In reply to Eugene.

> Surely Envato can work closer on this issue but this is not the case globally, customers are used to and want more features for the buck so i don’t think this will go away now.

There's definitely a disconnect between the way themes should be built from a design and development perspective, and what customers want. It's just the nature of what the theme economy has turned into and I personally think that the ship has sailed when it comes to creating small, presentation-only themes with specific plugins.

But I digress.

> I admit that our code is not the best out there, but i would like to think on a way how we can make a feature-rich theme better suited for coders&end customers alike so if anyone can volunteer to provide an audit and deliver some questionable ideas that can be used to solve most issues addressed in this topic- i volunteer to provide a free theme copy and a nifty reward

Seriously, much respect for looking to have your code base audited and improved, and I also respect your position in terms of how the theme and its functionality should be organized. It's also a nice move to try to make it as solid as possible for developers who may extend it and as usable for your customers.

That said, asking for a voluntary code audit is something that I don't think you're likely to find - that's not to say that the WordPress community isn't generous (I think we are and I think that we're also all volunteering our time in a lot of ways), but some of the most talented WordPress developers I know and who I'd trust to perform an audit are people that I believe are worth paying.

Compensating them with a copy of the theme that they just audited (before or after the code review) may not align with their needs. That is, if someone was to perform a code audit of your theme but wasn't a blogger or wasn't someone who had a use for it, then it wouldn't provide much value.

For some, it might - I don't want to speak for everyone :).

But as an elite author, as someone who understands the principles of building a sustainable business and paying the people who help you (as you've mentioned), I think asking someone to conduct a code review and getting some estimates on how much it would cost may end up going further than someone volunteering to do a code review.

I hope that makes sense. At any rate, again, major props for wanting to move your code and product in that direction and I do hope that theme sales turn around for you (and all who are impacted by ThemeForest).