- Read the Theme Review page
- Check out the Theme Unit Test page
- Finally, read the summary by Chip, one of the lead WPTRT admins
- For more details and flow, check out my WordPress Theme Directory slides from WordSesh 2012
- Get a WordPress.org account if you don't have already.
- Download the latest WordPress version
- Set it up locally (install WordPress with a clean database)
- Enable
WP_DEBUG
astrue
in wp-config.php in your WordPress folder - Download the Theme Unit Test data XML - https://wpcom-themes.svn.automattic.com/demo/theme-unit-test-data.xml
- Go to your admin dashboard -> Tools -> Import -> WordPress, it would ask you to install the WordPress importer - install it and upload the XML
Your setup is ready to test then.
- Themes for review could be found on Themes Trac
- Get one assigned to you for a review from queues 4 up to 1
- Install the theme in your WordPress setup
- Do a complete WordPress review according to the guidelines
- Test UI, code quality, even compatibility with some fancy plugins
- Login to Trac with your WordPress.org username
- Leave a comment in the theme ticket with your proposal - approved or not - and your review (list of violated guidelines or confirmation that everything is OK).
There are themes already approved, but another complete review could be done.
Some themes waiting for reviewers:
I'm getting this one: http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15178 (my .org user is nunomorgadinho)