustration level right now isn’t pretty.

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    You can certainly rate a theme poorly for false advertising. Find the theme on the www.ads-software.com theme repository, click through to the theme’s page where it describes what it does, then click on the “Reviews” tab.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Unless it’s actually the search in the dashboard that’s the issue.

    Thread Starter headelf

    (@headelf)

    So, to state the completely obvious . . . I’m supposed to spend even more time NOT servicing my client by adding biting remarks to the multitude of themes that DON’T match my specified criteria? Oh yeah. That’s a stellar idea. Not.

    And while I’m being excessively bitchy, why do theme authors hard-code color? A little judicious php and the color theme can be endless tweaked by the end user. I’m not getting that one either . . .

    *sigh* Okay, I’m temporarily done being bitchy. Thank you for taking the time to respond even if it wasn’t helpful.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    If your frustrations are due to false advertising then you need to target them to the theme/ plugin authors, not to people who try to help out on the forums.

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